Independent director
Frédéric Sanchez, born in 1960, is Chairman of the Fives Executive Board.
He began his career at Renault in 1985 in Mexico and the US, before joining Ernst & Young as Senior Manager in late 1987. In 1990, he joined the Fives-Lille group, where he held various positions before becoming Chief Financial Officer in 1994, then Chief Executive Officer in 1997, and finally Chairman of the Management Board in 2002. Fives – the new name of Compagnie de Fives-Lille since 2007 – became a simplified joint stock company (société par actions simplifiée – SAS) in 2018, headed by Frédéric Sanchez as Chairman. Under his leadership, Fives has accelerated its development by strengthening its international presence and portfolio of activities through major acquisitions and the opening of regional offices in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.
In addition, Frédéric Sanchez is Chairman of MEDEF International, and Chairman of the France-United Arab Emirates and France-Japan business councils of MEDEF International. He is also a member of the Supervisory Boards of STMicroelectronics NV and Théa Holding SAS, and a Director of Bureau Veritas SA and Compagnie des Gaz de Pétrole Primagaz SAS. Finally, he is Honorary Co-Chairman of the Alliance Industrie du Futur (Industry of the Future Alliance) and Chairman of the Solutions industrie du futur (Solutions for the Industry of the Future – SIF) sector of the Conseil national de l’industrie (National Industry Council – CNI).
Frédéric Sánchez is a graduate of the École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) and Institut d’Études Politiques in Paris (1985), and holds a post-graduate diploma in Economics from the University of Paris-Dauphine (1983). He is a French national.
