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Directors and Management

Members of the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of Kaufman & Broad SA currently comprises the following eight members who provide the Group with a broad range of complementary skills sets and experience.

Internal rules of the board of Directors

Chief executive officer

Guy NAFILYAN
Kaufman & Broad SA
127 avenue Charles de Gaulle
92207 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex
  • First elected: 11/01/1983
  • Term of office expires: 2010
  • Number of K&B shares held: 20 000
  • Main position held outside the Company
  • Other directorships and positions held
  • Other information
    Guy Nafilyan joined the Group in January 1977 as Chief Executive Officer after a career as an attorney before the Paris Court of Appeals. He was appointed Chairman of Kaufman & Broad SA in 1983.

Directors

András BOROS
PAI partners
43, Avenue de l'Opéra
75002 Paris
  • First elected: 03/12/2007
  • Term of office expires: 2009
  • Number of K&B shares held: 250
  • Main position held outside the Company
    Investment Officer
  • Other directorships and positions held
  • Other information

Yves GALLAND
The Boeing Company
75 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
75008 Paris
  • First elected: 28/04/2004
  • Term of office expires: 2010
  • Number of K&B shares held: 250
  • Main position held outside the Company
    Chairman of Boeing France and Vice-Chairman of International Relations for Boeing since 2003
  • Other directorships and positions held
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Europe Assistance between 2000 and 2003.
  • Other information
    Mr. Galland is a member of the Paris Council. Mr. Galland was Minister for local governments from 1986 to 1988, Minister of Industry in 1995 and Minister for Finance and Foreign Trade from 1995 to 1997.

Antoine JEANCOURT-GALIGNANI
AGF
87 rue de Richelieu
75002 Paris
  • First elected: 21/01/2000
  • Term of office expires: 2009
  • Number of K&B shares held: 860
  • Main position held outside the Company
    Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Euro Disney SCA
  • Other directorships and positions held
    Director of Total, Société Générale and AGF since 1994.
    Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Euro Disney SCA (member since 1989). Director of Gecina since 2000 and Société des Immeubles de France since 2002.
    Chairman of the Board of Directors of the SNA group since 1998. Member of the Supervisory Board of Hypo Real Estate Holding AG since 2004 and of Oddo & Cie SCA since 2003.
  • Other information
    Antoine Jeancourt-Galignani was a director of KB Home Corporation from 1989 to 1997 and Chairman of Gecina from 2001 to 2005.

Sophie LOMBARD
PAI partners
43 Avenue de l'Opéra
75002 Paris
  • First elected: 10/07/2007
  • Term of office expires: 2009
  • Number of K&B shares held: 250
  • Main position held outside the Company
    Senior at PAI partners
  • Other directorships and positions held
    Director of Chr. Hansen Holding and Financière Star 2 since 2005, of Financière Stoeffler and Stoeffler since 2003
  • Other information
    Sophie Lombard joined PAI partners in 2001. Prior to that, she spent three years with Société Générale, in the capital market department for derivative products, and four years with Deutsche Bank in the LBO department in London and Paris.

Dominique MÉGRET
PAI partners
43 Avenue de l'opéra
75002 Paris
  • First elected: 10/07/2007
  • Term of office expires: 2010
  • Number of K&B shares held: 250
  • Main position held outside the Company
    Chairman of PAI partners
  • Other directorships and positions held
    Director of PAI partners UK, PAI Syndication GP and PAI Espagne since 2000, of PAI Europe III General Partner, Financières 11, 22, 3 and 33 PAI, PAI partners Italy, Novalis, Sodima, Yoplait, Yoplait France and Yoplait Marques Int since 2002, of Saeco since 2003, of PAI Europe IV General partner, Saur and Chr. Hansen since 2005, of Perstorp, United Biscuits Topco Ltd and Financières Daunou 7, 10 and 14 since 2006 as well as Lafarge Roofing and Kwik-Fit since 2007.
  • Other information
    Dominique Mégret joined PAI in 1974 as a member of the chemistry-pharmacy team. He left PAI temporarily in 1978 to first become Director of the Plan and Management Control then Manager of the Europe du Nord activities for Paribas. Dominique Mégret returned to PAI again in 1991 as a member of the Executive Committee and responsible for investment in the agro-foods, media and communications sectors. In 1999, he was named Chief Executive Officer of PAI. Dominique Mégret has been chairman of the company since 2006.

Bertrand MEUNIER
PAI partners
43 Avenue de l'opéra
75002 Paris
  • First elected: 10/07/2007
  • Term of office expires: 2009
  • Number of K&B shares held: 250
  • Main position held outside the Company
    Senior partner
  • Other directorships and positions held
    Director of Sodima, Yoplait, Yoplait France and Yoplait Marques Int since 2002, of Saeco Intl and Giro since 2004, of Chr. Hansen, Coin, Financière Foret, Perstorp and Financière Star 2 since 2005, of United Biscuits Topco Ltd, PAI partners (Spain) and Financière SPIE since 2006 as well as Financière Daunou 14 and Lafarge Roofing since 2007.
  • Other information
    Bertrand Meunier joined PAI partners in 1982. From 1985 to 1996, he was in charge of investments in the information technologies and telecoms sector, then from 1996 to 2001, in charge of investments in the agro-foods sector. From 2001 to 2006, he first directed Consumer Goods and Services team and then the Industrial Goods and Products team; he is now responsible for the four sector teams.

Alain de POUZILHAC
France 24
245 rue de Nations Unies
92445 Issy-les-Moulineaux
Cedex
  • First elected: 30/04/2003
  • Term of office expires: 2009
  • Number of K&B shares held: 250
  • Main position held outside the Company
    Chairman of the Management Board of France 24
  • Other directorships and positions held
    Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Molifror Loisir Développement since March 2006. Director of UGC since June 2006.
  • Other information
    In 1982, Alain de Pouzilhac was appointed Chairman and CEO of Havas and began developing Havas Conseil's business in Europe.
    In the early 1990s, he masterminded the merger between Eurocom and RSCG to create Euro RSCG Worldwide and became the new company's Chairman and CEO.
    In 1996, he set up the Havas Advertising parent company, which became Havas in 2002.
    In December 2005, he was appointed Chairman of the Management Board of Chaîne Française d'Information Internationale (France 24).

Frédéric STÉVENIN
PAI partners
43 Avenue de l'Opéra
75002 Paris
  • First elected: 10/07/2007
  • Term of office expires: 2009 (1)
  • Number of K&B shares held: 250
  • Main position held outside the Company
    Partner, Responsible for the consumer goods team at PAI partners
  • Other directorships and positions held
    Director of PAI partners UK since 2001, of Financière DV, Sodima, Yoplait, Yoplait France and Yoplait Marques Intl since 2002, Financière Stoeffler and Stoeffler since 2003, Saeco Int, El Gringo Invst, and Giro since 2004, Financière Star 1 and Chr. Hansen Holding since 2005 as well as United Biscuits Topco Ltd since 2006.
  • Other information
    Frédéric Stévenin joined PAI partners for the first time in 1993 and worked five years in the agro-foods division. In 1998, he joined the LBO department of Deutsche Bank as a Director and then Managing Director.
    Frédéric Stévenin returned to PAI partners in June 2001. Prior to that, he spent four years in the Private Banking division of Paribas.
(1) Coopted by the Board of Directors on 10 July 2007. Ratification at the Shareholders' Meeting of December, 3, 2007.
(2) Nominated at the Shareholders' Meeting of December, 3, 2007.

Management Committee

As of March, 6th, 2007

Guy NAFILYAN
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  • After a career as an attorney before the Paris Court of Appeals with a law firm specialized in real estate and corporate law, Guy Nafilyan joined Kaufman & Broad in 1977 as Chief Executive Officer with particular responsibility for expanding the housing business in France. In 1983, he was appointed Chairman of Kaufman & Broad France, and in 1986 became Senior Vice President of Kaufman & Broad Home Corporation, the Company’s parent which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Nafilyan was elected as a director of Kaufman & Broad Home Corporation in 1987, and appointed Executive Vice President of the company in 1992. In 2000, he oversaw Kaufman & Broad SA's initial public offering on the Paris Bourse and has since led the Company’s expansion both in the Greater Paris area and in France’s other regions.

Joël MONRIBOT
Executive Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer
  • A civil engineer, Joël Monribot joined the Group in 1971 as Vice President, Construction Works, before being appointed Head of Procurement for Roads, Infrastructure and Utilities in 1974, Vice President, Land & Development in 1978, Vice President, Operations and Real Estate Development in 1980, and then Senior Vice President, Chief Executive Officer, and subsequently Chairman of Kaufman & Broad Maisons Individuelles in, respectively, 1986, 1988 and 1990. Mr. Monribot was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Kaufman & Broad SA in March 2002 and was reappointed in April 2004, for the remainder of Guy Nafilyan’s term of office as Chief Executive Officer. He currently has operational responsibility for all of the housing operations in France. He has been a member of the Management Committee since July 1988.

Jean-François DEMARIS
Senior Vice President,
Human Resources
  • After earning a Master's degree in economics, Jean-François Demaris began his career with Alcatel, where he was in charge of economic and human resources research for the company’s regional plants. He was then appointed as Divisional Head of Insurance and Asset Management, and Head of Administrative Services for a documentation unit. In 1982, he joined the optronics division of CGE as Human Resources Director, where he oversaw the merger and restructuring of several companies. In 1989, he joined SAFT as Human Resources Director for the international Power Electronics division, where he worked on organizational development, HR projects, and the development of a manufacturing culture. In 1993, he became Human Resources Director for Alcatel Data Networks, a Franco-American joint venture specialized in data network products and services, before serving as Director of Management Development for an Alcatel division. Mr. Demaris joined Kaufman & Broad SA as Vice President, Human Resources in January 2000, when he was also appointed to the Management Committee. He was named Senioir Vice President, Human Resources in January 2007.

Sylvère HAMEL
Senior Vice President,
Northern France and KB Paris
  • After graduating from Ecole Polytechnique, Sylvère Hamel began his career in 1988 as head of commercial real estate programs at GTM Entrepose. He joined Bouygues Immobilier in 1991, where he served as Vice President, Apartments, then Vice President, Single-Family Homes, both in the Ile-de-France region, before becoming Regional Vice President, Côte d'Azur in 1998. In January 2005, Mr. Hamel joined Kaufman & Broad as Chief Executive Officer, Kaufman & Broad Paris. In January 2007, he was appointed Regional Vice President KB Paris in charge of business development at the Paris 1, Paris 2 and Strasbourg offices. He has been a member of the Management Committee since January 2007.

Philippe MISTELI
Senior Vice President,
Finance and Strategy
  • Philippe Misteli is a certified public accountant and holds an MBA from Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Prior to joining Kaufman & Broad SA in October 2001 as Senior Vice President, Finance and Strategy, he worked in finance and strategy positions for a number of international companies, including Unilever, Royal Numico and Euro Disney. Mr. Misteli has been a member of the Management Committee since October 2001.

Daniel RAZE
Senior Vice President,
Business Development
  • Daniel Raze has a Master’s degree in Literature and joined Kaufman & Broad in September 1973. He held the positions of Sales Manager, then Real Estate Manager in 1974, before being appointed in 1980 as Assistant Vice President, and subsequently Vice President, Real Estate in Marseille. In 1986 he became Vice President, Development, and in 1991 was named Senior Vice President of Kaufman & Broad Développement, in charge of the apartments division, of which he was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 1998. Mr. Raze was named Chief Executive Officer of Kaufman & Broad Paris in January 2003, and in 2004 became the Group’s Senior Vice President, Business Development. He has been a member of the Management Committee since July 1991.

William TRUCHY
Senior Vice President,
Marketing and sales
  • After earning a degree in business, William Truchy began his career in real estate in 1980, working for an agency in Nancy, before joining Promogim in 1982. He was head of sales in Burgundy and the Rhône-Alpes region, and subsequently Sales Director for the Provence Côte d'Azur, Bordeaux and Toulouse regions. He was appointed National Sales Director in 1987 and then Senior Vice President in 1989. Mr. Truchy joined Kaufman & Broad in March 2003 as Sales and Marketing Director for the Ile-de-France region. He was appointed Senior Vice President, Marketing in January 2005, and currently leads the Sales and Marketing and Showroom processes for operations in Paris and the Ile-de-France area. He has been a member of the Management Committee since December 2004 and Senior Vice President, Marketing, France since December 2006.

Patrick ZAMO
Senior Vice President,
Southern France and
KB Ile-de-France Apartments
  • With a Works Management degree from Ecole Supérieure des Travaux Publics, Patrick Zamo joined Bouygues as an on-site foreman in 1971 before moving in 1976 to Kaufman & Broad, where he oversaw the construction of single-family homes. He was appointed Building Production Director in 1983 and then Technical Director in 1988. In July 1991 he became Senior Vice President of Kaufman & Broad Homes in charge of production. In 2002 he was appointed Regional Vice President, Ile-de-France, and tasked with overseeing the Project Design department for communities of single-family homes in France. Mr. Zamo has been a member of the Management Committee since July 1991 and Regional Vice President, Ile-de-France Apartments since December 2006.