The supervisory board, an oversignt body

A constant eye on the group's management
The Supervisory Board is required to meet at least once per quarter. In 2010, it met twelve times with an attendance rate of 89%.
Roles
- Continuously oversees the Executive Board’s management of AREVA
- Reviews the Group’s overall strategy
- Approves annual budgets and multiyear plans of AREVA and of its direct subsidiaries
- Delegates authority to the Executive Board to conduct transactions as required
Fifteen members, including 4 independents*
Members of the Supervisory Board are appointed by shareholders, except for employee-elected members and representatives of the French government.
Members as of April 27, 2011
The Supervisory Board is made up of fifteen members appointed for five-year terms, four of whom are independent members.
Members appointed by shareholders
- Jean-Cyril Spinetta* - Chairman of the Supervisory Board - term: 2011-2016
- Bernard Bigot - Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board - term: 2011-2016
- CEA, represented by Christophe Gegout - term: 2011-2016
- François David* - term: 2011-2016
- Sophie Boissard* - term: 2011-2016
- Agnès Lemarchand*- term: 2011-2016
- Christophe Behar - term: 2011-2016
- Guylaine Saucier* - term: 2011-2016
Members representing the French government, appointed by ministerial order
- Jean-Dominique Comolli - term: 2011-2016
- Pierre Sellal - term: 2011-2016
- Pierre-Franck Chevet - term: 2011-2016
- Luc Rousseau - term: 2011-2016
Members elected by and representing, employees
- Jean-Claude Bertrand - AREVA, Chemistry Business Unit – Term : 2007-2012
- Gérard Melet - AREVA, Industrial Redevelopment and Local Economic Development department – Term: 2007-2012
- Alain Vivier-Merle – AREVA, Installed Base Business Unit – Term: 2007-2012
Pierre Charreton, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel, is the secretary of the Supervisory Board.
* Independent member:
Following commonly accepted rules of good governance, individuals who hold less than 10% of the share capital and who have no financial or commercial relationship with the company, either as customer or supplier, are considered independent.

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