Imerys

Born on 8 June 1982, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Canadian nationality.
Paul Desmarais III obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard University and holds an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau.
He began his career in 2004 at Goldman Sachs in the United States. In 2010 he went to work for Imerys in France as a project manager and in 2012 joined Great-West Lifeco (Canada) as Assistant Vice-President of Risk Management. In May 2014, he was appointed Vice-Chairman of Power Corporation of Canada and Power Financial Corporation.
He has been a Director of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert since 2014.

Born on 23 January 1971, in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, French nationality.
Ian Gallienne holds an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau.
He began his career in Spain, in 1992, as co-founder of a commercial company. From 1995 to 1997 he was Manager of a consulting firm specialised in turning around struggling businesses in France. From 1998 to 2005 he was Manager at the private equity funds Rhone Capital LLC in New York and London. In 2005 he created the private equity fund Ergon Capital in Brussels and was its Managing Director until 2012.
In 2012 he became Co-CEO of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, which he had been a Director of since 2009.

Born on 18 November 1970, US nationality.
Colin Hall has an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He began his career in 1995 as a financial analyst at Morgan Stanley in private equity in New York. In 1997 he joined the Rhône Capital group, a private equity fund, where he held several positions over 10 years, in New York and then in London. In 2009, he co-founded a hedge fund, sponsored by Tiger Management (New York), where he worked until 2011. In 2012, he joined Sienna Capital, a whollyowned subsidiary of GBL grouping together its alternative investments (private equity, debt funds and funds with specific themes) as Managing Director. In 2016, he was appointed GBL Head of Investments.

Born on 4 August 1976, Belgian nationality. A graduate of the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (Belgium) and holder of a MBA from the Business School Vlerick (Belgium), Xavier Le Clef began his career in 2000 as an Associate of the consulting firm in Strategy, Arthur D. Little. In 2006, he joined Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille (CNP - Belgium) as an Investments Manager, then became a Director in 2011, as well as Chief Financial Officer of the Frère-Bourgeois group. Xavier Le Clef was appointed Managing Director of CNP in 2015.

Born on 9 September 1979, Belgian nationality. Laurent Raets holds a degree in business engineering from the Solvay Business School in Brussels. He began his career in Corporate Finance at Deloitte in 2002 as an M&A consultant. He joined GBL in December 2006 as an analyst in the Participations Department and became Deputy Head of Investments in 2016.

Born on 3 January 1953, in Paris, France, French and Canadian nationality.
After graduating from the Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité, Arnaud Vial began his career in 1977 with Banque Paribas (Paris). In 1988 he joined Pargesa group. He has been First Vice-Chairman of Power Corporation of Canada and Power Financial Corporation since 1997. On 1 June 2013, he became Managing Director of Pargesa Holding S.A. He has been sitting on the Board of Directors of Imerys since May 2016.
He has been a Director of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert since 2004.