Adriana Cavaliere

Biography

 Born on 6 January 1956, French nationality. Laurence Danon Arnaud joined the Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris in 1977. She became an associate professor of Physical Sciences in 1980. After two years of research in the laboratories of the CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), she entered the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines in 1981 and left as a Corps des Mines Engineer in 1984. After five years at the Ministry of Industry and at its Hydrocarbons Division, Laurence Danon Arnaud joined the ELF group in 1989. From 1989 to 2001, she held various positions in the Chemicals branch of TOTAL FINA ELF group including in particular, between 1996 and 2001, the position of CEO of BOSTIK, the number 2 worldwide in adhesives. In 2001, she was appointed CEO of Printemps and member of the Executive Board of PPR (KERING). After the repositioning of Printemps and the successful sale in 2007, she joined the world of finance, from 2007 to 2013 as Chairwoman of the Management Board of Edmond de Rothschild Corporate Finance and from 2013 as Chairwoman of the investment bank Leonardo & Co. SAS (subsidiary of the Italian group Banca Leonardo). Following the sale of Leonardo & Co. SAS to NATIXIS in 2015, she devoted herself to her family office, PRIMROSE SAS. Laurence Danon Arnaud has been a Director of the company Amundi since 2015 and is Chairwoman of the Strategic Committee. She has also been a member of the Board of Directors of TF1 since 2010 and chairs its Audit Committee. On the other hand, she was a member of the Boards of Directors of other companies, such as the UK company Diageo (2006 to 2015), Plastic Omnium (2003-2010), Experian Plc (2007-2010), Rhodia (2008-2011) and of the Supervisory Board of BPCE (2009-2013), where she chaired the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. Moreover, Laurence Danon Arnaud was the Chairwoman of Committees at MEDEF (French employers’ federation) from 2005 to 2013. From 2000 to 2003, she was Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Ecole des Mines de Nantes and, between 2004 and 2006, Chairwoman of the Fondation de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris.

Research Interest

Business and Management