Isabelle Boccon-gibod
Non-Executive Director
Chemicals
Arkema Group
France
Biography
The Fonds Stratégique de Participations (FSP) announced in July 2013 that it has taken a 6% shareholding in Arkema’s share capital. The FSP was created in 2012 by four major French insurance companies - BNP Paribas Cardif, CNP Assurances, Predica and Sogécap - to invest on the long-term in the share capital of French non-financial listed companies and to support them in the implementation of their strategy. It is represented in the governance boards of these companies The FSP appointed as permanent representative Mrs Isabelle Boccon-Gibod, a person who is completely independent from the insurance companies that founded the FSP and from Edmond de Rothschild AM that manages FSP's funds. An engineer with degrees from the École Centrale de Paris and the University of Columbia in the United States, Isabelle Boccon-Gibod was Executive Vice-President of Arjowiggins and Executive Vice-President of the Sequana group. She chaired the Copacel (Union Française des Industries des Cartons, Papiers et Celluloses) until the end of 2013. Isabelle Boccon-Gibod is a member of the National Orientation Board (Conseil National d’Orientation) of BPI France and Vice-President of the Economic Commission of the MEDEF.
Research Interest
Chemical Technology
