Foundation governance

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Fondation Pierre Fabre is overseen by a Board of Directors that meets at least twice annually. The Board establishes guidelines, approves strategic projects and ensures the proper management of the Foundation. It has 14 members divided into three colleges:

The Council of Founders

  • Mr Pierre-Yves Revol, President
  • Mr Jacques Fabre, Secretary of Fondation Pierre Fabre and Director of Pierre Fabre SA
  • Mr Jacques Godfrain, Treasurer (former Minister for Cooperation)
  • Ms Huong Mangin, CEO of companies
  • Mr Bertrand Parmentier, ex-CEO of companies
  • Ms Nathalie Delapalme, Executive Director, Mo Ibrahim Foundation

Ex officio members

  • Mr Laurent Buchaillat, Spokesperson for the French Interior Minister, Prefect of Tarn
  • Mr Christophe Farnaud, Ambassador, Delegation of the European Union to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman

Co-opted members

  • Mr Elrick Irastorza, General of the Army
  • Mr Luong N’Guyen, PhD in medicine, specialising in ophthalmology
  • Mr Serge Resnikoff, Professor, Ophthalmologist and expert on global health issues
  • Mr Frédéric de Saint-Sernin, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of ACTED
  • Mme Élisabeth Hubert, Présidente of the Fédération nationale des établissements d’hospitalisation à domicile (FNEHAD)
  • M. Alexandre Mérieux, Chairman of the Board of Directors of bioMérieux, Vice-President of the Institut Mérieux and member of the Board of the Mérieux Foundation

MANAGEMENT

The management team, under the leadership of the Director General, suggests programmes and initiatives to the Board and ensure programme implementation, coordination and monitoring.

Management team

  • Ms Béatrice Garrette, Executive Director
  • Ms Elodie Montagne Moulis, General secretary
  • Mr Christophe Przybylski, Scientific Director
  • Ms Solenne Barbe, Program Director

THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

With eight eminent scientists, the Scientific Committee proposes and gives advisory opinions on major priorities and on the programme of action.

  • President, Professor Serge Resnikoff, Ophthalmologist and expert on global health issues
  • Professor Dapa Diallo, Haematologist and Head of the CRLD in Bamako (Mali)
  • Professor Marc Gentilini, Specialist in infectious and tropical diseases, Professor Emeritus at the Pitié Salpétrière Hospital, Member of the Academy of Medicine, which he chaired in 2008, Founding President of the Pan African Organization for the Fight against AIDS (OPALS) and Chairman of the French Red Cross from 1997 to 2004
  • Professor Gérard Lorette, Professor Emeritus of Dermatology
  • Professor Michel Vidal, Pharmacochemist, UMR CNRS 8038, U 1268 INSERM – University of Paris Descartes
  • Doctor Claire Rieux, Haematologist at the Henri Mondor Hospital, and adviser on epidemiology and humanitarian medicine
  • Doctor Cohen Solal, President, DARGIA Conseils
  • Doctor Bernard Vallat, Veterinary surgeon and former Director General of OIE (the World Organisation for Animal Health)

All duties and functions of the members of both the Board of Directors and the Scientific Committee are performed on a volunteer basis.