Model and governance

Since the very creation of Avril, the Group’s founding shareholders, all of whom originate from the agricultural world, have always been central to the Group’s decision-making bodies. By transforming into a French limited partnership with shares (SCA) in 2015, the Group intended to preserve and perpetuate its founding vision. Its governance, in which the agricultural community continues to be actively involved, effectively distinguishes between the controlling authority of the limited partners, mainly from the French vegetable oil and protein industry (FIDOP, FOP, et Fondation Avril), and the management authority of the active partner, represented by Avril Gestion exerted within the Board of Directors, alongside the CEO.

AVRIL GESTION, ENSURING THE GROUP'S VISION

Avril Gestion’s Board of Directors is made up of nine members, divided into three colleges, including four farmers from the FOP, three qualified individuals, and two current or former CEOs or corporate officers from the agricultural or food industry sectors.

Its Chairman is appointed for a six-year term, nominated by the producers’ colleges. Since 2017, this position has been held by Arnaud Rousseau, a farmer from the Seine-et-Marne and Vice-President of the FOP.

The Board of Directors is responsible for approving the major strategic orientations proposed and implemented by the CEO of the Group in his capacity as the Group’s sole legal representative.

Arnaud

Rousseau

Vice-President of the FOP, Chairman of Avril Gestion

Benjamin

Lammert

Chairman of the FOP

Antoine

Henrion

Vice-President of the FOP

Sébastien

Windsor

Vice-President of the FOP

Anne

Lauvergeon

CEO of ALP

Ayla

Ziz

SVP Global Sales - Chief Customer Officer

Jean-Pierre

Denis

Vice-President of the Paprec group

Michel

Boucly

Former Director of Avril

Sylvie

Rucar

Chairman of SRCFA

AVRIL'S OPERATIONS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE CEO AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Appointed by Avril Gestion’s Board of Directors, Jean-Philippe Puig, in his capacity as CEO, has been heading the Group since 2012. He relies on the support of the Executive Committee, the Group’s management body.

Made up of ten members designated by the CEO, the Avril Executive Committee implements Avril’s strategy and that of its subsidiaries, as determined by the CEO and approved by Avril Gestion’s Board of Directors.

The limited partners, FIDOP, FOP, and the Fondation Avril, are represented on the Supervisory Board, which also includes two members representing the Group’s employees, whose mission is to ensure the on-going control of Avril and its subsidiaries.

Jean-Philippe

Puig

CEO of Avril SCA

Agnès

de Saint Céran

Chief Human Resources, Transformation & Engagement Officer

Antoine

Prevost

Chief Operating Officer

Aymeric

Mongeaud

Chief Financial and Administrative Officer

Christophe

Le Bars

Head of Avril Solutions for Agriculture

Emmanuel

Manichon

Head of Avril Consumer Goods, Avril Oilseed Processing & Renewable Energies

Moussa

Naciri

Head of Avril Specialties

Paul-Joël

Derian

Chief Sustainable Development and Innovation Officer, Head of Avril Incubators

Stéphane

Yrlès

General Secretary

Xavier

Dorchies

Chief Operating Officer of Sofiprotéol, and Group's Chief Strategy & Development Officer

Avril stands out for its unique and committed business model: the Group reinvests all its results in the development of the sector.

Originally conceived to provide outlets for the oil and protein industry, the Group was built on an organization in which each business creates value for all the links in the chain and their players, wherever it is established.

ArnaudRousseau

Vice-President of the FOP, Chairman of Avril Gestion

"Avril's model does not distribute dividends and reinvests its profits in its development."

The Stakeholder Committee

The Avril stakeholder committee has been supporting the Group’s transformation and responsible performance for the past three years. Made up of members with backgrounds in research, industry, finance and the NGO sphere, the committee enables Avril decision-makers to anticipate emerging societal expectations, challenges and actions, and provides an expert, supplementary and external viewpoint. The committee also participates in defining the commitments associated with the Group’s purpose, and monitors their implementation.

CHAIR

Laila Mamou Head of Societal Commitment, Crédit Agricole Consumer Finance

MEMBERS

Sébastien Abisc CEO of Club DEMETER

Yuna Chiffoleau Research Director at INRAE

Bernard Guirkinger Mayor of Oudrenne (Moselle), former EVP Suez Environnement

Paolin Pascot Co-founder and CEO of Agriconomie

Bruno Rebelle Former General Manager of the Transitions SD agency

Maximilien Rouer Partner Sustainability leader at Mazars

Bastien Sachet CEO of the Earthworm Foundation

Sébastien Windsor Farmer, vice-chair of the FOP, member of the Avril Gestion board of directors and Chair of the APCA

Yves Puget LSA Editorial Director

Laila Mamou

Chair of the Stakeholder Committee

With the help of the committee members, I will endeavor to pursue the efforts already undertaken, and to initiate a dynamic that will help us to communicate on structural issues, and to monitor, alongside Avril, the responses implemented. I firmly believe in the benefits of Avril's approach of putting together a long-term and committed stakeholder committee, and we will strive to continue to develop its positive influence for the Group and for society.

The technical and scientific committee

In order to prepare for the future and for the agricultural, food and environmental transitions, Avril has set up a scientific and technical committee (CST). Since 2022, this committee has assembled tri-annual meetings of around a dozen renowned experts from the worlds of research and industry. This forum for inter-disciplinary exchanges helps facilitate the Group’s assimilation of emerging topics, clarifying the choices made and challenging its innovation approach.

CHAIR

Gilles Trystram CEO Genopôle

MEMBERS

Ange Nzihou Professor at the Albi Ecole des Mines

Romain Kapel Professor, Université de Lorraine

Pascal Métivier VP & Research Director at Syensqo

Philippe Legrand Professor at the Institut Agro Rennes-Angers

Luis-Angel Fernandez Vice President, Strategic Flavor Development, Mane

Pascal Barthelémy Expert Director, E-cube

Jean-Denis Faure Professor, AgroParisTech, IJPB

Laure Vieublé Research Lecturer, AgroParisTech

Nicolas Vayatis Professor, Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay