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Board of Directors Compagnie Financière Richemont SA

The Board of Directors of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA, the parent company, is responsible for the overall strategic direction of the Group and the appointment of senior management. In addition, it is responsible for establishing financial controls and appropriate procedures for the management of risk within the Group as well as the overall supervision of the business. The Board is responsible for preparing the Company and the Group's financial statements and for organising the shareholders' annual meeting.

This board is composed principally of non-executive directors with diverse professional and business backgrounds. Nine nationalities are represented on the Board, which has 15 members.

Johann Rupert

Executive Chairman
South African, born 1950
Appointed to the board 1988

Jean-Paul Aeschimann

Non-executive Deputy Chairman
Swiss, born 1933
Appointed to the board 1988

Norbert Platt

Group Chief Executive Officer
German, born 1947
Appointed to the board 2005

Richard Lepeu

Group Finance Director
French, born 1952
Appointed to the board 2004

Franco Cologni

Senior Executive Director
Italian, born 1934
Appointed to the board 2002

Lord Douro

Non-executive Director British, born 1945
Appointed to the board 2000

Yves-Andre Istel

Non-executive Director
American, born 1936
Appointed to the board 1990

Ruggero Magnoni

Non-executive Director
Italian, born 1951
Appointed to the board 2006

Simon Murray

Non-executive Director
British, born 1940
Appointed to the board 2003

Alain Dominique Perrin

Executive Director
French, born 1942
Appointed to the board 2003

Alan Quasha

Non-executive Director
American, born 1949
Appointed to the board 2000

Lord Renwick of Clifton

Non-executive Director
British, born 1937
Appointed to the board 1995

Jan Rupert

Executive Director
South African, born 1955
Appointed to the board 2000

Jürgen Schrempp

Non-executive Director
German, born 1944
Appointed to the board 2003

Martha Wikstrom

Non-executive Director
American, born 1956
Appointed to the board 2005		  

Matthew Kilgarriff

Company Secretary