Eiffage board organises the new governance under the chairmanship and executive office of Beno\u00eet de Ruffray.<\/p>\n
The board in its December 9th 2015 meeting unanimously took the following decisions on the recommendation of the nomination and remuneration committee. These decisions will take effect on January 18th 2016.
\n1. It co-opted Mr Beno\u00eet de Ruffray as director for the remaining duration of Mr Pierre Berger’s directorship,
\n2. It decided to reunite the Chairmanship and Chief Executive Officer functions,
\n3. It nominated Mr Beno\u00eet de Ruffray as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer with the widest powers.
\nMr de Ruffray, 49, is a graduate of the French engineering schools \u00c9cole Polytechnique and \u00c9cole Nationale des Ponts et Chauss\u00e9es and holds a Master’s degree from Imperial College London. He began his career in 1990 within the Bouygues Group, first at Bouygues Travaux Publics, where he held a variety of positions and then headed major projects, including the Beirut seafront, until 2003. In 2001 he was appointed to head Bouygues Travaux Publics Latin American area. Between 2003 and 2007 he was Chief Executive Officer of Dragages Hong Kong, a subsidiary of Bouygues. \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"