Governance

Eric La Bonnardière became a member of the Company’s Supervisory Board and a member of the Audit Committee in 2015. He was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board in 2017. He has been Chairman of the Board since April 2018.

He began his career in 2006 as a consultant at Capgemini and then joined the Advancy strategy consulting firm where he carried out assignments in industry and distribution. Since 2009, he has been the Chairman and co-founder of Evaneos, a travel marketplace and European leader in its segment.

Eric La Bonnardière is a graduate of the Centrale-Supélec engineering school and has a Master’s degree in management from the HEC academy in Paris.

A member of Tarkett’s Supervisory Board since 2014, Julien Deconinck has been Vice-Chairman of the Board since April 26, 2024.

Julien Deconinck is a founding member of Clermount, a mergers and acquisitions consulting company specialised in fund raising for positive-impact companies. He began his career in 2002 as a mergers and acquisitions analyst at Lazard.

He then joined the Tarkett Group, where he held several positions in marketing development and project management from 2003 to 2006. From 2006 to 2015, he was a mergers and acquisitions associate at HSBC, then Director of Equity Investments at the investment firm Parcom Capital, and then a Director at Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking.

Julien Deconinck is a graduate of the HEC business academy in Paris.

Marine Charles is CEO France of B&B Hotels. From 2022 to 2023, she was CEO of Saint-Gobain Weber France, the leader in industrial mortars, and a member of the Saint Gobain France Management Committee since February 2022. She began her career in 2004 in strategy consulting at OC&C Strategy Consultants, where she worked in the Paris and London offices. In 2008, she joined the Casino Group where she held the positions of Deputy Director of Group Strategy and Planning and Director of Controlling and Projects for the Group’s International Activities (Latin America, Asia, French overseas departments). In 2013, she became Head of Strategy and Development for Saint Gobain’s Building Distribution Sector in charge of strategic projects and M&A. She then joined in 2016 Lapeyre, a Saint Gobain subsidiary, as Deputy CEO, before being appointed CEO in 2019. Marine Charles is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and the business school HEC Entrepreneurs Master’s degree.

Marie Deconinck is a member of the Tarkett Supervisory Board since April 26, 2024. Marie began her career in 2011 as CSR Manager for the microfinance group Baobab before taking over as Managing Director of DDA, a family holding company and shareholder of Société d’Investissement Deconinck (SID). She joined the Tarkett France marketing department in 2020 as Product Category Marketing Manager, before moving to Tarkett EMEA & LATAM Division marketing department as Product Development Manager. Today, she is in charge of strategic product innovation projects linked to Tarkett’s sustainability objectives.

Marie Deconinck holds a master’s degree in international relations from Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University and an MBA from business school HEC Paris (specializing in Innovation).

Françoise Leroy has been a member of the Supervisory Board since 2013.

She began her career in 1975 as Secretary General of the Union Industrielle et d’Entreprise. She joined Elf Aquitaine in 1982, where she held various positions in financial management. In 1998, she became the Director of Financial Communications, and then, in 2001, she became Director of Chemical Subsidiaries Operations in the Finance Department of Total following its merger with Elf Aquitaine. Françoise Leroy was the Secretary General of Total’s Chemical Division between 2004 and 2012 and a member of its Steering Committee since 2006. She was Head of Acquisitions and Disposals from 9 January 2012 until June 2013.

Françoise Leroy is a graduate of the Reims business management and administration school, the École Supérieure de Commerce et d’Administration des Entreprises.

Sabine Roux de Bézieux has been a member of the Company’s Supervisory Board since 2017.

After two years in investment banking, she spent 13 years with the Andersen Group in London and Paris. From 2002 to 2012, she ran her own consulting company, Advanceo, before joining the Board of Directors of several listed companies and taking over the General Management of Notus Technologies.

She has been committed to social and environmental projects for the past fifteen years. In 2005, she created her own Foundation, Araok, to support vulnerable members of society before going on to establish the association Un Esprit de Famille with a number of other foundations. She is treasurer of United Way l’Alliance pour l’éducation, and Chair of the Fondation de la Mer, of which she is one of the founders.

Sabine Roux de Bézieux graduated from the ESSEC business school in 1986. She also holds a DECF (Diploma of Accounting and Finance) and a bachelor’s diploma in philosophy. She is a former auditor of IHEDN.

After studying at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, Philippe Willion began his career in 1985 at Peat Marwick/KPMG before working as CFO in the forest industry.

In 1992, he joined Sommer-Allibert and took the responsibility of the finance department of the Packaging division before joining the Group internal audit in 1997.

When Sommer-Allibert and Tarkett AG merged, he joined the treasury department of Tarkett AG in Germany in 1998 and took over its responsibility.

Since 2001, he has been Tarkett Group Head of Finance and Treasury.

Nicolas Deconinck is currently the President of Demunich, a family holding company, and the Managing Director of SID (Société d’Investissement Deconinck), where he oversees financial investments and venture capital.

From 2019 to 2023, Nicolas held the role of Business Unit Director at Sapient / Razorfish, part of the Publicis Group, where he brought his expertise in digital transformation to large companies in France and internationally.

In 2006, he founded his own company, Attractive, specializing in the manufacturing and distribution of sports articles. Over the years, the company evolved into SoActive, an e-commerce platform based in the United Kingdom, before being acquired by the Bentley Hall Ivts fund in 2015. Prior to that, he worked as an IT Strategy Consultant at BearingPoint, where he developed his skills in strategic consulting.

Nicolas Deconinck is a graduate of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po) and holds a Master’s degree in Corporate Strategy from the University Paris Dauphine.

Tina Mayn currently serves as Executive Vice President Products, Innovation and Sustainable R&D at Danish company Velux. From 2015 to 2018, she served as Executive Vice President of R&D, Product Portfolio and Global Marketing at Nilfisk, a leading global manufacturer of professional cleaning equipment. Previously, she worked at Electrolux, a Swedish appliance company, as Senior Vice President Global Product Line. She has extensive leadership experience in product management and development, innovation, purchasing and change management. Tina Mayn holds an MBA from the European Institute of Purchasing Management (EIPM) and an Executive Board Education degree from CBS Copenhagen Business School.

Since 2022, Caroline Tith is Business Intelligence (BI) Programme Manager in the Data team at Tarkett Group. In this role, she is responsible for the roadmap of BI projects that are in line with the strategy of the divisions and the Tarkett Group.

She previously held various positions in Data since 2014: data manager and biostatistician within a clinical organisation, Big Data consultant and then BI technical-functional analyst for the sales, finance and budget areas of the Tarkett Group.

In December 2021, she became a “2021 Tarkett Top Learner” of the Tarkett Group and was appointed as an employee representative on the Board by Tarkett’s ESC.

Caroline Tith holds a bachelor’s degree in biology/chemistry and a Master’s degree in bioinformatics and biostatistics from the Faculté des Sciences d’Orsay, jointly certified by the École Polytechnique.

Caroline Tith is also qualified as a Production Manager for Artistic Projects and trained in Digital Strategy at the Institut d’Études Supérieur des Arts (IESA).

Didier Michaud-Daniel is executive Chairman of Pluxee NV. From 2012 to 2023, he was Managing Director of Bureau Veritas, a listed company in the Paris SBF 120 index of most actively traded stocks. He began his career in 1981 with OTIS, where he held various posts in the Sales Management and Operations Department. He was appointed Deputy General Manager of Operations in January 1998.

He then became Managing Director of OTIS UK and Ireland, then Chairman of OTIS for the UK, Germany and Central Europe region, before being appointed Chairman of OTIS Elevator Company in May 2008.

Didier Michaud-Daniel is a graduate of the Poitiers business management school and European Business Administration Institute INSEAD and is Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur, the highest French order of merit.

Bernard André Deconinck is an observer on the Company’s Supervisory Board and since 2013 has been the Chairman of the Supervisory Board and a member of the Family Council (as the representative of the Heritage Fund) of SID. He was also a member and Chairman of the SIF Management Board.

Bernard André Deconinck is a graduate of the Ecole Centrale de Paris and began his career with the Group in 1969 as a methods engineer. From 1970, he held operational management positions in the plants and in the divisions, then became Director of Purchasing, Investment, Style, and Research and Development for the Group.

He is Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Mérite.

Claude Ehlinger joined Wendel in 2016. As of 2019, he serves as a Senior Advisor to Wendel. He has also been a member of the Investment Committee and CEO of Oranje-Nassau.

Claude Ehlinger was previously Deputy CEO of Louis Dreyfus Company, which he joined in July 2007 as Group CFO. He was acting as interim CEO of Louis Dreyfus Company from June 2014 to October 2015.

He began his career at the Thomson group in 1985, before joining Finacor in 1987 as Managing Director. From 1999 to 2003, he served as CFO at CCMX and later Regional Financial Controller at Capgemini. He joined Eutelsat as Group CFO in June 2004, a position he held until July 2007.

Claude Ehlinger is a graduate of the Ecole des Hautes études Commerciales (HEC).

Fabrice Barthélemy was appointed as interim Chairman of the Management Board of Tarkett on September 18, 2018, and was confirmed in this position on 14 January, 2019. He has been a member of the Management Board since May 2008.

He began his career as an industrial controller with Safran, joining Valeo in 1995 as Financial Controller of a division in the United Kingdom. From 2000 to 2003, he helped turn around Valeo’s Lighting Division in France, before taking over the global financial management of Valeo’s Electronics & Connective Systems and then of the Valeo’s Wiping Systems.

Fabrice Barthélemy joined Tarkett in 2008 as Chief Financial Officer and also oversaw the Information Systems and Legal departments. He was Chairman of Tarkett’s EMEA-LATAM Division from February 2017 to September 2019. He is a graduate of the French school of management, the École supérieure de commerce de Paris (ESCP) – Europe.

Raphaël Bauer has been the Group’s Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Executive Committee since February 2017. He has been a member of the Management Board since May1, 2019.

Formerly the Group’s Financial Controller, Raphael Bauer joined Tarkett in 2010 as financial controller within the EMEA Division, then for the Asia-Pacific and Latin American Regions.

Raphaël Bauer began his career as a management controller at Valeo from 2002 to 2007, then joined Rexam as a financial officer from 2007 to 2010. He is a graduate of the institute of political studies (Sciences Po) in Paris.

Eline Cormont-Girardey has been appointed Group General Counsel in January 2023. She also holds the role of Secretary of Tarkett’s Supervisory Board. Eline joined Tarkett in 2009 as EMEA international in-house counsel, then she evolved to the role of Group compliance officer/senior legal counsel and took in 2016 the position of EMEA-LATAM-ANZ Legal Director. Prior to Tarkett, she worked for PSA PEUGEOT CITROEN as International Legal Counsel. Eline holds a master’s degree in International Business Law from the University of Tours and a master’s degree of Legal Translator from the Institut Supérieur d’Interprétation et de Traduction of Paris.

Winn Everhart has been appointed President & CEO of Tarkett North America in September 2024. He has over 20 years of track record in leading major consumer brands and managing large-scale operations, both in the US and internationally. With extensive experience at The Whirlpool Corporation and The Coca-Cola Company, Winn has driven growth, innovation, and strategic changes across North America, Canada, and global markets.

Winn holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Winn is a citizen of the United States.

Eddy Schmitt has been appointed President & CEO of Tarkett Sports on May 28th 2024. He successfully led Steelcase’s business in the Americas for the last 13 years. He previously held the roles of General Manager at Steelcase France and Vice President of Marketing and R&D at Steelcase EMEA and APAC. Prior to joining Steelcase in 2003, Eddy worked at the Boston Consulting Group in Paris and New York for ten years. Eddy obtained his Master’s in management from HEC Paris business school. He is a dual citizen of the United States and France.

Hervé Legrand was appointed as Group Chief Information Officer (CIO) in April 2021. He was previously Group CIO of ArcelorMittal for ten years, where he also held the position of Group Chief Information Security Officer. Prior to this, Hervé held various positions in information systems at Pechiney, Alcan, Novelis, supporting the digital transformation of the aluminium industry. He has operated in different parts of the world (Luxembourg, USA, Switzerland and France). Hervé is a graduate of the University of Mulhouse, France.

Arnaud Marquis was Chief Sustainability & Innovation Officer between 2020 and 2024 before being appointed Tarkett Chief Sustainability & Safety Officer in June 2024. He initially joined Tarkett in 2016 as Vice-President of Hardflooring EMEA. Over the previous 20 years, he held a number of international management positions in sales, marketing and operations with the Ahlstrom Group, a major player in natural and synthetic fiber products. He is a graduate of Grenoble engineering school (INPG) – Pagora and holds an Executive MBA from EM Lyon Business School.

Slavoljub Martinovic is President of EMEA & Latin America since July 2023. Slavoljub Martinovic has been President of Tarkett Eastern Europe & Asia from 2013-2023. Previously, he worked for Sintelon from 1996, until its acquisition by the Group in 2002. He holds a degree from the Novi Sad Technological Faculty.

Stanislav Mitrović has been President of the Tarkett Eastern Europe & APAC Division since July 2023. Stanislav began his career in Finance at Sintelon in 2000. He has been Chief Financial Officer of the Tarkett Eastern Europe & APAC Division from 2012-2023. Stanislav holds a Ph.D in Economics, Finance and Financial Management from University of Novi Sad in Serbia.