Administrateur indépendant — Audit Committee
France·Industrial Manufacturing·Posted 2 September 2026
SBF 120-listed industrial group
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A demand profile the Exchange is actively sourcing against. The sponsor is not confirmed on this board, and we say so rather than implying a signed mandate. Registering interest puts you in front of the sponsor when the brief converts.
The problem this seat exists to solve
Two directors reach the AFEP-MEDEF twelve-year independence limit in the same year, and the 40% gender arithmetic under the Copé-Zimmermann law constrains the order in which they can be replaced — an appointment that breaches it is void.
The remit
- Serve on an audit committee that must be at least two-thirds independent
- Oversee the group's CSRD reporting and the assurance behind its transition plan
- Contribute to the board's succession sequencing across two simultaneous tenure expiries
- Work alongside employee directors appointed under the PACTE law
What the sponsor will not compromise on
- Financial or accounting expertise as required of an audit-committee member
- Industrial or manufacturing sector depth at international scale
- Working French — committee papers and minutes are in French at this issuer
- Independence under the AFEP-MEDEF criteria, including no material business relationship
Terms
- Engagement
- Four-year mandate, renewable within the twelve-year independence limit.
- Compensation
- €70,000 – €95,000 a year including audit-committee fee, resolved by the general meeting.
- Cross-border
- No nationality or residency test applies to a French director. The board's gender arithmetic governs the sequence of appointments, and language is a real requirement on this particular board.
- Time commitment in this market
- Typically 6–10 board meetings a year plus committee cycles and a strategy seminar; audit committees at CAC 40 issuers meet considerably more often.
Before you apply — France
No nationality or residency test applies to a director of a French société anonyme. The constraint on a French board is its composition arithmetic, not your passport.
- Residency test
- None.
- Nationality test
- None.
- Work authorisation
- A non-executive director attending board meetings requires no work authorisation. An executive mandate — directeur général or a directoire seat — held by a non-EU national raises residence-permit questions and should be checked before acceptance.
- Tenure limit once appointed
- Twelve years. Under the AFEP-MEDEF Code a director loses independent status on passing twelve years' service, and the board must state the position each year.
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