Céline Soubranne appointed CSR Director of Lagardère Group
Céline Soubranne, CSR Director of Lagardère Group
Lagardère SA has announced the appointment of Céline Soubranne as Group CSR Director.
According to the company, Soubranne will report to the Group's General Secretariat and be responsible for defining the Group's overall CSR strategy, in liaison with the General Management and the Board of Directors. She will also be responsible for steering, coordinating and leading its implementation across all the Group's operational divisions, in conjunction with their teams and stakeholders.
A graduate of IEP, after initial experience in journalism, local authorities and consulting, Soubranne joined AXA in 2006, where she held the positions of Director of Corporate Responsibility at AXA France and Secretary General of the AXA Prévention association. Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer of the AXA Group from 2018 to 2022, she has been ESG Development Director at AXA Investment Managers since October 2022.
In her new role at Lagardère, Soubranne will be able to rely on Jean-Sébastien Guillou, who has been promoted to Deputy CSR Director.
Guillou holds a Master’s degree in Sustainable Development Strategy and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (France). He joined the Lagardère Group’s Sustainable Development Department in 2009 as a Project Manager, before being appointed Deputy Director of Non-Financial Information in 2017.
"CSR has become a major issue for companies," said Pierre Leroy, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Lagardère SA. "Against a backdrop of tightening regulations and rising stakeholder expectations, the appointments of Céline and Jean-Sébastien reaffirm Lagardère Group's ambition to develop its activities by increasingly integrating social and environmental issues."
Pauline Hauwel, Secretary General, added, "It is with great confidence and pleasure that I welcome Céline to the Group. Over the last few years, Lagardère has largely structured its sustainable development policy in response to the expectations of all our stakeholders. I am convinced that, with Jean-Sébastien's support, Céline will bring the necessary skills, expertise and energy to enable us to accelerate the integration of ESG issues at the heart of our development and strengthen our positive impact."
