Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, VINCI
Director since: 2006
Current appointment ends: SGM 2026
Number of VINCI shares held: 348,616 at 31/12/2023
Age: 69
Within the VINCI Group
Appointments and other positions held at 31/12/2023
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VINCI
- Chairman of VINCI Concessions SAS
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board of VINCI Deutschland GmbH
- Permanent representative of VINCI on the Boards of Directors of VINCI Energies and the endowment fund La Fabrique de la Cité
- Permanent representative of Snel on the Board of Directors of ASF and of VINCI Autoroutes on the Board of Directors of Cofiroute
- Chairman of the Fondation VINCI pour la Cité
- Director of Kansai Airports (Japan)
- Director of Cobra Servicios Comunicaciones y Energía S.L.U. (Spain)
Appointments and other positions that have expired during the last five financial years
None
Outside the VINCI Group in listed companies
Appointments and other positions held at 31/12/2023
Lead Director of Air Liquide and Chair of both its Remuneration Committee and its Appointments and Governance Committee
Appointments and other positions that have expired during the last five financial years
Permanent representative of VINCI on the Board of Directors of Aéroports de Paris and member of its Compensation, Appointments and Governance Committee
In unlisted companies or other structures
Appointments and other positions held at 31/12/2023
- Honorary Chairman of the Institut de l’Entreprise
- Member of the Board of Directors of the non-profit organisation Aurore
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institut Pierre Lamoure endowment fund
Appointments and other positions that have expired during the last five financial years
- Vice-Chairman of the non-profit organisation Aurore.
Background
Xavier Huillard is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (now known as the École des Ponts ParisTech). He has spent most of his working life in the construction industry in France and abroad. Mr Huillard joined Sogea in December 1996 as Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of international activities and specific projects, and then became its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1998. He was appointed Deputy General Manager of VINCI in March 1998 and was Chairman of VINCI Construction from 2000 to 2002. He was appointed Co-Chief Operating Officer of VINCI and was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VINCI Energies from 2002 to 2004, then Chairman of VINCI Energies from 2004 to 2005. Mr Huillard became Director and Chief Executive Officer of VINCI in 2006 and was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of VINCI on 6 May 2010. He served as Chairman of the Institut de l’Entreprise from January 2011 until January 2017. He was appointed Chairman of VINCI Concessions SAS on 20 June 2016.