Mersen — Board/Management Information 2013

Dec 5, 2013

Bpifrance Investissement co-opted to the Supervisory Board of Mersen

Paris, December 5th, 2013 - Mersen (Euronext FR0000039620 – MRN), global expert in electrical specialties and graphite-based materials, has announced that on October 30th, 2013 its Supervisory Board co-opted Bpifrance Investissement (formerly FSI) to replace Bertrand Finet, who has been called to other duties. Bpifrance Investissement will be represented by Thierry Sommelet.

Senior investment director at Bpifrance Participations, Thierry Sommelet started his career in the capital markets at Crédit Commercial de France in 1992 in Paris, then in New York. He held several management positions in London and Paris before joining Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations in 2002, as Manager of financial arrangements in the Digital Investments and Holdings department. He then moved to the Strategic Investment Fund (FSI) when this was set up, in 2008.

Thierry Sommelet is a graduate of the French engineering school Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and holds an MBA from French business school INSEAD.

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