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Our Team

Haffner Energy became a public limited company (plc) with a Board on November 23rd, 2021.

The company is managed by a Board, which determines the direction of the company’s business and oversees its implementation, in accordance with its corporate interests, taking into consideration the social and environmental challenges of its activity.

The Co-Founders

We are proud to be supported by an Executive Board with equal representation, including three women among our independent Board Members. Given its international stature, our Board provides us, alongside our management team, with robust insights and a first-rate perspective on the development of the renewable energies and fuels market, through all its regulatory, economic and technological aspects.

Marc Haffner
Co-founder - Deputy Chief Executive Officer & Chief Technical Officer - Member of the Ethics and Strategy Committee
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Philippe Haffner
Co-Founder - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer - Non-Independent Board Member - Member of the Audit Committee
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Our Executive Committee

Haffner Energy is managed by a six-member Executive Committee. Its role is to define the company’s major strategic directions and their impact on financial and management balances.

Laure Bourdon
Chief of Staff to the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer - Director of Communications and Public Affairs
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Marcella Franchi
Chief Commercial Officer
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Marc Haffner
Co-founder - Deputy Chief Executive Officer & Chief Technical Officer - Member of the Ethics and Strategy Committee
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Philippe Haffner
Co-Founder - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer - Non-Independent Board Member - Member of the Audit Committee
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Pascaline Kishtoo-Denis
Head of Legal Affairs - HR Director
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Michael Zabera
Chief Financial Officer
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Our Board

Haffner Energy’s Board is comprised of six directors, two of whom are independent.

David Corchia
Permanent Representative of a Non-Independent Board Member (Eren Industries)
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Xavier Dethier
Permanent Representative of a Non-Independent Board Member (Europe et Croissance) - Member of the Ethics and Strategy Committee
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Francesca Ecsery
Independent Board Member - Chair of the Ethics and Strategy Committee
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Marc Haffner
Co-founder - Deputy Chief Executive Officer & Chief Technical Officer - Member of the Ethics and Strategy Committee
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Philippe Haffner
Co-Founder - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer - Non-Independent Board Member - Member of the Audit Committee
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Olivier Piron
Permanent Representative of an Independent Board Member (Société E-Venture Management and Investment srl) - Chair of the Audit Committee
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To carry out its mission, the Board relies on two specialized committees: the Audit Committee and the Ethics and Strategy Committee.

 

The Audit Committee

 

The Audit Committee is a specialized committee of the Board, whose principal missions are to monitor the process of preparing financial information, in particular to ensure that internal control and risk management procedures are implemented within the Company and any of its subsidiaries, to monitor the statutory audit of the parent company and consolidated financial statements by the Group’s statutory auditors, and to monitor the rules governing the independence and objectivity of the statutory auditors.

 

The Ethics and Strategy Committee

 

The Ethics and Strategy Committee assists the Board of Directors in all decisions concerning the composition of the governing bodies of the Company and its subsidiaries. It makes proposals to the Board of Directors on how to allocate the total annual compensation among the various members of the Board of Directors, as well as on the amount and terms of compensation allocated to each of the corporate officers. It may also make recommendations to the Board of Directors on the distribution of value between employees and shareholders and may share its recommendations with the Board of Directors on the balance between the levels of compensation for all employees, the compensation for shareholder risk-taking, and the investments necessary to ensure the sustainability of the company.

More broadly, this Committee issues recommendations and opinions to the Board of Directors on issues related to the company’s strategy, as well as on social, societal, and environmental issues affecting the company. As such, it may be consulted by the Chairman of the Board of Directors on all major projects related to the Company’s development and strategic positioning, in particular on projects in France and abroad, major partnerships or investments, internal restructuring, and significant acquisitions and disposals, and may make recommendations to the Board of Directors on these matters.