Kindred Group has updated its Board of Directors with names lended by its new owner, French lottery giant Groupe Française des Jeux (FDJ).
The Swedish gambling group Kindred was officially assimilated into FDJ’s stocks at the start of October, for a lump sum of €2.5bn.
Following the deal, numerous Kindred board members including former Chair Evert Carlsson and the Directors of James H Gemmel, Cédric Boireau, Andrew McCue, Jonas Jansson and Kenneth Shea, resigned their positions.
After a proposal from its new owner, Directorial positions have now been filled by FDJ’s VP of Finance Pascal Chaffard, FDJ Financial Director Edeline Minaire, and FDJ’s Chief of Regulations Officer Célia Vérot.
Chaffard has been with FDJ since 1994, previously heading the roles of Head of Strategy and Transformation, Product Marketing Director and Financial Planning and Analysis Director.
Minaire joined FDJ in 2016, becoming the operator’s Finance Director three years later. She has also held the position of Director of Accounting and Treasury, in addition to roles at Lafarge and Ernst & Young before joining the operator.
Vérot has been FDJ’s Chief Regulation Officer since May 2024. Before joining the operator, she spent more than 10 years at the French Conseil d’Etat, holding several jurisdictional positions, as well as the position of Deputy Secretary General and Advisor at the French Prime Minister’s Office in the civil service.
She has also worked at the French multinational company Veolia Water as Vice President of Veolia Water Japan, as well as CEO at the non-profit organisation Fondation du Patrimoine during the last seven years.
With these changes, Kindred’s Board of Directors now consists of Chaffard, Minaire and Vérot, as well as current board directors Heidi Skogster and Martin Randel.
All terms of office of the newly elected members will expire when Kindred’s next annual general meeting takes place in 2025, with Chaffard elected as Chair.
Skogster and Randel will remain as Directors too until their terms expire next year at the company’s annual general meeting.
In addition, Kindred’s Audit and Remuneration Committees have been named. The Audit Committee is comprised of Skogster as Chair, Randel and Minaire. Meanwhile, the Remuneration Committee consists of Chaffard as Chair, Randel and Skogster.