Frédéric Sanchez was appointed as Director of the Company on May 14, 2019. He has been Chairman of the Executive Board of Fives since 2002. He began his career in 1985, working at Renault in Mexico and subsequently the United States, before joining Ernst & Young in 1987 as a mission manager. In 1990, he joined the Fives-Lille group (renamed Fives in 2007) where he held various roles before being appointed as Chief Financial Officer in 1994, followed by Chief Executive Officer in 1997. Frédéric Sanchez is a graduate of the École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) (1983) and the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po) (1985). He also has a post-graduate qualification in economics (DEA) from Paris‑Dauphine University (1984).