Organisation

A French corporate foundation, the structure is organised around a traditional mode of governance with a Board of Trustees made up of nine members, two thirds of whom represent the L’Oréal Group and one third of whom are external members and experts in their particular fields.
  • Professor Christian de Duve Founding President of the L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards “For Women in Science”,
    Nobel Prize in Medicine 1974,
    Emeritus professor at the Catholic University of Louvain and The Rockefeller University,
    Trustee-Founder of the De Duve Institute
  • Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones Chairman of the L’Oréal Board of Directors,
    Chairman of the Foundation,
  • Claudie Haigneré Former Research Minister and European Affairs Minister,
    Astronaut, Chairman of the Cité des Sciences and
    Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Palais de la Découverte
  • Jean-Paul Agon L’Oréal Chief Executive Officer
  • Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière Member of the Institute de France,
    Founder and CEO of the Fimalac Group,
    Chairman of the Culture & Diversity Corporate Foundation, L’Oréal Board member
  • Béatrice Dautresme Executive Vice-President Corporate Communications and External Affairs
    and Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation
  • Jean-François Grollier L’Oréal Executive Vice-President Research and Development
  • Geoff Skingsley L’Oréal Executive Vice-President Human Resources
  • Françoise Schoenberger Director of L’Oréal Social Relations for France