CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Uptevia’s main governance bodies are its Board of Directors and General Management, together with its Executive Committee.

Uptevia’s governance aims to steer the company’s strategy and define all the rules governing its management and control procedures in the best possible way, while protecting the interests of its stakeholders (employees, customers, shareholders, regulators and partners).

The Board of Directors, made up of representatives of Uptevia’s two shareholders, CACEIS and BNP Paribas, has the following mandates:

  • Set the company’s strategic direction,
  • Oversee and monitor Uptevia’s performance,
  • Controlling and monitoring all company-related operations.

Uptevia’s internal governance is organised around distinct and complementary committees.

Uptevia’s Executive Management is made up of a Chief Executive Officer, a Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

The Executive Committee is made up of the General Management and 6 other members, who are Business or Support Function Directors. It meets at least once a week.

The members of Uptevia’s Executive Committee are listed below.

 

The Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

Carine ECHELARD,

Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

Les membres du Comité Exécutif d’Uptevia

 

 

 

Lionel BARTHELEMY,

Directeur Général

 

 

Anthony MARTIN,

Directeur Général Délégué

 

 

Philippe DURAND,

Directeur Pilotage et Contrôle

 

 

Sonia MASSEZ MOAYER,

Directrice des Ressources Humaines

 

 

Philippe BOISVIEUX,

Directeur Organisation et Transformation

 

 

Joël PIGEON,

Directeur de la conformité et des services d’investissement

 

 

Delphine VIMARD,

Secrétaire Générale

 

 

 

Jérémie MARTIN,

Directeur des opérations

 

 

 

Mélanie IMBERT,

Directrice des Risques et de la Protection des données

 

Les portraits

 

Carine ECHELARD

Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

Carine ECHELARD began her career in 1987 in the Futures back office of Caisse de Gestion Mobilière. In 1989, she became head of the “institutional and non-resident clients” back office at Nivard Flornoy, a JP Morgan SA brokerage firm. She joined Crédit Lyonnais in 1991 as research manager for the bond market. In 1995, she became Head of Fund Administration at Crédit Lyonnais Asset Management. From 2004 to 2010, she was Deputy CEO of RBC Dexia Investor Services France. She joined CACEIS in 2010 as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of CACEIS Bank France and CACEIS Fund Administration. In April 2014, she was appointed Chief Executive Officer of CACEIS Bank France and CACEIS Fund Administration and became a member of the CACEIS Group Executive Committee. In March 20217 she was also appointed Chief Executive Officer of CACEIS Corporate Trust. In September 2023, she was appointed Chief Human Resources Officer of the CACEIS Group.

Carine ECHELARD is a graduate of the Institut Commercial Supérieur de Paris and holds a Diplôme d’Etude Comptable Supérieur.

“Uptevia was born of the ambition to create a French and European leader in issuer services, based on the long experience of its two shareholders. The strategic orientations defined aim to support our customers over the long term, with recognised and innovative solutions.”

 


 

Lionel BARTHELEMY

Chief Executive Officer

 

Lionel Barthelemy joined CACEIS Corporate Trust in May 2007 as Chief Information Officer. In 2009, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of GIE Registrar. In October 2012, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer, with particular responsibility for overseeing Operations, Organisation and Information Systems. He was previously Head of Mission at the General Inspection Department of the Crédit Agricole Group from early 2002.

After starting his career at NMPP (Nouvelles Messageries de Presse Parisienne) in the Cameroon subsidiary in 1985, he joined EADS in 1987. In 1991, he joined Banque Worms as IT Project Manager, then moved to IBM France’s Banking and Finance Sector from 1997 to 1998 as Functional Architect. He joined Crédit Lyonnais in May 1998 as Project Director in the Technology and Information Systems Department.

Lionel Barthelemy is an IT and management engineer, a graduate of ISIM and a CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor).

“Uptevia must be recognised for its quality of service and its expertise in the French aftermarket eco-system. Each Uptevia employee should be proud to contribute to this and should develop professionally in a friendly and trusting environment.”

 



Anthony MARTIN

Chief Operating Officer

 

Anthony MARTIN has over 21 years of expertise in securities services and operations. Anthony joined BNP Paribas Securities Services in 2001 and has held a number of positions including business development, client relationship management, product development (Paris and Madrid), international corporate actions centralisation and sales responsibility.
He has also been Vice-Chairman of ASRAS BNP Paribas for almost 13 years.

Anthony MARTIN holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration, Analysis, Management and Financial Policy and Banking and Finance from NEOMA Business School and an MBA from the University of Deusto (Spain).

“Uptevia’s ambition is to become a company with a mission, whose raison d’être would be to support all companies, from small unlisted family businesses to the flagships of the CAC 40, from their creation and throughout their growth.”

 



Philippe DURAND

Director of Steering and Control

 

Philippe DURAND began his career in an audit firm. He joined the Crédit Agricole Group in 1990. For 23 years, Philippe Durand contributed to company merger projects, mainly abroad, initially in Luxembourg for the Indosuez subsidiary, then in Munich for the acquisition of an activity by CACEIS. In 2018, Philippe Durand spent 18 months helping to relocate a CACEIS business to Dublin. In 2021, he will prepare the due diligence and closing for the creation of Uptevia.

Philippe DURAND has a university degree in chartered accountancy.

“We need to form a Uptevia unit, with a harmonised culture and operating methods, while serving our customers.”

 



Philippe BOISVIEUX

Director of Organisation and Transformation

 

In 1997, having just graduated in aeronautical engineering, Philippe BOISVIEUX began his career at Capgemini as a consultant/project manager, notably on projects to implement payment solutions. In 1999, he joined a project to roll out a record-keeping solution and took charge of setting up new services. After providing project management assistance to GIE Registrar, he joined CACEIS Corporate Trust in 2005 as Head of Project Management and then Director of Information Systems. In 2019, Philippe BOISVIEUX will oversee a broad scope encompassing Organisation, Business Implementation, Billing and Products. In 2020, there will be a paradigm shift, as he takes over responsibility for the Operations Department and works with the teams to meet day-to-day operational requirements. With the creation of Uptevia in 2023, drawing on all his technical and operational experience, he was appointed Director of Organisation and Transformation.

Philippe BOISVIEUX has a degree in aeronautical engineering.

“Imagining ever more innovative services for our customers and their investors by bringing together technical and operational expertise fuels the enthusiasm that drives me at Uptevia.”

 


Sonia MASSEZ MOAYER

HR Director

 

With over 20 years’ experience in Human Resources, Sonia MASSEZ MOAYER began her career in the Kering Group, where she successively held the positions of Employment Lawyer at Conforama, then Human Resources Manager at Fnac. In 2012, she joined the Crédit Agricole Group as Head of HR Development for the Caisses Régionales estate agency network, before taking up a position as Head of Employee Relations at Crédit Agricole Immobilier.

Sonia MASSEZ MOAYER holds a law degree from the Université Panthéon Assas

“Over the last 20 years, working in a multicultural environment, my guiding principle has been to put employees at the heart of company projects. My role as HR Director is to accompany and support employees with the aim of creating a working environment that allows them to be fully involved in the success of their company.”

 



Joël PIGEON

Head of Compliance and Investment Services

 

After a variety of experiences, Joël PIGEON joined the BNP Paribas Group in 1998 in the Advisory and Trading Department, B*capital of BNP Paribas Portzamparc as an account manager. In 2006, he joined the General Inspection Department as Internal Auditor at BNP Paribas Personal Investors, and two years later became Head of Risk and Compliance at Cortal Consors France. In 2012, Joël Pigeon became Head of Market Integrity at BNP Paribas Securities Services. In 2017, Joël was appointed Head of Compliance Control and Risk Management at BNP Paribas Retail Banking.

Joël is a graduate of the Institut d’Administration des Entreprises (IAE) in Aix-en-Provence and holds a postgraduate diploma in Financial Risk Management (GERIF).

“Facilitate the transformation and merger of CACEIS Corporate Trust and BNP Paribas Securities Services to strengthen our image as a key player in issuer services in Paris. At the same time, we must defend the interests of our clients and shareholders. In Corporate we Trust.”

 


Delphine VIMARD

General secretary

 

Delphine VIMARD has over 20 years’ experience in project management, customer relationship management and team management at BNP Paribas and in consultancy firms. She began her career with Paribas in 1999 in operational functions for a customer base of banks and brokers, before joining Altran Systèmes d’Information as a consultant. Delphine then worked for BNP Paribas Securities Services for more than 10 years for a corporate clientele in client solutions development, Client Onboarding Manager and then Account Manager positions. In 2018, Delphine joined BNP Paribas’ in-house Consulting team, where she was responsible for managing transformation programmes and carrying out consultancy and change management assignments.
At the beginning of 2023, she was appointed General Secretary of Uptevia.

Delphine VIMARD is a graduate of NEOMA Business School, Sup de Co Reims programme, and is certified in project management from ESCP Europe.

“My motto: Making Uptevia’s transformation a collective success.”

 


Jérémie MARTIN

Chief Operating Officer

 

Jérémie MARTIN began his professional career in 2000, first as a back office manager and then as a registrar project manager at Crédit Commercial de France (now HSBC France). In 2005, he joined BNP Paribas Securities Services as Major Client Support. Jérémie Martin then managed the Client Support, General Meetings and Client Project Management activities until 2020. He then became Director of Operations, a position he has held with Uptevia since its creation.

Having studied Mathematics and Accounting, Jérémie MARTIN also holds the BP Banque and ITB diplomas.

“To begin with, Uptevia needs to make its processes more reliable and secure, while bringing together two corporate cultures with different origins.”

 

 


Mélanie IMBERT

Director of Risk and Data Protection

 

Mélanie IMBERT began her career in the field of organisational consulting and quickly specialised in financial services and, more specifically, in risk management and compliance. She began her career in 2007 working for major firms such as Accenture and then KPMG, and in 2016 she embarked on her entrepreneurial career with the co-creation of Beam Advisory, a firm specialising in the banking sector.
Mélanie IMBERT joined Uptevia as a consultant in 2023, to oversee the implementation of the risk management system. Then, in September 2024, she officially joined Uptevia as Head of Risk and Data Protection. In January 2025, she was appointed to Comex and became Director of Risk and Data Protection. She also assumes the role of Data Protection Officer (DPO).
Mélanie IMBERT is a graduate of NEOMA Business School’s Grande Ecole programme, specialising in finance.

‘Uptevia is the fruit of considerable co-construction work since the merger of CACEIS Corporate Trust and BNP Paribas Securities Services. My aim is to make the Risk and Data Protection Department a genuine business partner for Uptevia’s business lines, and to continue our efforts to secure all our processes’.

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