Swiss Citizen, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors / Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
Appointment at Compagnie Financière Tradition SA: First elected on 7 January 1997. Re-elected on 19 May 2021.
Offices held in governing and supervisory bodies of large public or private, Swiss or foreign corporations, foundations or institutions at 31 December 2020: Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fondation du Festival de Jazz de Montreux (Suisse), member of various boards of directors, including OBS Olympic Broadcasting Services SA (Suisse) and IOC Television & Marketing Services S.A. (Suisse), SFF AG SA (arts graphiques) (Suisse) and Tupperware Suisse S.A. Eysins (Suisse).
Education: LL.D., University of Lausanne.
Career history: François Carrard has been a practising attorney since 1967. He became a partner in the law firm of Kellerhals Carrard, Lausanne, in 2015. He is a specialist in international law, corporate law, particularly banking and finance, international arbitration and mediation, and sport law. He is legal counsel to the International Olympic Committee - he was its former Director General from 1989 to 2003 -and other international sports federations.
