Frédéric Lemoine


Frédéric Lemoine is a French businessman. He was Chairman of Wendel’s Executive Board from April 2009 until December 2017.
He was a member of the Supervisory Board of Wendel from June 2008 to April 2009. Since April 2009, he has been a board member of Saint-Gobain. Since January 2011, he has been a board member of Insead. Since 2014, he has been a board member of Orchestre à l'Ecole.

Early life and education

Lemoine graduated from HEC Paris in 1986 and Sciences Po in 1987. He holds a law degree and is a graduate of École nationale d'administration.

Career in the public sector

From 1995 to 1997, Lemoine served as deputy chief of staff of the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, in charge of coordinating reform of the national health insurance system and hospital reform. At the same time he was a chargé de mission with the Secretary of State for Healthcare and the National Health Insurance system.
From May 2002 to June 2004, Lemoine was deputy General Secretary of the French Presidency with President Jacques Chirac, in charge of economic and financial affairs and other areas.
In 1992 and 1993, Lemoine headed the Institut du Coeur of Hô Chi Minh-City, in Vietnam, for a year. From 2004 to May 2011, he was General Secretary of the Fondation Alain Carpentier, which supports this hospital.

Career in the private sector

From 1998 to 2002, Lemoine was delegated CEO, then CFO of Capgemini, and then Group VP in charge of finance of Capgemini Ernst & Young.
From October 2004 to May 2008, Lemoine was Senior Advisor to McKinsey. Since April 2009, he has been a board member of Saint-Gobain.
After the family controlled private equity group Wendel parted company with its chief executive Jean-Bernard Lafonta in 2009, Lemoine was appointed as his successor. He served in this position from April 2009 to December 2017.

Other activities

Corporate boards

Lemoine is a Knight of the National Order of Merit and a Knight of the Legion of Honour.