Director of Bouygues
Chairman and CEO, and director of Bouygues Construction
Date of birth: 19/03/1950
Education and career
Yves Gabriel is a civil engineering graduate of École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, and joined the Bouygues group in 1976. His career began at Screg Île-de-France as works engineer; he then became sector head and manager of a regional branch office.
In 1985, he established Screg Bâtiment where he was CEO until 1992.
From 1989 to 1992, he also served as COO of Bouygues’ industrial construction division and was Chairman of Ballestrero.
From 1992 to 1996, he was CEO of the Screg group (French road construction group).
In November 1996, he joined the Saur group as Deputy CEO in charge of operations in France and the merger with the Cise group, acquired from Saint Gobain.
In June 2000, he was appointed CEO of the Saur group*.
In September 2002, he was appointed Chairman and CEO of Bouygues Construction and member of the Bouygues Board of Directors.
Bouygues Construction has leading positions in three business sectors: building, civil works, and energy and services. With operations worldwide, it had 54,126 employees as at 31 December 2010. In 2010, Bouygues Construction reported sales of €9.2 billion, of which 45% was generated on international markets.
*Saur was sold to PAI partners on 19 November 2004.
Yves Gabriel is a member of the Bouygues Board of Directors.
- Date of first appointment: Director of Bouygues since 10 September 2002
- Expiry date of current term of office: 2013
- Number of shares in the company: 116,788 (at 31/12/10)
Other positions and functions in the Group
Director of ETDE; standing representative of Bouygues Construction on the boards of Bouygues Bâtiment International, Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France and Bouygues Travaux Publics.
Other positions and functions outside the Group
Director of FNTP (Fédération Nationale des Travaux Publics).
(Updated: August 2011)
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