Airelle Picard

About Airelle Picard

Airelle Picard serves at AUREA as a director and as the permanent representative of FINANCIERE 97, the family holding company associated with the group’s controlling block. According to AUREA’s annual and half-year reporting, she was appointed as FINANCIERE 97’s representative on 25 June 2014, replacing a previous representative, and her mandate was subsequently renewed by later general meetings. She therefore plays a governance role within a listed industrial group focused on circular-economy and environmental activities. Her position is closely tied to AUREA’s ownership structure. The company’s filings state that Airelle Picard is the daughter of Joël Picard, AUREA’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and the group’s controlling shareholder. The same filings also show that she holds AUREA shares herself. In 2024, Joël Picard donated AUREA shares to Airelle Picard, underscoring her direct connection to the family shareholding and her long-term involvement in the reference shareholder base. Within AUREA’s governance framework, her presence supports the continuity of a listed group that has evolved into a European platform of SMEs active in recycling, material regeneration and industrial waste treatment. AUREA describes its development as a gradual transformation into a company dedicated to circular-economy activities, built through acquisitions and integration of recycling businesses over time. Airelle Picard is therefore best understood as a governance and shareholder-representation figure rather than a publicly documented operational executive. Her contribution lies in board-level oversight, family ownership continuity and support for a long-term industrial strategy centered on environmental services, waste valorization and sustainable growth. In a family-controlled listed company, that role is strategically important: it helps preserve capital stability, align shareholder interests and maintain the continuity of AUREA’s industrial and financial direction.