CAISSE DES DEPOTS ET CONSIGNATIONS Etablissement Public

About CAISSE DES DEPOTS ET CONSIGNATIONS Etablissement Public

Associated with Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, Audrey Girard holds a prominent governance role at emeis, formerly Orpea, where she represents the public investor on the board of directors and contributes to nomination, compensation, and governance oversight matters. Her career is rooted in corporate law and complex transactions. She began in 1998 as a mergers-and-acquisitions and financing lawyer, then spent more than ten years at Ashurst LLP in Paris. That experience gave her a strong command of deal structuring, financing arrangements, restructuring work, and executive-level legal counsel. In 2009, she joined the legal and tax department of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, where she became responsible for M&A, financing, and restructuring transactions, while also advising management teams on governance issues. This background makes her a natural fit for board work in listed companies, especially in sectors where regulation, stakeholder expectations, and operational resilience are critical. At emeis, her role is particularly meaningful given the company’s position in the healthcare and long-term care sector, where governance quality, transparency, and responsible oversight are central to rebuilding trust and ensuring sustainable performance. Audrey Girard’s profile combines legal rigor, transaction experience, and boardroom discipline with a practical understanding of healthcare issues. That understanding is strengthened by more than fifteen years of voluntary service as a director of the Fondation Hôpital Ambroise Paré – Hôpital Européen, giving her direct exposure to hospital operations and healthcare-related challenges. Her contribution also reflects the broader mandate of Caisse des Dépôts as a long-term public investor supporting strategic assets and public-interest goals. In that capacity, she helps promote robust governance standards, supports transformation and restructuring processes, and reinforces the accountability expected of listed companies in which the CDC has an interest, including through its presence in Covivio Hotels.