Cécile Tandeau de Marsac

About Cécile Tandeau de Marsac

Cécile Tandeau de Marsac is a French business leader known for her expertise in human resources, corporate governance, and organizational transformation. As an independent director at Verallia, she chairs both the Nominations Committee and the Compensation Committee, two key bodies overseeing leadership succession, board composition, and executive reward policy. Her career reflects deep experience in international environments and in managing major corporate change. A graduate of NEOMA Business School with a Master’s degree in Economics, she began her career at Nestlé, where she held a range of positions from 1987 to 2006 in marketing, sales, communications, and human resources across France and abroad. This early experience gave her a broad understanding of commercial performance, people management, and the operational realities of large multinational groups. She then joined Rhodia, where she worked in human resources leadership roles from 2007 to 2011. From 2011 to 2012, she led the integration of Rhodia and Solvay, a strategically important assignment requiring strong change-management skills, cultural alignment, and team coordination during a major industrial combination. From 2012 to 2019, she served as Group General Manager, Human Resources at Solvay in Belgium, confirming her position as a senior specialist in global people strategy. Since 2016, she has also served as an independent director at Sodexo, where she chairs the Nominations Committee and the Compensation Committee. This dual board experience at major listed companies strengthens her reputation in governance, executive compensation, leadership succession, and board oversight. At Verallia, her role supports disciplined governance, leadership development, and the company’s strategic direction through a strong people and board perspective.