Daveu Marie-Claire

About Daveu Marie-Claire

Marie-Claire Daveu is a French executive widely recognized for her expertise in sustainability, public affairs, and corporate governance. Born in 1971, she graduated from the École nationale du génie rural, des eaux et des forêts (ENGREF), a background that helped shape a career centered on public policy, environmental transition, and responsible business transformation. She currently serves as an independent director of Crédit Agricole S.A., where she is a member of the Risk Committee, the Compensation Committee, and the Societal Commitment Committee. Her mandate began in May 2020 and runs through 2026, reflecting her sustained role in the governance of the group. Daveu started her career in the public sector as a technical advisor in the office of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, before becoming chief of staff to Serge Lepeltier, Minister of Ecology and Sustainable Development. She later moved to the private sector in 2005 as Director of Sustainable Development at Sanofi-Aventis, where she helped structure environmental and social responsibility policies on an international scale. From 2007 to 2012, she returned to ministerial roles, serving as chief of staff to Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet across several government portfolios, including the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing. This period strengthened her understanding of regulation, institutional relations, and public-policy implementation. In 2012, she was appointed Director of Sustainable Development and International Institutional Relations at Kering, where she defined an ambitious strategy and introduced best practices across the group and its maisons. Her professional profile combines strategic vision, ESG expertise, governance experience, and the ability to support long-term transformation. At Crédit Agricole S.A., she contributes to risk oversight, remuneration policy, and the integration of societal priorities into the group’s strategic thinking.