Eliane Lemarié

About Eliane Lemarié

Eliane Lemarié is a French business leader and long-serving board member, best known for her enduring role at Burelle SA, the listed family holding company that controls OPmobility, Burelle Participations and Sofiparc. She has been a director of Burelle SA since 1976, making her one of the most experienced figures in the group’s governance architecture and a key link in the Burelle-Lemarié family ownership lineage. Her career began in the media and communications field, after completing a master’s degree in English from Paris-Sorbonne University and a degree from Sciences Po Paris. From 1969 to 1975, she worked as a journalist and editorial secretary for various print publications within the Assembly of French Chambers of Commerce and Industry. She then moved into corporate communications at SOGEC, where she was responsible for creating and developing the public relations, press relations and publishing department from 1976 to 1983. In April 1983, she founded IRMA Communication, a strategic communications advisory firm serving French and international listed companies across several financial markets. She led the company as Chief Executive Officer until 2010. This background gave her deep expertise in corporate messaging, stakeholder relations, reputation management and the communications needs of listed businesses. At Burelle SA, Lemarié’s long tenure reflects both continuity and institutional memory. Her perspective is especially valuable in a family-controlled listed company, where governance discipline, shareholder communication and long-term strategic alignment are critical. Burelle’s own governance materials emphasize her longstanding presence on the board and her close understanding of the group’s history and shareholder structure. Her profile combines communication expertise with boardroom experience, making her a notable contributor to the oversight of a diversified industrial and investment holding company. Through her decades of service, Eliane Lemarié has helped embody the stability, continuity and family stewardship that characterize Burelle SA’s governance model.