ESTHER GAIDE PASTOR

About ESTHER GAIDE PASTOR

Esther Gaide Pastor is a seasoned executive and independent board member known for her deep financial expertise, strong governance credentials, and extensive experience in large international groups. At Société BIC, she holds a key oversight role: she serves as Lead Independent Director, Chair of the Audit Committee, and Member of the Remuneration Committee. Her appointment and subsequent expanded responsibilities reflect BIC’s intent to strengthen board independence, enhance transparency, and align with best-practice standards for listed companies. Before joining BIC’s board, Esther Gaide built a long career in finance leadership. She started in external audit, which gave her a strong foundation in internal controls, risk management, and financial reporting quality. She then held senior finance and controlling roles across major international groups in logistics, media, and services. Her background includes senior positions at Bolloré Group, where she worked in internal audit and later served in several finance leadership roles; at Havas, where she combined deputy CFO and HR responsibilities; and at Technicolor, where she progressed from Group Controller to Deputy CFO and then CFO and Executive Committee member. She also served as Chief Financial Officer of Elior Group, where her financial expertise was highlighted as essential to the execution of the company’s strategic plan. Her profile is particularly well suited to BIC’s needs as a global listed company with a demanding governance environment. She brings a combination of technical rigor, audit committee leadership, and board-level judgment, supporting disciplined financial oversight and constructive engagement with management and shareholders. In practical terms, her contribution is most closely associated with audit quality, internal control robustness, and the safeguarding of minority shareholder interests. That mix of skills and independence has made her an important figure in BIC’s current governance architecture.