SUNU Participations Holding SA is administered by a Board of Directors composed of four (05) members appointed by the General Meeting of Shareholders.
Missions and attributions
The Board of Directors determines the orientations of the company's activity and oversees their implementation. In particular, it exercises the following powers
Certain significant transactions or matters are also subject to the prior authorization of the Board of Directors (disposals or acquisitions, significant financing transactions or transactions outside the strategy announced by the company, etc.).
Composition
The members of the Board of Directors of SUNU Participations Holding S.A. are:
The Executive Board of SUNU Participations Holding SA comprises the Chairman, a Managing Director and two Deputy Managing Directors.
The Chairman
The Chairman is vested with the broadest powers to act on behalf of the company in all circumstances.
The Chief Executive Officer
The Chief Executive Officer is vested with the powers to act on behalf of the Company. He exercises these powers within the limits of the Company's objects and subject to those expressly attributed to General Meetings and/or specially reserved to the Board of Directors by the provisions of the law or the Articles of Association, including the internal regulations.
He represents the Company in dealings with third parties.
The Managing Directors
They are vested with the broadest powers to act on behalf of the Company in all circumstances. They exercise these powers within the limits of the Company's objects and subject to those expressly attributed to General Meetings and/or specially reserved to the Board of Directors by the provisions of the law or the Company's Articles of Association, including its internal regulations.
They represent the Company in dealings with third parties.
Mr. Pathé DIONE, founder of SUNU Group, was a Mathematics professor before joining the insurance company Mutuelles du Mans in 1972. After completing his PhD in Economics at Sorbonne University and a transition through Paris Insurance School (école des Assurances de Paris), he was hired by CIGNA Corporation that he represented in Côte d’Ivoire as the Head of its subsidiary COLINA. In 1984, he became Director for Africa at UAP (Union des Assurances de Paris) until UAP was taken over by AXA in 1997. In 1998, he decided to create, together with former colleagues, SUNU, a pan-African group that serves the continent.
He passed away on 12th January 2023.
1941: Born in Dakar, Senegal
1966 - 1972: Professor of Mathematics
1972 - 1979: Mutuelles du Mans
1979 - 1980: CIGNA Corporation
1980 - 1984: PhD in Economics, Sorbonne University
1984 - 1998: Director for Africa at UAP
1998: Creation of SUNU Group