The Operating Committee, made up of the chairman & CEO, the Business CEO and the directors of corporate functions and business units, is an internal committee providing technical support, information and management, with respect to both the duties of supervision and monitoring as well as the strategic organisation and coordination of the group through the dissemination, implementation and monitoring of the general strategy and the basic management guidelines established by the Board of Directors, while always respecting the scope of day-to-day management and effective decision-making corresponding to the governance and management bodies of the head of business companies of each of the businesses.