Bureau Veritas SA announced Jérôme Michiels' co-optation to the Group's Board of Directors. During the December 19, 2019 meeting of the Bureau Veritas SA Board of Directors, Stéphane Bacquaert tendered his resignation to the Chairman of the Board, Aldo Cardoso. This resignation took effect at the end of the meeting. In light of his departure, the Board moved -- at the recommendation of the Nomination & Compensation Committee -- to co-opt Jérôme Michiels, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer at Wendel Group, to the Board on the same day. Jérôme Michiels will serve on the Board for the remainder of Mr. Stéphane Bacquaert's mandate, until the end of the Annual Shareholders' Meeting that will take place to review the 2020 fiscal year statements.