Mercialys announced that the 'Board of Directors decided, on October 20, 2022, to co-opt Mr. Jean-Louis Constanza as an independent director. He has been appointed to replace the company Generali Vie, represented by Mr. Sébastien Pezet, which had indicated on July 1, 2022 that it was resigning from its position as a director of the Company. The ratification of this co-opting will be submitted for approval at the General Meeting to be held on April 27, 2023.

The appointment of Mr. Jean-Louis Constanza will enable the Board of Directors to benefit from his strong entrepreneurial expertise, as well as a strategic vision concerning technological, human and societal stakes for Mercialys' future developments. Mr. Jean-Louis Constanza has a DEA in Marketing and Strategy from Université Paris Dauphine-PSL and an MBA from INSEAD, and graduated from Ecole Nationale Supérieure et de l'Espace (ENSAE-SUPAERO) after studying at Stanford and UCLA. After starting out in the aerospace sector, and moving into consulting in the internet and telecoms sector with Arthur D. Little (1991-1998), he joined Tele2 in 1998 and developed Tele2 France then Tele2 Southern Europe.

Tele2 became one of Europe's leading alternative telecommunications operators with over 15 million customers. Building on this entrepreneurial success, Mr. Jean-Louis Constanza was involved in setting up Envie de Fraises (2006), one of the first full web fashion brands, and in the same year he founded Ten (mobile internet), which was acquired by Orange. From 2007 to 2013, he was CEO of Orange Vallée, then became Chief Innovation Officer at Critéo. In 2012, he co-founded Wandercraft, a leader for robotic exoskeletons for people with disabilities, where he is Chief Business Officer in charge of products, marketing, clinical activities, investor relations and international development.

He is also a member of the company's Board of Directors, and was previously a director of Direct Energie, Ingenico and Visa Europe in London.