Search Menu SHARE THIS PAGE SUPERVISORY BOARD Our Supervisory Board oversees and advises our Management Board on matters affecting Sucden’s vision and strategy. It monitors the appropriateness of the actions taken to implement our strategy and also considers our behaviors with regard to regulatory compliance Max Benhamou Honorary President After working as a sales executive, he became Finance Director and CEO of the holding company CFSD in 1959, then Chairman and CEO of the Management Board in 1981. He left the Group in 1988 before returning in 1991 as Chairman and CEO. Since 1996, he has been Chairman then Vice-Chairman of the Group’s Supervisory Board. He became Honorary President in 2017. Sami Demal President of the Supervisory Board Sami Demal served as an advisor to Sucden’s Chairman before becoming a member of the Group’s Management Board from 2003 to 2017. Previously, Sami worked for 15 years as a Management Board member and as Co-Chairman of Cocoa Barry Group. He is a graduate of the Ecole des Mines in Nancy, one of the leading Engineering schools in France, and also has an MBA from Cornell University. SUPERVISORY BOARD MEMBERS Jean-Pierre Mabilon, Vice-President of the Supervisory Board Sandrine Benaroya Patrick Bendavid Luce Gendry François Lasry Alain Lévy Vincent Mercier John Porter Tong Shao Ming ALSO IN THIS SECTION Previous WHO WE ARE Specializing in soft commodities, we trade on all the major markets. We use our global know-how to identify and capture value for our clients. FIND OUT MORE OUR VALUES Integrity, sustainability and entrepreneurial instinct are central to the way we create tailored solutions for our clients. FIND OUT MORE HISTORY From the sale of a single bag of sugar in 1952, Sucden has grown from that small firm to become a global leader in soft commodities. VIEW SECTION Next 1 2 ACCESSIBILITY DATA PROTECTION POLICY PRIVACY & COOKIES © Sucden 2021 This website uses cookies We use cookies to provide you with a better service. If you allow cookies without changing your settings, you shall be deemed to agree to receive all cookies on this website. We remind you that you can change your cookie settings at any time. I consent Find out more Change settings