Carminati-Rabasse has held senior executive roles in several international groups including Accenture and Unibail-Rodamco, and currently chairs the investment firm Axites-Invest.

She was also actively involved in the French business association MEDEF for 15 years, where she founded and chaired the body’s inclusive business commission.

Chaine is Chief Information Officer of Bpifrance and previously held executive roles in major groups, including La Poste.

Ipsos said that the appointments of Chaine, as the permanent representative of Bpifrance Investissement, and Carminati-Rabasse followed votes held at the company’s annual general meeting on 21st May.

In addition, the board of directors, in a meeting on 20^th June, decided to co-opt Couderc to replace Florence Parly, who stepped down following her recent appointment as chair of the board at Air France-KLM.

Couderc is a lawyer and former French minister of employment, as well as senior executive at the Hachette Group and chair of Presstalis from 2010 to 2017.

Until last month, Couderc served as chair at Air France-KLM. She is also a member of France’s Economic, Social and Environmental Council and of the High Committee on Corporate Governance.

Didier Truchot, chair of the board at Ipsos, said: “I am delighted to welcome these three new directors, whose skills and experience will further enhance the expertise of our board.

“I would like to thank Armelle Carminati-Rabasse, Lionel Chaine, and Anne-Marie Couderc for accepting to join us. I also wish to express my sincere appreciation to their predecessors, Ms Anne Marion-Bouchacourt and Ms Florence Parly, for their commitment and the valuable contributions they have made to Ipsos in recent years.”