Role and missions
The Executive Committee sets objectives, manages strategic projects, determines priorities and necessary resources. It ensures that decisions are implemented.
Composition of the Executive Committee
Our Executive Committee has seven members. The Heads of the main Departments report to the Chief Executive Officer, Beñat Ortega.
Beñat Ortega, 42 years old and École Centrale Paris alumni took up his position as Chief Executive Officer in 2022 and was appointed as a director of the Group on 20 April 2023.
He joined Klépierre, a leading European listed retail real estate company with a 22 billion euro portfolio, in 2012, and since then he has lead its operational activities. He has played a key role in its transformation through the portfolio’s refocusing around 120 leading shopping malls and an ambitious value creation and cash flow growth strategy. Since 2016, he was a member of the Executive Board, Chief Operating Officer. He previously spent nine years in Paris with the Office teams of the listed group Unibail-Rodamco.
Pierre-Emmanuel Bandioli is an EDC Paris graduate, and has a Master 2 in agroindustry and an Executive MBA from Paris Dauphine University.
He notably worked for Estée Lauder and headed up the launch of the Calvin Klein Beauty make-up line in France. In 2009, he moved to the Cofel Group (Bultex, Epeda, Merinos) as National Sales Director and then Commercial Director France. In 2018, he worked for BEKO France as Commercial Director for White Goods.
He joined Gecina in 2019 as Director of Student Housing Operations, and has been promoted to Executive Director of Residential in septembre 2021, joining the Group's Executive Committee.
Valérie Britay has an MBA and a DESS in marketing from Paris-Dauphine University, and more than 30 years' experience in corporate real estate. Since 2005 at Unibail-Rodamco, she has held positions as Sales Director, then as Deputy Managing Director of the Office division, before being appointed Managing Director Retail France. She joined Gecina in July 2017 as Executive Director of its Office division. Valérie Britay has been appointed Deputy CEO in charge of the Office Division on July 27, 2020.
A Dauphine and Sorbonne graduate, with a postgraduate DESS in banking and finance, as well as a postgraduate DESCF in accounting and finance, Nicolas Dutreuil began his career at KPMG Audit, before moving to the Investment Banking Department at Calyon, where he stayed from 1999 to 2006. From 2006 to 2009, he was Head of Operations and Finance for Dolmea Real Estate, then Head of Investment Banking at Crédit Suisse. From 2009 to 2013, Nicolas Dutreuil was Deputy Finance Director at Icade, where his responsibilities included mergers-acquisitions, financing, cash management and investor relations. Nicolas Dutreuil joined Gecina in September 2013 as Chief Financial Officer before becoming Deputy CEO in charge of Finance in march 2019. He was awarded the Pierre d'Or 2020 in the "Financial Engineering" category.
Holder of a DESS in Human Resources Management from the University of Dijon and a DEA in Economics and Human Resources from the Paris University I, she has 24 years' experience in the field of human resources at major French groups. She worked at Suez Environnement and Italcementi Group, before joining Technip in 2008 where she was successively Head of Human Resources Development and then Director of Human Resources. In 2014, she joined the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement / AFD) as Executive Director in charge of Human Resources. She then moved to Gecina as Executive Director of Human Resources in March 2019.
An Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines engineer, Marie Lalande-Dauger brings proven experience in energy services, distribution and production activities. Her track record includes time with Dalkia as Operational Center Director, overseeing the management of service contracts in commercial buildings. From 2019, she was Operations, Maintenance and Asset Management Director for EDF Renouvelables’ onshore wind and solar farms in France. She joined Gecina on 11 September 2023 as Executive Director of Engineering and CSR.
Romain started his career with Morgan Stanley in 2004, then moved to MGPA as Head of Acquisitions France. He joined the Norwegian sovereign fund, Norges Bank Investment Management, in London in October 2011 as Portfolio Manager, in charge of real estate investments on the French market and in Paris in particular.
In September 2017, he became Chief Investment Officer Europe for real estate. Under his leadership, Norges Bank Investment Management has carried out a dozen transactions over the last two years, primarily in Paris, London and Germany.
Romain Veber, who graduated from ESSEC, has 15 years’ experience in the finance and real estate sector.
He joined Gecina in november 2019 as Executive Director Investment & Development.