Alexandra Soto

*1968 | Nationality: French

Member since 21 February 2017

Shareholder representative
Last elected on: 11 April 2017 by resolution of the General Meeting
End of current term of office: 2019 (with resolution of the Annual General
Meeting on the formal approval of the actions for the financial year 2017/18)

Profession

Chief Executive Officer Lazard & Co., Limited, London

Chief Operating Officer of Lazard Europe

CV

Alexandra Soto graduated from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales
de Paris (France), in 1990. She started her career as an investment banker at
Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc in London and moved to Lazard & Co.
Ltd., in 1993. In 2000, she became partner of Lazard Partners. In the course
of her career, Mrs Soto has advised corporate cross-border transactions in
different sectors. From 2010 until 2014, Mrs Soto served as a non-executive
director on the board of directors and the audit committee of Bull S.A. From
2010 until 2016, she served as a member on the board of directors of Lazard
Frères Banque S.A. Mrs Soto is currently COO of Lazard Europe and serves on
several internal group management committees; as a senior banker she is
working across geographies based in London. Since 2017, Mrs Soto has been
a member of the supervisory board of the new METRO AG (formerly: METRO
Wholesale& Food Specialist AG), the entity to which the METRO wholesale
and food retail business was transferred within the scope of the demerger.

Due to her professional activity Alexandra Soto has international experience

in the financial advice of clients worldwide and brings along outstanding
expertise in the areas Corporate Finance and M&A.