Philippe Lévêque

Date of appointment: General Meeting of 22 June 2022
Date of last renewal: General Meeting of 14 May 2025
End of term of office: General Meeting convene to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2027

A graduate of École des hautes études commerciales (HEC), Philippe Lévêque began his career at IBM in 1984, where he held marketing and sales roles. In 1989, he was appointed Marketing Director of Systar, a position he occupied until 1993. 

After spending a year in Africa, he volunteered with the NGO Médecins du Monde in 1993, becoming Director of Development in 1994 and Deputy Chief Executive Officer in 1998. During these years, he carried out various missions in France and abroad. 

In 2000, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of CARE France, one of the largest humanitarian aid networks in the world, where he led numerous projects aimed at combating extreme poverty and implementing sustainable development tools, fighting the effects of climate change, protecting the rights of children and women, and systematically responding to humanitarian emergencies. He held this position until his retirement in 2022. 

Philippe Lévêque is General Secretary of the CARE Lebanon (Beirut) NGO and a member of the ESG Committee of the IPDEV 2 investment fund. 

He is a member of the Accreditation Commission of Don en Confiance, an organisation that issues a quality and transparency label to organisations that appeal to the generosity of the general public in France. He has also been a member of the stakeholder committees of Lafarge, Veolia and EDF and a member of the investment committees of the Fondation Financière de l'Échiquier and Fondation Cojean. 

He was awarded the Légion d’Honneur in France.