Look back at the Institut Pasteur General Meeting on June 22, 2020

The members of the Institut Pasteur General Meeting board met on Monday June 22.

The meeting, introduced by Christian Vigouroux, Chairman of the Institut Pasteur Board of Directors, was organized from a video studio in the François Jacob auditorium so that all the members of the General Meeting board could attend and participate remotely using Teams. A voting system was also implemented via a secure, certified electronic platform so that the members could vote in real time. This unprecedented setup enabled the members of the General Meeting board to follow the various items on the agenda in complete transparency and to hold crucial discussions and votes during the meeting.

The members approved the minutes of the General Meeting of June 21, 2019. They also approved the Annual Report of the Board of Directors, presented by Christian Vigouroux, by an absolute majority, and were given a presentation of the 2019 accounts by François Romaneix, Senior Executive Vice-President Administration and Finance.

Access the 2019 Institut Pasteur Annual Report and the 2019 accounts (in French, the English version of the annual report will be released presently.

The General Meeting board also approved, by a majority of two-thirds of the members in office, the amendment of the Institut Pasteur's articles of association (in application of articles 11 and 20 of the articles of association), mainly concerning the three points relating to the President, the Scientific Council and the financial provisions that were unanimously adopted by the Board of Directors in early 2020 and were presented at the staff meeting on June 3 (See the newsletter of June 5).

It then approved the amendment of the Institut Pasteur's Internal Regulations (in application of articles 11 and 22 of the articles of association) resulting from the approval of the amendment to the articles of association.

Finally, the General Meeting board elected eight external members after the first round of voting. The following members were elected:

-    Jean Castex, elected for a second term
-    Thierry Diagana, elected for a first term
-    Thierry Giami, elected for a first term
-    Odile Jacob, elected for a first term
-    Eric Karsenti, elected for a first term
-    François Maisonrouge, elected for a first term
-    Benoît Vallet, Prof., elected for a first term
-    Jean Veil, elected for a first term

François Maisonrouge will take over from André Choulika and serve the rest of his term until 2024, following André Choulika's resignation after his election as a new member of the Board of Directors.

Access the new composition of the Institut Pasteur General Meeting board

At the end of the meeting, Professor Stewart Cole, President of the Institut Pasteur, gave a presentation of the highlights of 2019-2020, with a particular focus on the implementation of the Strategic Plan, a detailed overview of the Institut Pasteur's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and a closer look at some of the cross-cutting priorities in 2019-2020.