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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Beffa, Jean-Louis 68 2007 Chairman of the Board
De Chalendar, Pierre-Andre 50 2007 Managing Director, Member of the Executive Committee, Director
Guillot, Laurent 39 2009 Director of Finance
Colas, Gilles 2009 General Delegate to North America
Mahajan, Anand General Delegate to India
Neeteson, Paul General Delegate to Central Europe
Rolli, Guy General Delegate to Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia
Scotti, Gianni General Delegate to Italy, Greece and Egypt
Toivonen, Jorma General Delegate to the Nordic Countries and the Baltic States
Lluanzi, Olivier 2008 General Delegate to Eastern Europe
Normant, Emmanuel 2009 General Delegate to the Asia-Pacific region
De Ramon Garcia, Ricardo 2008 General Delegate to Spain, Portugal and Morocco
Hindle, Peter 2008 General Delegate to the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and South Africa
Phelizon, Jean-Francois 62 2008 Senior Vice President - Internal Audit and Control, Senior Advisor to the Managing Director
Breffort, Jean-Claude 60 2009 Senior Vice President - Human Resources and International Development, General Delegate to Brasil, Argentina and Chile
Fessard, Jerome 54 2004 Senior Vice President - Packaging Sector
Imauven, Claude 51 2004 Senior Vice President - Construction Products Sector
Floris, Jean-Pierre 61 2009 Senior Vice President - Innovative Materials Sector
Aspar, Gerard Vice President - Marketing
Bazin, Benoit 40 2009 Vice President, Building Distribution Sector
Dachowski, Peter Vice President - Construction Products Sector, North America
Chevallon, Sophie 2007 Vice President - External Relations
De Pirey, Gonzague 2007 Vice President - Corporate Planning
Roux, Didier Vice President - Research and Innovation
Field, Bernard 62 Secretary General, Member of the Executive Committee, Secretary of the Board of Directors
Mestrallet, Gerard 60 1995 Director
Pebereau, Michel 67 1993 Director
Cromme, Gerhard 66 2005 Director
Cusenier, Bernard 62 2006 Director - Representative of Shareholding Employees and Former Employees
Gautier, Bernard 49 2008 Director
Schnepp, Gilles 50 2009 Director
Lemoine, Frederic 2009 Director
Bouillot, Isabelle 59 1998 Independent Director
Folz, Jean-Martin 62 2001 Independent Director
Jay, Sylvia 62 2001 Independent Director
Ranque, Denis 57 2003 Independent Director
Spinetta, Jean-Cyril 66 2005 Independent Director
Chevrier, Robert 66 2007 Independent Director
Harayama, Yuko 58 2007 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Beffa, Jean-Louis Mr. Jean-Louis Beffa is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA. He is a graduate of the French Ecole Polytechnique, Member of the French Corps des Mines, and holds degrees from each of the Ecole Nationale Superieure du Petrole and the Paris Institut d'Etudes Politiques. He began his career in the Oil Division of the French Ministry of Industry as an Engineer and later became Head of the Refining Department (1970) and Deputy Director of the Division (1973). In 1974, he joined Groupe Saint-Gobain as Vice-President Corporate Planning, Managing Director and subsequently Chairman and Managing Director of Pont-a-Mousson, a subsidiary of the Saint-Gobain Group; he was also President of the Pipe and Mechanics Division of Saint-Gobain from 1979 to 1982. Mr. Beffa was Chairman of the Board, Managing Director (CEO) and Member of the Executive Committee of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA from January 1986 until June 7, 2007, after having been Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA's Managing Director in March 1982. Mr. Beffa is also Vice-Chairman of BNP Paribas, Director of Gaz de France and Group Bruxelles Lambert, Chairman of Claude Bernard Participations SAS and a Member of the Supervisory Boards of Siemens, Le Monde S.A. and Societe Editrice du Monde S.A. and Le Monde Partenaires SAS. He is also Chairman of Claude Bernard Corporation SAS, Director of Saint-Gobain Corporation, Co-Chairman of Centre Cournot pour la Recherche en Economie and Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Fonds de Reserve des Retraites. He is a Commander of the French Legion of Honour and Commander of the British Empire.
De Chalendar, Pierre-Andre Mr. Pierre-Andre De Chalendar was named Managing Director (CEO) of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA on June 7, 2007 and is a Member of the Company’s Executive Committee. He was also appointed Member of the Company’s Board of Directors on June 8, 2006 and is a Member of the Company’s Strategy Committee. He previously served as Appointed Managing Director of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA on May 3, 2005. He is a graduate of ESSEC and alumnus of ENA (Ecole Nationale d’Administration). He joined Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA on November 1, 1989 as Vice President, Corporate Planning. Between 1992 and 1996, he headed the European Abrasives Division, moving on to become President of the worldwide Abrasives Division in 1996, a position he held until 2000, when he became General Delegate for the United Kingdom and Ireland. In 2003, Mr. De Chalendar was appointed Senior Vice-President of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA in charge of the Building Distribution Sector. He is also Director of Saint-Gobain Corporation and SG Distribution Nordic AB.
Guillot, Laurent Mr. Laurent Guillot is the Director of Finance of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA as of April 1, 2009. Prior to that, he had been General Delegate to Brasil, Argentina and Chile since January 2007. He is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees engineering school. He also holds a Post-graduate degree in Macro-economics from Universite Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne. He began his career in 1996 with the Finance Ministry, initially as Head of the Energy unit in the Forecasting Department, then as Head of the Central Africa unit within the Treasury Department's International Division. In 1999, he was appointed technical advisor to the Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Housing, first on maritime issues and then on budgetary, financial and industrial issues. He joined Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA in June 2002 as Corporate Planning Director. He was appointed Director of the Abrasives Construction Products business in 2004, and Director, High-Performance Refractories and Director, Diesel Particulate Filters in 2005.
Colas, Gilles Mr. Gilles Colas is the General Delegate to North America of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA as of January 1, 2009. Prior to that, he had served as the General Delegate to the Asia-Pacific region for five years. A graduate of Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, he joined Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA in 1973. In 1980, he was appointed Managing Director of Saint-Gobain Colombia and in 1982, he took charge of international sales and industrial policy. Industrial Director of the Flat Glass Sector from 1984 to 1986, he then became Chairman of the Management Committee of Vegla for Germany and Northern Europe. In 1992, he was appointed Director of Planning and from 1997 to 2000, he took charge of the construction materials branch and then the abrasive products branch.
Mahajan, Anand
Neeteson, Paul
Rolli, Guy
Scotti, Gianni
Toivonen, Jorma
Lluanzi, Olivier
Normant, Emmanuel Mr. Emmanuel Normant is the General Delegate to the Asia-Pacific region of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA as of January 1, 2009. A graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris, he worked from 1996 to 2000 as Head of the industrial environment division of a regional authority in Alsace, France. In 2001, he became Technical Advisor to Mr. Yves Cochet, the Minister for Land Planning and the Environment. He joined Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA in 2002 and had been in charge of the pipes division in China since 2007.
De Ramon Garcia, Ricardo
Hindle, Peter
Phelizon, Jean-Francois Mr. Jean-Francois Phelizon is Senior Vice President in charge of Internal Audit and Control of Compagnie de Saint Gobain as of October 1, 2008. He has also been Senior Advisor to the Managing Director since September 1, 2007. He holds a Ph.D. in Economic Science and graduated from Hautes Etudes Commerciales. He was the Director of Finance of the Delegation in Spain (1983-1985), Director of Finance of the Paper-Wood division (1985-1989), Managing Director of Lembacel (1987-1989) and Managing Director of La Cellulose du Pin (1988-1989). He was then appointed Director of Finance of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (1989-2000). Senior Vice President of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA on June 1, 1998, he was then appointed Managing Director of Saint-Gobain Corp and General Delegate to the United States and Canada (2000-2007).
Breffort, Jean-Claude Mr. Jean-Claude Breffort has been Senior Vice President in charge of Human Resources and International Development of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA since April 2004. He is also the General Delegate to Brasil, Argentina and Chile as of April 1, 2009. He is a graduate of the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Montpellier business school. He began his career with Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA, joining the Group in 1971 as Export Sales Manager in the Glassware unit of the Packaging sector. In 1976, he was appointed Financial Controller of the Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA and in 1981 he became Finance Director of the Insulation Division's German subsidiary. In 1983, he was named Operations Director for the Insulation Division. He became General Delegate for Scandinavia in 1986 and for Brazil and Argentina in 1993 before moving on to his current position.
Fessard, Jerome Mr. Jerome Fessard is Senior Vice President in charge of the Packaging Sector of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA as of April 1, 2004. He graduated from Ecole Polytechnique, holding a Master in Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees. Mr. Fessard joined the Poliet group in 1986. He was subsequently Head of Point.P for the Loire region (1987) and then of the Paris region (1989) before being made a Member of the Poliet group Executive Committee. In 1992, he was appointed Chairman of the Stradal Board in 1992. After Poliet was acquired by Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA in 1996, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Oberland (a German company in the Packaging Sector) at the end of 1997 and then, in July 2000, Chairman of Raab Karcher (Building Distribution Sector). Since February 1, 2003, he has been Director of the Packaging Sector.
Imauven, Claude Mr. Claude Imauven is Senior Vice President in charge of the Construction Products Sector of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA as of April 2004. He is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines de Paris. He began his career in 1983 at the French Ministry of Industry, where he held several management positions in public administration, especially as part of the Minister's staff (Foreign Trade and Industry). His career at Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA began in 1993 within the Flat Glass Division, where he became successively Vice-President of Industrial Policy and then Vice President of Industry and Finance. In 1996, he was appointed General Delegate for Spain, Portugal and Morocco. Returning to France in 1999, he joined the Pipe Division as Chief Operating Officer of Pont-a-Mousson SA. In 2001, he became Chairman & Managing Director of that company and President of the Pipe Division.
Floris, Jean-Pierre Mr. Jean-Pierre Floris is Senior Vice President in charge of Innovative Materials Sector of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA as of January 1, 2009. He has been a Senior Vice President of the Company since March 2008 and managed the Flat Glass Sector from 2007. A graduate of Ecole des Mines de Paris with a Masters Degree in Economic Systems Planning (Stanford University, he worked as a Controller at Corning Class before joining Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA in 1982. He was the Mers Plant Manager, then the Manufacturing Director of Saint-Gobain Desjonqueres (1982-1985), before becoming President of Bottling and Plastic Capping activities for the Carnaud group (1985-1996). He returned to Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA in 1996 as Director of Bottling in the Packaging Sector and General Manager of Saint-Gobain Desjonqueres. He was successively appointed General Delegate in Spain, Portugal and Morocco (2003), General Delegate in Brazil, Argentina and Chile (2004), Deputy Director of the Flat Glass and High-Performance Materials Sectors (2007) and Director of the Flat Glass Sector on September 1, 2007.
Aspar, Gerard
Bazin, Benoit Mr. Benoit Bazin is the Vice President of the Building Distribution Sector of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA as of April 1, 2009. Prior to that, he had been Director of Finance and Member of the Executive Committee of the Company since May 2005. He is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees engineering school. He also holds a Master of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States) and an Advanced degree in Economics from Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris. He began his career in 1995 with the Economy and Finance Ministry, as rapporteur to the Interministerial Committee on Industrial Restructuring, before moving to the Treasury Department where he was responsible for State investments in the aeronautics, electronics and defense industries. He joined Saint-Gobain SA in 1999 as Corporate Planning Director for the Abrasives Branch, going on to become Corporate Planning Director for Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA in September of the following year. In 2002, he was appointed President of the North-American Abrasives business and Head of the Bonded Abrasives business unit.
Dachowski, Peter
Chevallon, Sophie
De Pirey, Gonzague
Roux, Didier
Field, Bernard Mr. Bernard Field is Secretary General, Member of the Executive Committee and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA. After qualifying in Higher Law Studies (1969) and at the Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature (1971-1973), Mr. Field was Deputy State Attorney in Versailles (1973-1979) and then First Deputy for the State Attorney in Paris, Financial Section (1981-1985). He joined Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA in 1985, where he was successively appointed Legal Services Director (1985-1986), Director of Legal and Tax Affairs (since 1987) and Corporate Secretary (since 1991). He has been a Member of the Company’s Executive Comittee since 1998.
Mestrallet, Gerard Mr. Gerard Mestrallet has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA since November 1995 and was Chairman of the Company’s Nominating and Remuneration Committee until June 8, 2007. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board and Managing Director (CEO) of GDF-Suez and he is also a Member of the Supervisory Board of Axa and Director of Pargesa Holding. Within the Suez group, he is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Suez-Tractabel, Suez Environnement, Suez Energie Sevices, Electrabel, Hisusa and Suez Environment Company, and Vice Chairman of Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona. He is a graduate of Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris, Ecole Nationale d'Administration and Ecole Polytechnique in Paris.
Pebereau, Michel Mr. Michel Pebereau has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA since June 1993 and is the Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas and is also a Director of Lafarge, Total S.A., Pargesa Holding, EADS and BNP Paribas Suisse. In addition, Mr. Pebereau is a Member of the Supervisory Board of Axa and Banque Marocaine pour le Commerce et l'Industrie, Internal Auditor of Galeries Lafayette, Chairman of the Investment Banking Commission of the French Federation of Banks, Institut de l’Entreprise (Enterprise Institute), the International Banking Studies Institute, the Management Council of Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris and the Supervisory Board of Institut Aspen France, and Member of Academie des sciences morales et politiques, Haut Conseil de l’Education, the Executive Council of MEDEF, the Institut International d'etudes bancaires, the European Financial Round Table, the International Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the International Capital Markets Advisory Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New-York and the International Business Leaders’ Advisory Council for the Mayor of Shanghai. Mr. Pebereau is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and Ecole Nationale d'Administration.
Cromme, Gerhard Dr. Gerhard Cromme has been a Director of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA since June 2005. He holds several other mandates, including Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ThyssenKrupp AG and Siemens AG, and Member of the Supervisory Board of Allianz SE and Axel Springer.
Cusenier, Bernard Mr. Bernard Cusenier has been the Representative of the Shareholding Employees and Former Employees on the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA since September 2006. He is Chairman of the Association of shareholding employees and ex-workers of Saint-Gobain SA, and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of FCPE Saint-Gobain PEG France. Mr. Cusenier is also Managing Director of Saint-Gobain Ecophon S.A. and Deputy Managing Director of Saint-Gobain Eurocoustic.
Gautier, Bernard Mr. Bernard Gautier is a Director of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA as of June 2008 and is also a Member of the Company’s Nominating and Remuneration Committee as of June 5, 2008. He is a Member of the Management Board of Wendel and holds several other mandates, including Member of the Supervisory Board of Legron BV, Director of Communication Media Partner, Stahl Holdings BV, Group BVm Trief Corporation, Wendel Japan KK and Winvest International SA SICAR, and Member of the Supervisory Board of Altineis.
Schnepp, Gilles
Lemoine, Frederic
Bouillot, Isabelle Ms. Isabelle Bouillot is an Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA as of June 1998 and is a Member of the Company’s AuditCommittee. She is the Chairperson of China Equity Links and is also Director of Accor and Umicore, and Manager of IB Finance. She is a graduate of Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris and Ecole Nationale d’Administration, and also holds a degree in Public Law. She first worked within the Budget department of the French Government and successively worked as Director of the Office of the Minister for Employment in 1982 and Deputy Director of the Office of the Minister of the Economy and Finance from 1983 to 1984. She then chaired Union des Banques a Paris in 1985 and 1986 and was then appointed as a Governmental Commissioner working on the control of financial activities until 1989. She subsequently worked as an Economic Advisor to the French President of the Republic until 1991 and was then Director of the Budget at the Ministry of Economy and Finance until 1995. In June 1995, she joined Caisse des Depots et Consignations as Deputy managing Director in charge of financial and banking activities. She was then Chairman of the Management Board of CDC Finance-CDC IXIS until 2003. Ms Bouillot was also Member of the Financial Markets Council from 1997 until October 2003.
Folz, Jean-Martin Mr. Jean-Martin Folz has been an Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA since March 2001 and is the Chairman of the Company’s Nominating and Remuneration Committee. He was also a Member of the Company’s Audit Committee until June 8, 2007. He is currently Chairman of AFEP and is also the former Chairman of the Management Board of Peugeot SA. In addition, he serves as Director of Societe Generale, Alstom, Carrefour and Solvay and Member of the Supervisory Board of Axa. Mr. Folz is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and Ecole des Mines.
Jay, Sylvia Lady Sylvia Jay, CBE, has been an Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA since June 2001 and is a Member of the Company’s Nominating and Remuneration Committee. She is the Vice Chairman of L'Oreal UK Ltd. and also serves as Director of Alcatel-Lucent and Lazard Limited, Chair of the Pilgrim Trust and Food from Britain, a Trustee of l'Entente Cordiale Scholarship Scheme, the Prison Reform Trust and The Body Shop Foundation. She is a graduate of Nottingham University and the London School of Economics and previously held senior civil servant positions within the British administration, notably for the Overseas Development Administration and also as a British Representative to the French Ministry for Cooperation, the French Treasury and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Ranque, Denis Mr. Denis Ranque has been an Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA since June 2003 and is a Member of the Company’s Audit Committee. He is the Chairman of the Board and Managing Director (CEO) of Thales. In addition, Mr. Ranque is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Thales International, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mines Paris Tech and Cercle de l’Industrie, First Vice Chairman of GIFAS, and Director of Fondation de l’Ecole Polytechnique.
Spinetta, Jean-Cyril Mr. Jean-Cyril Spinetta has been an Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA since June 2005 and is a Member of the Company’s Nominating and Remuneration Committee and Chairman of its Strategy Committee. He is the Chairman of the Board of Air France-KLM and Groupe Air France, and Director of Alcatel-Lucent, La Poste and GDF-Suez. He is a graduate of Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris and Ecole Nationale d’Administration (1972).
Chevrier, Robert Mr. Robert Chevrier has been an Independent Director of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA since June 2007. He is the Chairman of Societe de Gestion Roche Inc. and also serves as Chairman of the Board of Quincaillerie Richelieu Inc., Member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Chairman of the Pension Fund Trust of Banque de Montreal, Director and Chairman of the Remuneration and Human Resources Committee of CGI Inc., and Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Cascades Inc. He holds a Bachelors degree in Commerce of Concordia University.
Harayama, Yuko Prof. Yuko Harayama has been an Independent Director of Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA since June 2007 and teaches at Tohoku University, Japan.

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