People: Air Liquide SA (AIRP.PA)

Mr. Paul D. Skinner has served as Independent Director at Air Liquide SA since May 10, 2006. He is Member of the Company's Audit and Accounts Committee. He started his career in 1966 with Royal Dutch Shell. After having led several subsidiaries in Greece, Nigeria, New Zealand and Norway, he became President of Shell International Trading and Shipping Company from 1991 to 1995. He was in charge of strategy and international marketing with Shell International Petroleum Co Ltd. from 1996 to 1998, when he was appointed President of Shell Europe Oil Products. In 1999, he was named Managing Director of the Oil Products activities of Royal Dutch Shell and served as Group Managing Director of Royal Dutch Shell from 2000 to 2003. In November 2003, he was appointed Chairman of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Ltd. He is Non-Executive Director of Standard Chartered plc and Tetra Laval Group, as well as Chairman of Infrastructure UK, a division of the United Kingdom Treasury. He graduated in Law from University of Cambridge and is also a graduate of the Manchester Business School.