People: Alcatel Lucent SA (ALUA.PA)

Lady Sylvia Jay, CBE, has been Independent Director of Alcatel Lucent SA since November 30, 2006. She has been Member of the Governance and Nominations Committee of the Company since December 11, 2008, and is Member of the Remunerations Committee of the Company. Additionally, she serves as Chairman of the Board of L'Oreal UK Ltd. She held various positions as a senior civil servant in the British civil service between 1971 and 1995, being involved in particular in financial aid to developing countries. She was seconded to the French Ministry of Co-operation and the French Treasury, and later helped set up the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. She entered the private sector in 2001, as Director General of the UK Food and Drink Federation until 2005, when she became Vice Chairman, later Chairman of L’Oreal UK & Ireland. She was made a Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur in 2008 and awarded an Honorary Doctorate of laws by Nottingham University in 2009. Lady Jay, CBE, obtained a degree from The University of Nottingham and from the London School of Economics.