People: GDF Suez SA (GSZ.PA)

Mr. Ramon Fernandez has served as a State Representative on the Board of Directors of GDF Suez SA since March 27, 2009. He was also a Member of the Company's Nominating Committee from May 4, 2009. From 1993 to 1994, he served as Assistant to the Head of Energy, Transportation and Urban Planning, and then, until 1997, as Assistant to the Head of Financial Markets at the French Treasury. Seconded to Washington from 1997 to 1999, he was an Alternative Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund. He returned to the Treasury Department and was Head of the 'Energy, telecommunications and raw materials department' there until 2001, then Head of the 'Savings and financial markets department.' From May 2002 until October 2003, he was Technical Advisor to the Minister of Finance and Industry. He then served as Deputy Director of International Financial Affairs, Development and Economic Policy at the Treasury Department until June 2007. From June 2007 to April 2008, he was Technical Advisor to the French President, then Chief of Staff to the Minister of labor, corporate relations, family and solidarity until January 2009. He served as Head of the Economic Finance Department between February and March 2009, and has served as Executive Director of the French Treasury at the Department of Finance and Industry since March 2009. Mr. Fernandez graduated from Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and Ecole Nationale d'Administration.