People: Sanofi SA (SNY)

Mr. Jerome Contamine has served as Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Executive Committee and Global Leadership Team of Sanofi SA as of March 16, 2009. After four years at the Cour des Comptes as a Senior State General Auditor, he joined Elf Aquitaine in 1988, as Advisor to the Chief Financial Officer, and became Group Finance Director & Treasurer in 1991. He became General Manager of Elf Petroleum Norway in 1995, after being named Deputy Vice President of Elf Upstream Division for Europe and the U.S. In 1999, he was appointed Member of the taskforce for integration with Total, in charge of the reorganization of the merged entity, TotalFinaElf, and became, in 2000, Vice President Europe and Central Asia, Upstream Division of Total. The same year, he joined Vivendi Environnement as CFO and Deputy General Manager. In 2003, he became Senior Executive Vice President, Deputy General Manager, Chief Financial Officer of Veolia Environnement and Director of Valeo. Mr. Contamine obtained a degree from the Ecole Polytechnique in 1979 and from the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration de l'Economie (ENSAE). He also earned a degree from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration in 1984.