People: Technip (TECF.PA)

Mr. Joseph Rinaldi has been an Independent Director at Technip SA since April 30, 2009. He is also the Chairman of the Company's Ethics and Governance Committee and the Vice Chairman of its Strategic Committee. He is a partner in the international law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell. He advises on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and securities and corporate law. Mr.Rinaldi is a frequent speaker and author on merger and acquisition and corporate governance issues. From 2002 to 2007 he was the senior partner in the Paris office of Davis Polk after joining Davis Polk in 1984 and becoming a partner in 1990. Mr. Rinaldi graduated from the University of Sydney, Australia, with first class honors in 1979, and in 1981 received his LL.B, with first class honors, from the University of Sydney, where he was a member of the editorial committee of the Sydney Law Review. He received an LL.M from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1984. He is a member of the bar in New York.