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6 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
1. Composition and operation of the Board of Directors
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ANNE-MARIE IDRAC
Independent Director
Member of the Nomination, Remuneration and Governance Committee
Principal office held: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac
Professional address: Compagnie de Saint-Gobain - « Les Miroirs » -
18 avenue d’Alsace - 92400 Courbevoie
Age 65
Nationality:
French
Date of first election:
June 2011
Term start date:
June 2015
convened to approve
the financial statements
for the year ending
December 31, 2018
Term end date:
Shareholders’ Meeting
Number of shares held
at 12/31/2016: 827
EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE
Ms. Anne-Marie Idrac is a graduate of Institut d’Études Politiques of Paris and an alumna of École Nationale d’Administration.
As a civil administrator, she held various positions from 1974 to 1995 in the Ministry of Equipment in the areas of environment,
housing, urban development and transportation, specifically as Chief Executive Officer of the Établissement Public
d’Aménagement de Cergy-Pontoise (1990-1993), then Director of Land Transport (1993-1995).
In 1995 she was appointed Secretary of State for Transport, a position she held until June 1997.
She was elected Member of Parliament for Yvelines in 1997 and 2002, and Regional Council Member for Île-de-France from 1998 to
2002.
From 2002 to 2006 Ms. Idrac was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RATP, then Chairman of SNCF from 2006 to 2008.
In March 2008, she was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign Trade, a position she held until November 2010.
Ms. Anne-Marie Idrac was also Chairman of the European-France Movement from 1999 to 2005 and member of the Economic and
Social Council from 2004 to 2008. She is also Chairman of the Advisory Board of the School of Public Affairs of Sciences Po Paris
and Vice Chairman of the Robert Schuman Foundation.
Her other offices and duties over the past five years are described below.
Ms. Anne-Marie Idrac has been a Director of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain since June 2011.
OFFICES AND DUTIES HELD OUTSIDE THE GROUP
Chairman of the Supervisory Board •
of Aéroport Toulouse-Blagnac
Director of Bouygues* •
Director of Total* •
OTHER OFFICES HELD OUTSIDE THE GROUP AND EXPIRED
OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS
Member of the Supervisory Board of Vallourec* (up to •
May 2015)
Director of Médiobanca* (Italy) (up to 2014) •
* Listed company
PAMELA KNAPP
Independent Director
Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
Principal office held: Director of companies
Professional address: Compagnie de Saint-Gobain - « Les Miroirs » -
18 avenue d’Alsace - 92400 Courbevoie
Age 59
Nationality:
German
Date of first election:
June 2013
Term start date:
June 2013
Term end date:
Shareholders’ Meeting
convened to approve
the financial statements
for the year ending
December 31, 2016
Number of shares held
at 12/31/2016: 818
EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE
A graduate of Berlin University and Harvard University, Ms. Pamela Knapp started her career in 1987 as a Mergers and Acquisitions
Consultant at Deutsche Bank Morgan Grenfell GmbH and at Fuchs Consult GmbH.
Division of the Siemens Group, where she served until 1997. From 1998 to 2000 she was a board member and Chief Financial
Officer (CFO) of Siemens SA, Belgium and Luxembourg.
In 1992 she was named Director of Strategic Projects, then of the Maintenance & Services Branch in the Transportation Systems
In 2000 she became Director of the Siemens Group’s central Corporate Development Executives Department then, starting in
2004, board member and Chief Financial Officer of the Power Transmission and Distribution Division of the Siemens Group, until
2009. From 2009 until October 2014 she was a member of the Management Board of GfK SE.
Her other offices and duties held over the past five years are described below.
Ms. Pamela Knapp has been a Director of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain since June 2013.
OFFICES AND DUTIES HELD OUTSIDE THE GROUP
Member of the Supervisory Board, the Nomination, •
Remuneration and Governance Committee and the Finance
and Audit Committee of Peugeot SA*
Director of HKP Group AG (Switzerland) •
Director and member of the Audit Committee of Panalpina •
World Transport (Holding) Ltd.* (Switzerland)
Director and member of the Audit Committee of NV •
Bekaert* (Belgium)
OTHER OFFICES HELD OUTSIDE THE GROUP AND EXPIRED
OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS
Member of the Management Board of GfK SE, (Germany) •
(2009-2014)
Member of the Supervisory Board of Monier Holdings SCA •
(Luxembourg) (2009-2013)
* Listed company