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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
1. Composition and operation of the Board of Directors
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SAINT-GOBAIN
- REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2016
PASCAL LAÏ
Employee Director
Member of the Nomination, Remuneration and Governance Committee
Principal office held:
Environment, Health and Safety promoter of Saint-Gobain Sekurit France
Professional address: Saint-Gobain Sekurit France - 249 Bd. Drion - 59580 Aniche
Age 54
Nationality:
French
Date of first election:
June 2014
Term start date:
June 2014
Term end date:
Shareholders’ Meeting
convened to approve
the financial statements
for the year ending
December 31, 2017
Number of shares held
at 12/31/2016:
1,426
EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE
Mr. Pascal Laï joined the Group in 1986 at the Aniche plant (Saint-Gobain Sekurit, Innovative Materials Sector) where he worked for
20 years in production in the furnace environment, then as a toolmaker. In 2000 he started a union career path (affiliated with the
Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail - CFDT), where he has successively held positions in the Aniche Facility
Committee, as Personnel Representative and as full member of the CHSCT. He is also a full member of the Saint-Gobain Sekurit
France Central Enterprise Committee. He has also held member positions on the Saint-Gobain Group Committee, as Group
coordinator since 2011 and as full member of the Convention for European Social Dialog. Mr. Laï has held the position of
Environment, Health and Safety Officer at Saint-Gobain Sekurit France since December 1, 2014.
Mr. Pascal Laï has been a Director of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain since December 1, 2014.
OFFICES AND DUTIES HELD OUTSIDE THE GROUP
None
OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS
OTHER OFFICES HELD OUTSIDE THE GROUP AND EXPIRED
None
AGNÈS LEMARCHAND
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 62
Nationality:
French
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:
2,252
EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE
Graduate of École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (ENSCP) and MIT (USA), and holder of an MBA from INSEAD,
Ms. Agnès Lemarchand began her professional career with various operational responsibilities within the Rhône-Poulenc Group
from 1980 to 1985.
Appointed in 1986 as Chief Executive Officer of Industrie Biologique Française (IBF), she created IBF Biotechnics, a subsidiary of
the Rhône-Poulenc Group and the Institut Mérieux, in the United States in 1987, of which she was appointed Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer.
In 1991, she joined the Ciments Français Group as Chief Executive Officer of Prodical, an industrial minerals subsidiary which she
led from 1991 to 1996. She joined the Lafarge Group in 1997, held the position of Director of Strategy for the Specialty Materials
branch, then in 1999 was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge Chaux.
In 2004, she took over, together with its senior executives, the Lafarge Chaux subsidiary in the United Kingdom and founded
Steetley Dolomite Limited, where she served as executive Chairman for 10 years before selling the company to the industrial
group Lhoist. Ms. Agnès Lemarchand was a member of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (Economic Activities
Section), from March 2012 to April 2014.
Her other offices and duties held over the past five years are described below.
Ms. Agnès Lemarchand has been a Director of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain since June 2013.
OFFICES AND DUTIES HELD OUTSIDE THE GROUP
Director of CGG*
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Director of BioMérieux*
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Chairman of Orchad SAS
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OTHER OFFICES HELD OUTSIDE THE GROUP AND EXPIRED
OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS
Member of the Supervisory Board of Vivescia Industries,
•
representing BPI France Participations (up to
December 2015)
Member of the Supervisory Board of Areva* (up to
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January 2015)
Executive Chairman of Steetley Dolomite Limited (United
•
Kingdom) (up to 2014)
Member of the Supervisory Board of Mersen* (up to 2013)
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* Listed company