WENDEL November 23, 2015
As of January 1st, 2016, the following appointments will be effective:
In 2015, Saint-Gobain is celebrating its 350thanniversary, 350 reasons to believe in the future. Backed by its experience and its capacity to continuously innovate, Saint-Gobain, the world leader in the
habitat and construction market, designs, manufactures and distributes high-performance and building materials providing innovative solutions to the challenges of growth, energy efficiency and environmental protection. With 2014 sales of €38.3 billion*, Saint-Gobain operates in 66 countries and has more than 170,000 employees. For more information about Saint-Gobain, visitwww.saint- gobain.com and the twitter account@saintgobain or download the 'Saint-Gobain Shareholder'application for tablet and smartphone.
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CLAUDE IMAUVEN
Claude Imauven is a graduate of École Polytechnique and 'Ingénieur au corps des mines'. He began his career in 1983 at the French Ministry of Industry, where he held several management positions in public administration, especially as part of the Minister's staff (Foreign Trade and Industry).
His career at Saint-Gobain began in 1993 within the Flat Glass Division, where he became successively Vice-President of Industrial Policy then VP Industry and Finance. In 1996, he was appointed General Delegate for Spain, Portugal and Morocco. Returning to France in 1999, he joined the Pipe Division as Chief Operating Officer of Pont-à-Mousson SA. In 2001, he became Chairman & CEO of that company and President of the Pipe Division.
Since April 2004, Claude Imauven has been Senior Vice-President of Saint-Gobain and President of the Construction Products Sector.
BENOIT BAZIN
Benoît Bazin is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, with a post-graduate degree in Economics from Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. He also holds a Master of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He began his career in 1995 with the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance, as rapporteur to the Inter- ministerial Committee on Industrial Restructuring, before moving to the Treasury Department where he was responsible for State investments in the aeronautics, electronics and defense industries.
He joined Saint-Gobain in 1999 as Corporate Planning Director for the Abrasives business, moving on to become Vice President, Corporate Planning for Compagnie de Saint-Gobain in September of the following year. In 2002, he was appointed President of the North American Abrasives business, and of the Worldwide Bonded Abrasives business unit. In 2005, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Group.
Benoît Bazin has been President of the Building Distribution Sector since 2009 and a Senior-Vice President of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain since 2010.
KARE MALO
Kare Malo is a graduate of Oslo Business School (BI). In 1981, he started as marketing director in Dahl Norway. In 1990, he was appointed senior Vice President for Dahl group in Stockholm.
Kare Malo has been President of the Building Distribution Sector in Nordic countries, Baltic states and Switzerland since 2006. He is also Director Procurement and Marketing for the Building Distribution Sector.
LAURENT GUILLOT
Laurent Guillot is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, with a post-graduate degree in Macroeconomics from Université Paris I. He began his career with the Finance Ministry, initially in charge of Energy in the Forecasting Department, then in charge of Central Africa within the Treasury Department's International Division. In 1999, he was appointed technical advisor to the Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Housing, first on maritime issues and then on budgetary, financial and industrial issues.
He joined Compagnie de Saint-Gobain in 2002 as Vice-President, Corporate Planning. He was appointed Vice-President of Construction Abrasives in 2004, becoming Vice-President of High-Performance Refractories and Diesel Particulate Filters the following year. In 2007, he was appointed General Delegate for Brazil, Argentina and Chile.
Laurent Guillot has been the Group's Chief Financial Officer since 2009.
BENOIT D'IRIBARNE
Benoît d'Iribarne holds an Engineering degree from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder.
He joined the Group in 1985 as R&D Engineer for Saint-Gobain Recherche Paris. In 1987, he joined Sekurit in Herzogenrath, Germany as Development Engineer. He was appointed Key Account Manager in the United Kingdom in 1989, Production Manager at Sekurit Belgium in 1992 and then Chief Executive Officer of Sekurit NFG in Germany in 1995.
In 1997, he was appointed Vice-President of Manufacturing at Saint-Gobain Glass, after which he was appointed President of Saint-Gobain Glass Outside Europe in 2000 and of Saint-Gobain Glass in 2005. In 2008, he became President of Saint-Gobain Glass and Sekurit.
In 2012, Benoît d'Iribarne was appointed General Delegate for Brazil, Argentina and Chile and since July 1, 2014, has served as President of the High Performance Materials Activity.
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