Siân HERBERT-JONES
Independent Director – Chairman of the Audit and Account Committee
Nationality: British
Born on September 13, 1960
Date of first appointment:May 2011
Start of current term: May 2019
End of current term: 2023
(General Meeting to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022)
Number of shares owned as of December 31, 2019: 1,013
Career
Holder of a Master of Art degree in History from Oxford University and a graduate from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Siân Herbert-Jones first practiced for 13 years with the firm of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, in the London office from 1983-1993 in particular in the capacity of Corporate Finance Manager, then in the Paris office from 1993 to 1995 in the capacity of Mergers & Acquisitions Manager. She then joined the Sodexo Group in 1995 in which she was successively in charge of international development from 1995 to 1998 and the Group’s Treasury Department from 1998 to 2000 then Deputy Chief Financial Officer in 2000. From 2001 to December 21, 2015, she was Chief Financial Officer; and member of the Executive Committee of the Sodexo Group. Since 2016, she holds several positions within Board of Directors of large companies and also pursues other consulting activities in societal and environmental fields.
Positions and activities held during 2019
Functions within the Air Liquide Group
- Director: L’ Air Liquide S.A.* (Chairman of the Audit and Accounts Committee since May 2015; member of this Committee since May 2013)
Positions or activities outside the Air Liquide Group
- Director: Cap Gemini SE* (member of the Audit and Risks Committee); Bureau Veritas* (member of the Audit and Risks Committee); Compagnie Financière Aurore Internationale (Sodexo Group)
Pierre DUFOUR
Director – Chairman of the Environment and Society Committee
Nationality: Canadian
Born on March 28, 1955
Date of first appointment:May 2012
Start of current term: May 2016
End of current term: 2020(a)
(General Meeting to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019)
Number of shares owned as of December 31, 2019: 99,462
Career
A graduate of École polytechnique, Montréal University, Stanford University (California) and Harvard University (Massachusetts), Pierre Dufour began his career in 1976 at Lavalin Inc. (now SNC-Lavalin Inc.), a leading engineering contractor in Montreal, Canada. From 1991 to 1997, he was Chief Executive Officer of SNC-Lavalin Inc. Pierre Dufour joined Air Liquide in 1997 as Vice President of Worldwide Engineering before his promotion to Group Industrial Director in 1998, overseeing the technical aspects of Group operations worldwide. In 2000, he was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Air Liquide Holdings Inc., in Houston, Texas and joined Air Liquide Group’s Executive Committee. He was appointed Senior Executive Vice President in 2007 and appointed to the Board of Directors in 2012. In charge of the Frankfurt hub since inception in 2014, he is also responsible for the World Business Line Large Industries as well as Engineering & Construction, plus the Asia Pacific region. Since 2016, he is also Chairman of Airgas, Inc. Pierre Dufour has decided to claim his pension entitlement and left his executive positions within the Air Liquide Group by the end of 2017. Pierre Dufour will continue to be a Director of L’ Air Liquide S.A.
Positions and activities held during 2019
Functions within the Air Liquide Group
- Director: L’ Air Liquide S.A.* (Chairman of the Environment and Society Committee since May 2017)
Positions or activities outside the Air Liquide Group
- Director: Archer Daniels Midland Company* (member of the Audit Committee and Sustainability / Corporate Responsibality Committee)
(a) Renewal of term not requested.