Invitation to our General Meeting 2021

Career

A graduate of École Centrale de Paris, Benoît Potier joined Air Liquide in 1981 as a Research and Development engineer. After serving as a Project Manager in the Engineering & Construction Division, he was made Vice President of Energy Development in the Large Industries business line. In 1993, he became Director of Strategy & Organization and, in 1994, was put in charge of the Chemicals, Metal & Steel, Oil and Energy Markets. He was made an Executive Vice President of Air Liquide in 1995 with additional responsibilities over the Engineering & Construction Division and the Large Industries operations in Europe. Benoît Potier was appointed Chief Executive in 1997. He was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2000 and became Chairman of the Management Board in November 2001. In 2006, he was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of L’ Air Liquide S.A.

Positions and activities held during 2020

Functions within the Air Liquide Group

• Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: L’ Air Liquide S.A.^*, Air Liquide International, Air Liquide International Corporation (ALIC)
• Director:American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc., The Hydrogen Company
• Director: Air Liquide Foundation

Positions or activities outside the Air Liquide Group

• Director: Danone^* (chairman of the Engagements Committee; member of the Governance Committee)
• Member of the Supervisory Board : Siemens AG^* (member of the Nominating Committee
• Co-Chair: The Hydrogen Council
• Member: European Round Table (ERT)
• Member of the French Board : INSEAD
• Member of the Strategic Orientation Committee: Paris-Saclay University 
  (since October 2020)

N.B. : Mr Benoît Potier has been appointed co-chair of the Conseil National de l’Hydrogène since January 11, 2021.

Career

A graduate of ESSEC, Thierry Peugeot began his career with the Marrel Group in 1982 as Export Manager for the Middle East and English-speaking Africa for Air Marrel, and then Director of Air Marrel America. He joined Automobiles Peugeot in 1988 as Regional Manager of the South-East Asia zone, then Chief Executive Officer of Peugeot do Brasil in 1991 and Chief Executive Officer of Slica in 1997. In 2000, he became International Key Accounts Director of Automobiles Citroën and then, in 2002, Vice President of Services and Spare Parts before being appointed to the PSA Peugeot Citroën Vice Presidents Committee. Thierry Peugeot has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Peugeot S.A. between 2002 and 2014.

Positions and activities held during 2020

Functions within the Air Liquide Group

• Director: L’ Air Liquide S.A.^* (member of the Audit and Accounts Committee since May 2012)

Positions or activities outside the Air Liquide Group

• Chief Executive: Société anonyme de participations
• Director: Établissement Peugeot Frères (Chairman of the Accounts Committee)
• Director: Compagnie Industrielle de Delle
• Permanent representative of the Compagnie Industrielle de Delle au Conseil d’Administration de LISI^* (member of the Remuneration Committee and President of the Appointments Committee)
• Chairman: CITP
• Chairman: SIV
• Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: SID
• Honorary Chairman: Association nationale des sociétés par actions (ANSA)

(a) The Board of Directors, in agreement with Mr Thierry Peugeot, agreed that the renewal of his office will not be proposed to the General Meeting of  May 4, 2021.