Annette WINKLER
Independent Director – Environment and Society Committee Chairwoman – Member of the Appointments and Governance Committee
- Nationality: German
- Born on September 27, 1959
- Date of first appointment: May 2014
- Start of current term: May 2022
- End of current term: 2026 (General Meeting to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025)
- Number of shares owned as of December 31, 2022: 2,900
CAREER
Doctor in Economics from the University of Frankfurt (Germany), Annette Winkler became the Managing Shareholder of a medium‑sized construction company. In 1995, she joined the Mercedes‑Benz group, where she held a variety of positions and in particular that of Senior Director/Head Public Relations and Communications. After spending two years as Head of the Mercedes‑Benz sales and service outlet in Braunschweig, she became Chief Executive Officer of DaimlerChrysler Belgium and Luxembourg (1999‑2005), then Vice President of Global Business Management & Wholesale Europe (2006‑2010). Vice President of Daimler AG since 2010, she was Chief Executive Officer of smart (with overall responsibility for the brand, also in charge of the smart factory in Lorraine), until 2018.
POSITIONS AND ACTIVITIES HELD DURING THE 2022 FISCAL YEAR
FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE AIR LIQUIDE GROUP
- Director: L’Air Liquide S.A.* (member of the Remuneration Committee from May 2015 to May 2020; member of the Appointments and Governance Committee since May 2017; Chairwoman of the Environment and Society Committee since May 2020)
POSITIONS OR ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE AIR LIQUIDE GROUP
- Director: Renault S.A.* (Chairwoman of the Strategy and Sustainable Development Committee since January 2020); Renault S.A.S.
Philippe DUBRULLE
Director representing the employees – Member of the Environment and Society Committee
- Nationality: French
- Born on June 23, 1972
- Date of first appointment by the Group Committee in France: June 2014
- Start of current term: May 2022
- End of current term: 2026 (General Meeting to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025)
CAREER
An engineering graduate from École supérieure de l’énergie et des matériaux, Philippe Dubrulle has held various positions as an engineer, Product Manager and International Sales Manager at several aeronautical groups both in France and abroad. He joined Air Liquide Group in 2008. Based in Sassenage, he is an employee of the subsidiary Air Liquide Advanced Technologies. He is Transformation Projects Manager of the subsidiary. Philippe Dubrulle was appointed as the Director representing the employees by the Group Committee in France on June 18, 2014, his office was renewed by that same Committee for the second time, at its plenary session on December 16, 2021. A Member of the French Institute of Directors, he has been a Certified Company Director – ASC France since November 2016.
POSITIONS AND ACTIVITIES HELD DURING THE 2022 FISCAL YEAR
FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE AIR LIQUIDE GROUP
- Director: L’ Air Liquide S.A.* (member of the Environment and Society Committee since May 2017)
- Projects Manager – Transformation Projects Supervisor: Air Liquide Advanced Technologies