Invitation to our General Meeting 2023

Introduction

Siân HERBERT-JONES

Independent Director – Audit and Accounts Committee Chairwoman

  • Nationality: British
  • Born on September 13, 1960
  • Date of first appointment: May 2011
  • Start of current term: May 2019
  • End of current term: 2023 (a) (General Meeting to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022)
  • Number of shares owned as of December 31, 2022: 1,124

CAREER

Holder of a Master of Arts 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 THE 2022 FISCAL YEAR

FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE AIR LIQUIDE GROUP
  • Director: L’Air Liquide S.A.* (Chairwoman of the Audit and Accounts Committee since May 2015; member of this Audit and Accounts Committee since May 2013)
POSITIONS OR ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE AIR LIQUIDE GROUP
  • Director: Capgemini SE* (member of the Audit and Risks Committee since May 2016 and Member of the Ethics and Governance Committee since May 2021)
  • Director: Bureau Veritas* (Chairwoman of the Audit and Risks Committee since February 2021)

Geneviève BERGER

Independent Director – Member of the Environment and Society Committee

  • Nationality: French
  • Born on January 26, 1955
  • Date of first appointment: May 2015
  • Start of current term: May 2019
  • End of current term: 2023 (b) (General Meeting to approve the financial statement for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022)
  • Number of shares owned as of December 31, 2022: 677

CAREER

With a Ph.D. in physics, a Doctor of Medicine, and with a Ph.D. in human biology, Geneviève Berger was Director of the mixed laboratory for parametric imaging CNRS‑Broussais Hôtel‑Dieu from 1991 to 2000. She was General Manager of the CNRS between 2000 and 2003. She served as University Professor and Hospital Managing Director at La Pitié‑Salpêtrière between 2003 and 2008 before joining Unilever as Chief Research and Development Officer and then Chief Science Officer from 2008 to 2014. Geneviève Berger was the Head of the research departement at the Swiss company Firmenich from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2021 and Strategic Advisor to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until December 31, 2021.

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)
POSITIONS OR ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE AIR LIQUIDE GROUP
  • Strategic Advisor: OM Pharma (since May 20, 2021)
  • Member of the Supervisory Board: Institut Curie (since October 2022)
  1. The Board of Directors, in agreement with Ms Siân Herbert-Jones, agreed that the renewal of her office will not be proposed to the General Meeting of May 3, 2023.
  2. The Board of Directors, in agreement with Ms Geneviève Berger, agreed that the renewal of her office will not be proposed to the General Meeting of May 3, 2023.