Invitation to our General Meeting 2024

Introduction

Bertrand DUMAZY

Independent Director – Member of the Appointments and Governance Committee – Member of the Audit and Accounts Committee

Nationality: French Born on July 10, 1971

Date of first appointment: May 2021

Start of current term: May 2021

End of current term: 2025 (General Meeting to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024)

Number of shares owned as of December 31, 2023: 550

CAREER

Bertrand Dumazy is a graduate of ESCP Europe and holds an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School. He started his career in 1994 as a consultant with Bain & Company, first in Paris and later in Los Angeles. He then worked as an Investment Director of BC Partners in 1999. In 2002, he joined the Neopost group. Initially Head of Marketing and Strategy, he was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Neopost France in 2005 and then Executive Vice President, Finance for the Neopost group in 2008. In 2011, he became President and CEO of Deutsch, a world leader in high-performance connectors, a position held until the group was acquired by TE Connectivity. In 2012, he joined Materis as Executive Vice President then CEO and eventually President and CEO of the group, renamed Cromology (construction specialty materials). Chairman and CEO of the Edenred group since 2015, he has led its digital transformation as well as the restructuring of its client offer, with a key focus on cybersecurity, and led Edenred’s “Next Frontier” 2019-2022 strategic plan which received from KPMG/EIM the top prize in the “Responsible Strategic Plan” category.

POSITIONS AND ACTIVITIES HELD DURING THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR

FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE AIR LIQUIDE GROUP
  • Director: L’Air Liquide S.A.* (member of the Appointments and Governance Committee since May 2022; member of the Audit and Account Committee since May 2023)
POSITIONS OR ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE AIR LIQUIDE GROUP
  • Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: Edenred SE*
  • Director: Neoen SA* (producer of renewable energy) – France (Chairman of the Appointments and Remuneration Committee)

Catherine GUILLOUARD

Independent Director – Audit and Accounts Committee Chairwoman

Nationality: French Born on January 23, 1965

Date of first appointment: May 2023

Start of current term: May 2023

End of current term: 2027 (General Meeting to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026)

Number of shares owned as of December 31, 2023: 500

CAREER

Catherine Guillouard is a graduate of the Institute of Political Studies of Paris and the École Nationale d’Administration (1991/93), and holds a PhD of European laws (Panthéon-Sorbonne). She began her career in 1993 at the Ministry of Economy in the French Treasury, working for the department in charge of the Africa – CFA zone and later in the Banking Affairs Department. She joined Air France in 1997 as IPO Senior Project Manager. She was subsequently appointed Deputy Vice-President Finance Controlling in 1999, Senior Vice-President of Flight Operations in 2001, Senior Vice-President of Human Resources in 2003 and Chief Financial Officer in December  2005. In September  2007, she joined Eutelsat as Chief Financial Officer and member of the Group Executive Committee. Catherine Guillouard joined Rexel in April  2013 as Chief Financial Officer and between May 2014 and February 2017 she was Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Rexel. Between 2015 and 2019, she was Director and member of the Strategy, Investment and Technology Committee of Engie. Between August 2017 and September 2022, she was Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of RATP Group, one of the leading urban transportation operators in the world, where she launched a major investment and transformation plan and implemented the public transportation decarbonation plan. She was appointed as Chairwoman of Ingenico, a leading electronic payment services company, in October 2022.

POSITIONS AND ACTIVITIES HELD DURING THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR

FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE AIR LIQUIDE GROUP
  • Director: L’Air Liquide S.A.* (since May 2023) (Audit and Account Committee Chairwoman since May 2023)
POSITIONS OR ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE AIR LIQUIDE GROUP
  • Director: Airbus SE* (since April 2016) (Audit Committee Chairwoman since April 2019; member of the Ethics, Compliance & Sustainability Committee)
  • Member of the Supervisory Board: KPN* (until April 2023) (member of the Strategy & Organization Committee and Audit Committee Chairwoman until April 2023)
  • Chairwoman: Ingenico (since October 2022)
  • Director: Lottomatica* (since October 2022) (member of the ESG Committee since May 2023)