Christina LAW
Independent Director
Nationality: Chinese (Hong Kong) Born on January 17, 1967
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
Christina Law is a graduate of University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor in Social Science, Major in Economics and Political Sciences, and holds a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD. She started her career in 1988 at Shell Hong Kong as an Oil Analyst before being promoted as Manager in the Chemical Division. After completing her Master degree in France, she joined Procter & Gamble where she held various marketing leadership positions first in Switzerland then in Singapore as Marketing Director responsible for the Asia Pacific region. In 2005, she joined Johnson and Johnson, the world’s largest and most broadly based healthcare company. Based in Singapore, she held a number of senior executive positions, including Regional Director of Baby Care, Country Manager of Singapore, Vice President Beauty Care Asia Pacific and later as Vice President Neutrogena Worldwide. From 2012 to 2019, she worked in General Mills Inc, a leading global manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer foods, first as Region President for Asia, Middle East, Africa and subsequently as Group President leading all of Asia and Latin America region. Since 2019, she has been CEO of Raintree Group of Companies. Christina Law is a Board Director of Novo Nordisk, a global healthcare company leading in developing medicines against diabetes and other serious chronic diseases, since March 2022. She is also a Board Director of INSEAD since 2016.
POSITIONS AND ACTIVITIES HELD DURING THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR
FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE AIR LIQUIDE GROUP
- Director: L’Air Liquide S.A.* (since May 2023)
POSITIONS OR ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE AIR LIQUIDE GROUP
- Director: Novo Nordisk* (since March 2022) (Member of the Audit Committee)
- Director: Greenfields Dairy (since 2021)
- Chief Executive Officer and Director: Raintree Group Limited and Raintree Investment Pte Ltd. (since 2019)
- Director: INSEAD Business School (since 2016) (Member of Nomination and Remuneration Committee)
Alexis PERAKIS-VALAT
Independent Director
Nationality: French and Greek Born on July 3, 1971
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
A graduate of HEC, Alexis Perakis-Valat joined L’Oréal, the world’s leading cosmetics group, in 1994 as Product Manager. He became Marketing Director of L’Oréal Paris and then held various strategic positions within the group in Europe and the United States: General Manager Garnier/ Maybelline Belgium from 1999 to 2001, General Manager of L’Oréal Paris Spain from 2001 to 2003, General Manager of SoftSheen-Carson in the United States from 2003 to 2005, General Manager of L’Oréal Germany from 2005 to 2009. He took over as General Manager Europe for the Consumer Products Division in 2009, and, in September 2010, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of L’Oréal in China, based in Shanghai. In 2013, his responsibilities were extended to include the whole of Asia Pacific and he became a member of the group’s Executive Committee. Since September 1, 2016, Alexis Perakis-Valat has been President of the Consumer Products Division, a major division of L’Oréal. He is involved in the major transformations that reinforce L’Oréal’s leadership, notably in three key areas; digital, environmental & social responsibility, and development of the distribution channels.
POSITIONS AND ACTIVITIES HELD DURING THE 2023 FISCAL YEAR
FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE AIR LIQUIDE GROUP
- Director: L’Air Liquide S.A.* (since May 2023)
POSITIONS OR ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE AIR LIQUIDE GROUP
- President of the Consumer Products Division and Member of the Executive Committee L’Oréal* (since 2016)