Following on from the appointment of Benoit Bazin as Chairman and CEO in June 2024, the Board of Directors unanimously decided at its meeting on November 28, 2024 to submit several resolutions relating to its governance to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on June 5, 2025.
The Board will submit the renewal of Benoit Bazin's term of office as Director, it being specified that, in this case, the Board will reappoint Benoit Bazin as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Saint-Gobain, and will maintain Jean-Francois Cirelli's role as Lead Director and Vice-Chairman of the Board, in accordance with the Articles of Association.
It will also propose the appointment of three new independent directors, in view of the expiry of three terms of office: Maya Hari, of Singaporean nationality, Chief Executive Officer of Terrascope, Antoine de Saint-Affrique, of French nationality, Chief Executive Officer of Danone, and Hans Sohlström, of Finnish nationality, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Stora Enso.
In the event of a positive vote, the proportion of independent directors will rise from 82% to 93% (excluding employee directors and those representing employee shareholders in accordance with the Afep-Medef Code), i.e. 100% excluding the Chairman and CEO.
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Benoît Bazin is a French businessperson who has been at the helm of 13 different companies is Chief Operating Officer at Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA and CEO-Saint Gobain Northern Europe at CTKC Corp. and on the board of 5 other companies.
In the past Mr. Bazin occupied the position of Chairman for Saint-Gobain Distribution Batiment Suisse AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Point.P SAS, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Lapeyre SAS, Chairman-Supervisory Board for Saint-Gobain Weber France SAS, Chairman of Saint-Gobain Distribution Bâtiment France SAS, Chairman for Saint-Gobain Pam SA, Chairman of Saint Gobain Isover SA, Chairman at Partidis, Chairman for Saint-Gobain Distribution Nordic AB, Chairman of Projéo SA and President & Chief Executive Officer for CertainTeed Corp.
He received an undergraduate degree from Ecole Polytechnique, an undergraduate degree from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, a graduate degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an undergraduate degree from Sciences Po.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is one of the world leaders in the production and distribution of construction materials for the construction, mobility, healthcare and industrial sectors. The activity is organized around 4 areas:
- manufacturing of high-performance materials: ceramic products (No. 1 worldwide in thermal and mechanical applications for ceramics) and plastics (No. 1 worldwide), abrasive products (No. 1 worldwide) and reinforcing materials (No. 1 worldwide in wire of glass);
- distribution of materials: primarily under the names Point.P in France, Dahl in Scandinavia and Telhanorte in Brazil;
- manufacturing of construction products: exterior products (PVC and façade products, asphalted shingles, etc.), insulation (glass wools, insulating foams, metal ceilings, etc.) and ductwork, industrial mortars, and gypsum materials;
- manufacturing of glass: plate glass, automobile windows, specialty glass (fire and nuclear protection glasses, etc.). The group also transforms and distributes building glass.
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