BIC - 2019 Universal Registration Document

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Administrative and management bodies

MAËLYS CASTELLA

| Director

Basis of the appointment

Article L. 225-18 of the French Commercial Code

Independent Director Yes

Date of 1 st  appointment Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of May 22, 2019

Expiration date Annual Shareholders’ Meeting in 2022, for fiscal year 2021 Member of a committee Audit Committee • Remuneration Committee • Professional address SOCIÉTÉ BIC - 14, rue Jeanne d’Asnières - 92110 Clichy - France

53 years old

Nationality: French

Number of BIC shares held: 500

Main position Director of SOCIÉTÉ BIC • Other current mandates or functions Non

Expired mandates or functions in the previous five years (non-BIC Group companies) Chief Corporate Development Officer, Member of the Executive Committee - AkzoNobel – • The Netherlands (listed company) Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Board of Management – AkzoNobel – The • Netherlands (listed company) Member of the Board of Directors of AkzoNobel’s Art foundation – The Netherlands • Biography Maëlys Castella has a broad experience in finance, strategy, marketing and innovation working for international listed companies since 1992. She has started her career in the oil and gas industry working in finance during eight years for Elf, now part of Total Group. In 2000 Maëlys Castella joined Air Liquide and held various Senior Management positions in Finance and Marketing before she was appointed Group Deputy Chief Financial Officer in 2013. Then she was Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of Management of AkzoNobel from 2014 until 2017 and Chief Corporate Development Officer and Member of the Executive Committee from 2018 until 2019. Maëlys Castella graduated from École Centrale de Paris and holds a Master’s degree in Energy Management and Policy from the University of Pennsylvania (U.S.A.) and the French Institute of Petroleum (IFP).

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