2021 Universal Registration Document

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Administrative and management bodies

MAËLYS CASTELLA ● Director

Biography

Main position

CEO and Director – Aminona Consulting •

Maëlys Castella is an experienced finance and business leader with a strong track record in B2B and B2C businesses. This is both in C-level executive and non-executive roles. She has expertise in finance, strategy, marketing, innovation and sustainability and has been working for international listed companies since 1992. She is the founder and CEO of a consulting firm Aminona Consulting specializing in finance, strategy and executive coaching. She is also an independent Board member, chair of the Audit Committee and Sustainability Committee of C&A, a leading global fashion retail business. She began her career in the oil and gas industry working in finance for Elf, now part of Total Group, for 8 years. In 2000, Maëlys Castella joined Air Liquide and held various Senior Management positions in Finance and Marketing before being appointed Group Deputy Chief Financial Officer in 2013. She later became Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of Management of AkzoNobel from 2014 until 2017. She was subsequently Chief Corporate Development Officer and Member of the Executive Committee from 2018 until 2019. Maëlys Castella is a graduate of École Centrale de Paris and holds a Master’s degree in Energy Management and Policy from the University of Pennsylvania (United States) and the French Institute of Petroleum (IFP).

Other current positions Independent Director, Chair of the Audit • Committee and member of the Sustainability Committee – C&A Former positions 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 –

55 years old Nationality: French Number of BIC shares held: 500

Independent Director: Yes Basis of the appointment: Article L. 225-18 of the French Commercial Code Date of 1 st appointment: Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of May 22, 2019 Expiration date: Annual Shareholders’ Meeting in 2022, for FY 2021 Member of a committee: Chair of the Audit Committee, member of the Remuneration Committe Professional address: Delistraat 67, 2585VX Den Haag, The Netherlands

The Netherlands (listed company) Member of the Board of Directors • of AkzoNobel’s Art foundation – The Netherlands

● Independent Director.

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