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Corporate governance Composition and operation of the Board of Directors
PAMELA KNAPP Independent Director
Member of the Audit and Risk Committee Principal office held: Director of companies Professional address: Compagnie de Saint-Gobain – “Les Miroirs” – 18 avenue d’Alsace – 92400 Courbevoie
Age 59 German Number of shares held: 818 Date of first election: June 2013 Term start date: June 2017 Term end date: General Shareholders’ Meeting convened to approve the financial statements for fiscal year 2020
Expertise and Experience A graduate of Berlin University and Harvard University, Pamela Knapp started her career in 1987 as a Mergers and Acquisitions Consultant at Deutsche Bank Morgan Grenfell GmbH and at Fuchs Consult GmbH. In 1992, she was named Director of Strategic Projects, then of the Maintenance & Services Branch in the Transportation Systems Division of the Siemens Group, where she served until 1997. From 1998 to 2000, she was a Board member and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Siemens SA, Belgium and Luxembourg. In 2000, she became Director of the Siemens Group’s central Corporate Development Executives Department then, starting in 2004, Board member and Chief Financial Officer of the Power Transmission and Distribution Division of the Siemens Group, until 2009. From 2009 until October 2014, she was a member of the Management Board of GfK SE.
Her other offices and duties held over the past five years are described below. Pamela Knapp has been a Director of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain since June 2013.
Other offices held outside the Group and expired over the past five years Member of the Management Board of GfK SE, • (Germany) (2009-2014) Member of the Supervisory Board of Monier Holdings • SCA (Luxembourg) (2009-2013)
Offices and duties held outside the Group Member of the Supervisory Board, the Nomination, • Remuneration and Governance Committee and the Finance and Audit Committee of Peugeot SA* Director of HKP Group AG (Switzerland) • Director and member of the Audit Committee of • Panalpina World Transport (Holding) Ltd.* (Switzerland) Director and member of the Audit Committee of NV • Bekaert* (Belgium)
* Listed company
PASCAL LAÏ Employee Director Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee Principal office held: Environment, Health and Safety Promoter of Saint-Gobain Sekurit France Professional address: Saint-Gobain Sekurit France – 249 Bd. Drion - 59580 Aniche
Age 55 French Number of shares held: 1,426 Date of first election: Dec. 2014 Term start date: Dec. 2014 Term end date: General Shareholders’ Meeting convened to approve the financial statements for fiscal year 2017
Expertise and experience Pascal Laï joined the Group in 1986 at the Aniche plant (Saint-Gobain Sekurit, Innovative Materials Sector) where he worked for 20 years in production in the furnace environment, then as a toolmaker. In 2000, he started a union career path (affiliated with the Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail - CFDT), where he has successively held positions in the Aniche Facility Committee, as Personnel Representative and as full member of the CHSCT. He is also a full member of the Saint-Gobain Sekurit France Central Enterprise Committee. He has also held member positions on the Saint-Gobain Group Committee, as Group coordinator since 2011 and as full member of the Convention for European Social Dialog. Pascal Laï has held the position of Environment, Health and Safety Officer at Saint-Gobain Sekurit France since December 1, 2014. Pascal Laï has been a Director of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain since December 1, 2014.
Offices and duties held outside the Group None
Other offices held outside the Group and expired over the past five years None
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