ISOVER - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Member of CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMITTEE
- Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
- Director and Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of Solvay SA
- Independent Director / Chairwoman of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
Agnès Lemarchand is also a Director and member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of Solvay SA (Belgium) and a Director and member of the Audit Committee of BioMérieux.
Job Titles:
- Chief Innovation Officer
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Saint - Gobain in 1992 As a Research Engineer
Anne Hardy has a PhD in Material Science from MIT. In addition, she has a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Utah.
Anne joined Saint-Gobain in 1992 as a Research Engineer in the Saint-Gobain Research North America center (Northboro, Massachusetts). She has held various positions within the Saint-Gobain R&D organization - Deputy Vice President of Group's R&D and director of the Northboro R&D center. She currently has 16 patents, working with a range of materials and processes including ceramics, polymers and construction materials. In 2015 she received the STEP award from the Manufacturing Institute which recognizes women in science, technology, engineering and production careers.
In January 2019, she was appointed Vice-President of R&D, High Performance Solutions.
As of July 1, 2021 she is appointed Chief Innovation Officer.
Antoine VIGNIAL - Chief Legal Officer, Secretary
Job Titles:
- Corporate Secretary
- Group General Counsel
- Corporate Secretary of Compagnie De Saint - Gobain
Antoine Vignial, a qualified lawyer, is a graduate of IEP Paris and ESSEC Business School with a post-graduate degree in private law from Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He began his career as a lawyer and then partner at Gide Loyrette Nouel before becoming a partner of the Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer law firm in 1999.
He joined Compagnie de Saint-Gobain in 2012 as Group General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and a member of the Executive Committee.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie De Saint - Gobain / Director
- Director of Vinci
After studying in France and in the United States, and spending four years at the Interministerial Committee for Industrial Restructuring (ICIR) and the Treasury Department within the French Ministry of Finance, Benoit Bazin joined Saint-Gobain in 1999. He held various positions in France, including Corporate Planning Director from 2000 to 2002 and, starting in 2002, in the United States - in a general management role within High-Performance Materials, before taking the Chief Financial Officer role of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain in 2005. From 2009 to the end of 2015, Benoit Bazin headed the Building Distribution Sector. In 2010, he was named Senior Vice President of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. From 2016 to the end of 2018, Benoit Bazin headed the Construction Products Sector. During 2017, he was President and CEO of CertainTeed Corporation in the United States. He was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain on January 1, 2019 and elected to the Board on June 3, 2021. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer as from July 1, 2021.
In addition, Benoit Bazin was appointed as Director of Vinci on June 18, 2020; and is, as such, Chairman of the Strategy and CSR Committee and member of the Nomination and Governance Committee. He was also a Director and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of Essilor between 2009 and 2017, chairing the Audit and Risk Committee from May 2016 to March 2017. He is also Director of the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine.
Job Titles:
- Vice - President
- Senior Vice - President, Technology & Industrial Performance
Benoit d'Iribarne holds an Engineering degree from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder.
He joined the Group in 1985 as R&D Engineer for Saint-Gobain Recherche Paris. In 1987, he joined Sekurit in Herzogenrath, Germany as Development Engineer. He became Key Account Manager in the United Kingdom in 1989, Production Manager at Sekurit Belgium in 1992 and Chief Executive Officer of Sekurit NFG in Germany in 1995.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Vice - President, Marketing and Development
Christian BAKO was born on November 4, 1981 in Stuttgart, Germany. He is married and has two children. He studied International Business Administration in Germany and Spain.
Christian started his career in the windows industry at Roto Frank where during 8 years he held various positions in Sales, Marketing, Strategy & General Management in Germany, Spain and France, before moving to the building distribution as Vice-President Western Hemisphere for VBH Holding.
He joined Saint-Gobain in 2017 as Chief Digital Officer for the Building Glass division in Germany, Austria & Switzerland. In 2018 he became Managing Director for the Glassolutions BU in Germany.
In 2020 Christian joined Saint-Gobains Abrasives division where we was Managing Director of Central Europe until being nominated Vice-President Marketing & Development for the Group as per September 1st 2023.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice - President in Charge of Human Resources
- Senior Vice - President, Human Resources and Corporate Social Responsibility
Claire Pedini is a graduate of Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) and holds a Master's degree from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP). She started her career at Total in 1988 as Corporate Controller, before assuming responsibility for Total's admission to trading on the New York Stock Exchange in 1991, and becoming Vice-President of Investor Relations in 1992, Vice-President of Media Relations in 1994 and Vice-President of New Information Technologies in 1997. In 1998, she joined Alcatel as Director of Financial Information and Shareholder Relations, becoming successively Vice-President, Investor Relations and Public Affairs in 2001, Deputy Chief Financial Officer in 2004, Senior Vice-President, Human Resources and Corporate Communications in 2006, and Executive Vice-President, Alcatel-Lucent for Human Resources and Transformation in 2009. She became a member of the Alcatel-Lucent Executive Committee in 2006.
Since June 2010, Claire Pedini has served as Senior Vice-President in charge of Human Resources for the Saint-Gobain Group. She is also a director on the Board of EDF.
Since January 2019, Claire Pedini has been appointed Senior Vice-President, Human Resources and Digital Transformation.
Claire Pedini has been appointed Senior Vice-President, Human Resources and Corporate Social Responsibility, effective July 1, 2021.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- CEO High Performance Solutions
David Molho is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées as engineer. He began his career in the French administration where he was advisor to the Prime Minister's office, in charge of energy and the environment.
He joined Saint-Gobain in 2009, where he was successively Vice-President of Corporate Planning in Paris, Managing Director of the pipe business in Brazil, and then CEO Saint-Gobain Distribution in the Nordic countries.
On January 1, 2019, he was appointed CEO Nordics and Baltics.
David Molho has been appointed CEO High Performance Solutions, effective July 1, 2021.
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors of T - Mobile USA
- Member of the Management Board of Deutsche Telekom AG
Belgian national, Dominique Leroy is a member of the Management Board of Deutsche Telekom AG and CEO for Europe.
Dominique Leroy is also a member of the Board of Directors of T-Mobile USA (United-States) and OTE (Greece), both companies being controlled by Deutsche Telekom AG.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
- Member of the Strategy & Transformation Committee of Danone
Gilles Schnepp is Chairman of the Board of Directors and a member of the Strategy & Transformation Committee of Danone.
He is also a Director, the Chairman of the Nomination, Governance and CSR Committee and a member of the Strategic Thinking Committee of Sanofi.
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
- Director and Member of the Transformation Committee
Brazilian and British national, Iêda Gomes Yell is Director and member of the transformation Committee and the CSR Committee of Seatrium Ltd (Singapore), and a Director and a member of the Strategic Committee and of the Human Resources, Compliance and Sustainable Development Committee of Prumo Logistica S.A (Brazil).
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Architect With a
German national, Jana Revedin is an architect with a PhD in architectural and urban sciences, and full professor of architecture and urbanism at ESA (École Spéciale d'Architecture) in Paris.
She is an expert in sustainable architecture and urbanism. She is a member of the ENSAL-LAURE research laboratory "Environment, City, Society" of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and the author of reference works on sustainable architecture and cities.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Senior Vice - President
- Senior Vice - President, CEO Latin America Region
Javier Gimeno was born on January 9, 1964, in Madrid, Spain. He is married and has two children.
He is a graduate of Navarra University (Spain) and of Instituto de Empresa Business School, Madrid (Spain).
In 1987, Javier Gimeno joined the Saint-Gobain Group where he occupied different management positions before being appointed Vice-President Sales & Marketing of Saint-Gobain Sekurit International in 2004. End of 2007, he became President of Saint-Gobain Glass Solutions France. From November 2010 until October 2012, he was in full charge of Saint-Gobain Sekurit Asia-Pacific as President. In October 2012, Mr. Gimeno became CEO & General Delegate of the Saint-Gobain Group for Asia-Pacific.
In January 2019, Javier Gimeno became Senior Vice-President, CEO Asia-Pacific Region.
Javier Gimeno has been appointed Senior Vice-President, CEO Latin America Region, effective July 1, 2021.
Job Titles:
- Member of CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMITTEE
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of Renault
- Lead Independent Director / Independent Director / Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
- Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Jean-Dominique Senard is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Renault.
He is also a Director of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Japan).
Job Titles:
- Vice - President, Communications
Following post-graduate studies in American History and Anthropology at the University of the Sorbonne, Laurence Pernot began her career with the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi. In 1993, she was appointed Communications VP for the Regional Council of Loire Atlantique, before moving to the industry and joining the AREVA Group in 2001. She stayed there until 2013, initially as Communications VP for the AREVA La Hague site and then as Communications VP for AREVA North America, based in Washington D.C., USA, and finally as Deputy Communications VP for the AREVA Group. Since 2013, she was Communications VP for the Vallourec Group responsible for internal and external communications, public affairs and the Vallourec brand.
Laurence Pernot, is appointed Communications VP for Saint-Gobain from October 23, 2017.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee
- Employee Director / Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Lydie Cortes was titular member of the Works Council, Personnel Representative, member of the Hygiene, Health and Safety Committee of Weber and Central Union Delegate for the CFDT.
She was titular member of the Group Committee and Secretary of the European Convention and of the Select Committee of Saint-Gobain.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice - President, CEO North America Region
Mark RAYFIELD holds a BS, Industrial Distribution, Clarkson University. He started his career in 1986 at PIAB USA Inc. that provide smart solutions for the automated world.
He entered Saint-Gobain in 1999 and hold different positions as Vice President North American Abrasives, CEO Building Distribution in the United Kingdom and Ireland. As of January 2017 he has been appointed President and CEO of CertainTeed Corporation and has also been CEO North America Region since January 1st 2019.
Since January 2020, he has been appointed Senior Vice-President, CEO North America Region.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of NOMINATION and REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
- BlackRock Representative
- Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee
- Independent Director / Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee
- Senior Advisor at Advent International
Jean-François Cirelli is Chairman of BlackRock France, Belgium and Luxembourg.
Jean-François Cirelli is also Senior Advisor at Advent International, a member of the Supervisory Board of Idemia and a Director of MET Holding AG (Switzerland).
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer of PUM
- Director Representing Employee Shareholders
Ms. Sibylle Daunis Opfermann is currently Chief Executive Officer of PUM, one of Saint-Gobain's Distribution trading brands in France specializing in the sale of products and solutions in synthetic materials for the construction and infrastructure markets, with 210 outlets across the country.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Vice - President
- Vice - President, Corporate Strategy
After graduating from Ecole Polytechnique and earning a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT, Noémie Chocat joined Saint-Gobain in 2012 as a Research Engineer in SGR Paris. In 2015, she moved to the Building Distribution Sector central team as Digital Project Leader, then in 2017 to DSC within SGDB France as Director Marketing Studies and Pricing. Since 2019, Noémie has been Digital Director SGDB France.
Noémie Chocat has been appointed Vice-President Corporate Strategy as of October 1, 2021.
She has dual Franco-Japanese nationality.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Member of AUDIT and RISK COMMITTEE
- Independent Director / Chairwoman of the Audit and Risk Committee
- Member of the Supervisory Board and Chairwoman of the Audit Committee of Signify N.V
German national, Pamela Knapp is also a member of the Supervisory Board and Chairwoman of the Audit Committee of Signify N.V. (the Netherlands) and member of the Supervisory Board and Chairwoman of the Audit Committee of Lanxess AG (Germany).
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Senior Vice - President
- Senior Vice - President, CEO Northern Europe Region
Born in December 1963, Patrick Dupin holds a degree from the Havre Normandie Business school.
After having spent several years as a consultant with Coopers & Lybrand (PriceWaterhouseCoopers) and eight years in the Finance Departments of the groups Chargeurs and Matra Telecommunications subsidiaries and divisions in Germany, Patrick Dupin joined Group Saint-Gobain in 1999 as Finance Director within the Abrasives Activity in Germany.
He was appointed in 2005 Finance and Plan Director of the Vitrage and High Performance Materials activities, then of the Innovative Materials Sector.
In January 2012 he has been appointed as General Manager of Saint-Gobain Sekurit activities (Automotive Glazing).
He is Director of the Vitrage Activity since February 2014 and since January 1st 2017, he has been appointed Senior Vice President of the Compagnie de Saint-Gobain in charge of the Flat Glass Activity (Innovative Materials Sector*).
Patrick Dupin has been appointed Senior Vice-President, CEO Northern Europe Region, effective January 1, 2019.
Job Titles:
- Member of CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMITTEE
- Employee Director / Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
- Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Philippe Thibaudet was Secretary of the CHSCT, Vice-Secretary of the Works Council and Union Delegate for the CGT.
In addition, he was titular member and Vice-Secretary of the Central Enterprise Committee, Central Union Delegate of SG Isover, and titular member of the Group Committee.
He has also held coordination and animation missions for the Glass Division at the Glass Federation. Lastly, he is also alternate representative of the Central Enterprise Committee at the ISOVER Board of Directors.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of Compagnie De Saint - Gobain
- Compagnie De Saint - Gobain in 1989 As Vice - President, Corporate Planning
Pierre-André de Chalendar is a graduate of ESSEC Business School and École Nationale d‘Administration. A former civil servant (Inspecteur des Finances), he served as deputy to the Director General for Energy and Raw Materials within the French Ministry of Industry.
Mr. de Chalendar joined Compagnie de Saint-Gobain in 1989 as Vice-President, Corporate Planning. He was subsequently Vice-President of the Abrasives business in Europe (1992-1996), President of the Abrasives business worldwide (1996-2000) and General Delegate for the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland (2000-2002) before being appointed Senior Vice-President of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain in charge of the Building Distribution Sector in 2003.
Appointed Chief Operating Officer of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain in 2005 and elected to the Board in 2006, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2007 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from June 2010 to June 2021. Since July 2021, Pierre-André de Chalendar is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain.
Pierre-André de Chalendar is also a Director at BNP Paribas, Veolia and Bpifrance.
He has been appointed since July 2017 as co-president of La Fabrique de l'Industrie and Chairman of ESSEC Business School's Supervisory Board since February 2019. Since January 1, 2023, he has been Chairman of the Institut de l'Entreprise.
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Chief Executive Officer of Wipro Limited
Thierry Delaporte is Chief executive officer of Wipro Limited, a Bangalore-based company (India) listed on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange), BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) and NSE (National Stock Exchange of India). Wipro is a leader in information technology, consulting and business process services with 230,000 employees across six continents.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executive Committee
- Senior Vice - President, CEO Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa Region
Thierry FOURNIER is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées as engineer. He started his career as a civil servant for 9 years for the French Administration before joining Saint-Gobain in 2005.
He was notably General Manager for Isover and Gyproc in Russia, then General Delegate for the CIS by 2012. He has then been appointed General Manager for Construction Products for France, Benelux and Algeria from 2012 to 2014 and General Delegate and General Manager for Construction Products for South America from May 2018 to December 2018. Since January 1st, 2019 he has been CEO Latin America Region.
In January 2019, he was appointed CEO Latin America Region.
Since July 1, 2021, Thierry Fournier has been appointed Senior Vice-President, CEO Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa Region.
Job Titles:
- Chief Digital and Information Officer
Born and raised in Austria, Ursula SORITSCH-RENIER has a Master in Philosophy with a Minor in Computer Science from the University of Vienna and a College Diploma in Economics. She started her career in 1995 at Philips, where she spent 14 years, in Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium and the United States, before joining Novartis in 2009 in the United States as Global Head IT Strategy, PMO and Architecture and then Sulzer in Switzerland in 2013 as Chief Information Officer and Group Digital Leader IT. Most recently, she was Chief Information Officer and Digital Leader for Nokia between 2018 and 2020.
Ursula joined Saint-Gobain in 2021 as Chief Digital and Information Officer.