Laurent GUILLOT
Chief Financial Officer
Biography
Born in September 1969, Laurent Guillot is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées engineering school. He also holds a post-graduate degree in macro-economics from Université Paris I. He began his career in 1996 with the Finance Ministry, initially as head of the Energy unit in the Forecasting Department, then as head of the Central Africa unit within the Treasury Department's International Division. In 1999, he was appointed technical advisor to the Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Housing, first on maritime issues and then on budgetary, financial and industrial issues.
He joined Compagnie de Saint-Gobain in June 2002 as Corporate Planning Director. He was appointed Director of the Abrasives Construction Products business in 2004, and Director, High-Performance Refractories and Director, Diesel Particulate Filters in 2005. In January 2007, he was appointed General Delegate to Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Since April 1st 2009, he is Chief Financial Officer of the Group.
