Compagnie de Saint-Gobain upholds the principles of corporate governance defined by the reports issued by AFEP-MEDEF and implements in full the recommendations, which have been brought together in October (AFEP-MEDEF: “The Corporate Governance of Listed Companies”).

At June 8, 2007, the membership of the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain was as follows:



 Jean-Louis BEFFA
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain.


Isabelle BOUILLOT
Chairman of China Equity Links.



Gian Paolo CACCINI
Chairman of the Italian glass producers association (Assovertro).


Pierre-André de CHALENDAR
Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain.


Robert CHEVRIER
Company director.


Gehrard CROMME
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ThyssenKrupp AG.


Bernard CUSENIER
Chairman of the Association of shareholders who are employees and former employees of Saint-Gobain, and of the Supervisory Board of the FCPE Saint-Gobain Avenir (Saint-Gobain Group savings plan mutual funds).


Jean-Martin FOLZ
Company Director.


Yuko HARAYAMA
Professor at Tokuhu University.


Sylvia JAY
Vice-Chairman of L’Oréal UK.


José-Luis LEAL MALDONADO
Former Spanish Minister for the Economy.


Gérard MESTRALLET
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Suez.


Michel PÉBEREAU
Chairman of the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas.


Denis RANQUE
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thales.


Jean-Cyril SPINETTA
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air France-KLM.

Secretary to the Board of Directors: Bernard FIELD, Corporate Secretary of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain

The Board is comprised of eight independant directors out of fifteen : Isabelle Bouillot, Robert Chevrier, Gehrard Cromme, Jean-Martin Folz, Yuko Harayama, Sylvia Jay, Denis Ranque et Jean-Cyril Spinetta.
The independence of each director has been reviewed with the criteria established in the AFEP-MEDEF report on corporate governance (issued September 2002) and in the publication entitled "The Corporate Governance of Listed Corporations" (issued October 2003).


Update: June 20, 2007