Board of directors and Committees

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. He became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain at the close of the General Meeting of June 6, 2024.

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.

Benoit Bazin is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, with a degree in Economics from IEP Paris. He also holds a Master of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He began his career in 1995 with the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance.

Sophie Brochu, a Canadian citizen, was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hydro-Québec from 2020 to 2023. She is also a director, member of the Corporate Governance Committee and Chair of the Human Resources Committee of CGI and Director, member of the Human Resources Committee and of the Governance Committee of CAE since 2023.

Thierry Delaporte was Chief Operating Officer of Capgemini Group between 2017 and 2020 and Chief executive officer of Wipro Limited, leader in information technology, a Bangalore-based company (India) listed on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) and BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) from June 2020 to April 2024. 

He is the Chief Executive Officer of Sodexo. Committed to social impact initiatives, Thierry Delaporte is also the co-founder of Life Project 4 Youth (LP4Y), an organization dedicated to youth inclusion.

Jean-François Cirelli was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gaz de France between 2004 and 2008 and then Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GDF SUEZ (now ENGIE) from 2008 to 2014. 

He is Chairman of BlackRock France, Belgium and Luxembourg. Jean-François Cirelli is also Senior Advisor to Advent International, a member of the Supervisory Board of Idemia, a member of the Supervisory Committee, the Advisory Committee and the Appointments and Remuneration Committee of Saur and a director of MET Holding AG (Switzerland). 

Director as an individual, and not as a BlackRock representative, Mr. Jean-François Cirelli does not represent BlackRock on the Board of Directors.

In addition, BlackRock has appointed a third party to exercise the voting rights attached to its Saint-Gobain shares.

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.

Ms. Sibylle Daunis Opfermann was CEO of PUM from September 2016 to February 2024. She is currently Chief Executive Officer of PUMla Plateforme du Batiment.

Singaporean national, Maya Hari is a partner at Modern Manifesto, an investment fund focused on climate, sustainability, and technology, aimed at empowering SMEs to grow.

She is President of Genie Health and also a director of Cipla, Axiata, IMDA (« Infocomm Media Development Authority ») and Singlife.

Belgian national, Dominique Leroy held various positions at Unilever Belgium and Benelux. She 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 and the Nomination and Governance Committee of T-Mobile USA (United-States) and OTE (Greece), both companies being controlled by Deutsche Telekom AG and Senior Advisor d'Apheon Capital.

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. 

Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux is an entrepreneur and business leader who has been involved in associations serving businesses and then held senior positions at Medef, the largest French employer Federation (Mouvement des Entreprises de France) before becoming its Chairman from July 2018 to July 2023. He was also a member of the Supervisory Board of Stellantis (formerly Groupe PSA) between 2007 and 2019, then Lead Director and Vice-Chairman between 2015 and 2019.

He is a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Appointments and Remuneration Committee of Parrot, Lead Independent Director, Chairman of the Appointments and Compensation Committee and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bureau Veritas and Director of Evoriel.

Antoine de Saint-Affrique has been Chief Executive Officer of Danone since 2021. 

He is also Chairman of Danone Communities (SICAV) and President of Livelihoods Fund for Family Farming SAS.

Finnish national, Hans Sohlström was a member of the Board of Directors of Stora Enso Oyj from 2021 to 2023, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ahlstrom Oyj from 2018 to 2022, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ahlström Capital from 2016 to 2018, and of Rettig Group Oy from 2012 to 2016. 

He has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Stora Enso since 2023. 

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.

Hélène de Tissot has held various positions within the Pernod Ricard Group since 2002. She is also currently Executive Vice-President Finance and IT and Member of the Pernod Ricard Group Executive Committee.