Go to... Go to... Board of Directors As the ultimate management body of the Company, the Board of Directors is empowered to carry out any necessary or useful actions for the achievement of the corporate purpose, the exception being the powers reserved by law to the General Meeting of Shareholders (such as amendments to the bylaws, capital increases other than through the authorized capital, capital decreases). As a general principle, the Board of Directors comprises six members or more. At least half of them are ‘non-executive directors’, including minimum three ‘independent directors’. Frank Aranzana, Chairman of the Board of Directors – Permanent representative of Vantage Consulting BVBA (independent director) Pascal Juéry, Permanent representative of PJY Management BV – President and Chief Executive Officer of Agfa-Gevaert Hilde Laga, Director of companies (independent director) Mark Pensaert, Permanent representative of MRP Consulting BVBA (independent director) Christian Reinaudo, Permanent representative of CRBA Management BVBA Klaus Röhrig, Non-Executive Director Helen Routh, Director of companies (independent director) Wilfried Van Lishout, Company Secretary Frank Aranzana Frank Aranzana (°1958 – French) holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Sciences from IEP Paris, a Bachelor in Law from Nice University and later obtained a Master in Management from ESSEC Paris. He started his career in 1986 with Dow Chemical, where he worked in sales, marketing and Business management. In 1996, he joined DuPont Dow Elastomers as Business Director. In 1999, he joined UCB as a Director of the Radcure business unit and subsequently Specialty Chemicals, which were sold to Cytec Industries in 2005. He became Vice President of Cytec Surface Specialties and in 2008 President of Cytec Specialty Chemicals, member of Cytec’s Executive Leadership team and an Officer of Cytec Industries Inc. In 2013, he was appointed CEO of Allnex, the leading producer of coating resins acquired by Advent International Private Equity and in 2016, he became an Advent Operating partner, sitting on Allnex’s Advisory Committee. Frank Aranzana joined the Agfa-Gevaert Board of Directors in 2019. In August 2020, he became Chairman of the Board of Directors. Pascal Juéry Pascal Juéry (°1965 – French) is a graduate from ESCP Business School. He provides more than 30 years of experience in the chemical and advanced material industries. Pascal Juéry started his career in finance and soon demonstrated his ability to lead various global businesses as well as hold key functional responsibilities. For the past 10 years, he was a member of the Executive Committee of Rhodia and then Solvay, where he took an active part in the group portfolio and business transformation. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Agfa-Gevaert as of February 1, 2020. Pascal Juéry joined the Agfa-Gevaert Board of Directors in 2020. Hilde Laga Hilde Laga (°1956 – Belgian) is recognized as a Belgian authority in the corporate law advisory field. Until 2014 she combined client work as a lawyer with an esteemed academic career. After obtaining a PhD in Law at the University of Leuven, she founded the law firm Laga, which she led as managing partner and as head of the corporate M&A practice until 2013, and that comprises approximately 150 qualified lawyers. As a professor at the University of Leuven, Hilde Laga lectured corporate law, a subject on which she has written numerous national and international publications. Currently, she is connected as visiting professor. Hilde Laga is a member of the Belgian Corporate Governance Committee and served several years as a member of the Supervisory Board of the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (former CBFA). Hilde Laga joined the Agfa-Gevaert Board of Directors in 2015. Mark Pensaert Mark Pensaert (°1964 – Belgian) holds a Master of Law from the State University of Ghent (Belgium) and later obtained a Master of Law – Specialisation in corporate and securities law from the Cambridge University St. Catharine’s College. He started his career in 1988 in London with Lazard Brothers & Co, one of the leading independent global investment banks with principal offices in New York, Paris and London. Between 1992 and 1996 he was finance director of Interbuild NV and Rombouts NV. In 1996 he became CFO of Carestel NV (currently part of the Autogrill Group). Between 2001 and 2004 he returned to the international M&A business by rejoining Lazard Frères in Paris to help establish and set up the M&A platform for Lazard in the BeNeLux and in 2004 he became a Partner and started the Amsterdam office covering the BeNeLux. In 2008 he joined, as CEO, Leonardo & Co, a spin-off of Lazard, to build out their network in Continental Europe and as from September 2015 he was appointed Chairman of the investment banking division of Alantra Partners, a global investment banking and asset management group quoted on the Madrid Stock Exchange. Mark Pensaert joined the Agfa-Gevaert Board of Directors in 2018. Christian Reinaudo Christian Reinaudo (°1954 – French) is a graduate from the ‘Ecole de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de Paris’ and holds a doctorate from the ‘University of Paris’ (France). He started his career with Alcatel (formerly named ‘Compagnie Générale d’Electricité’) in 1978 in the Research and Development Centre of Marcoussis (France). During his Alcatel period he managed several multi billion Euro businesses and international sales and services organizations. From 1984 to 1996, he held several positions in the Cable Group of Alcatel (now Nexans), from research and development, to manufacturing, procurement, sales support and services. He took the position of President of the Submarine Networks Division in early 1997. Appointed President of the whole Optics Group in 1999, he enters the Executive Committee of Alcatel early 2000 as Executive Vice-President. In 2003, he was appointed President of Alcatel Asia Pacific and moved to Shanghai (China) where he stayed until 2006. During this period he was also the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alcatel Shanghai Bell, the Chinese joint venture of Alcatel with the Chinese government. In 2006, he came back to Paris to manage the integration and the transition process associated with the merger of Alcatel and Lucent Technologies. He also became Director in the Board of Directors of Draka Comteq (the Netherlands). In 2007, he was appointed President Northern and Eastern Europe of Alcatel-Lucent and he joined the Board of Directors of Alcatel-Lucent (Belgium). Early 2008, he joined Agfa-Gevaert to be President of Agfa HealthCare. Christian Reinaudo joined the Agfa-Gevaert Board of Directors in 2010. From May 1, 2010 until January 31, 2020, he was CEO of Agfa-Gevaert. Klaus Röhrig Klaus Röhrig (°1977 – Austrian) holds a Master of Economics and Business Administration from Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. In 2000, Klaus Röhrig started his career at Credit Suisse First Boston in London, focusing on corporate finance and M&A for technology companies. In 2006, he joined Elliott Associates where he was responsible for the funds’ investments in the German speaking countries as well as selected debt, equity and sovereign investments. In 2015, Klaus Röhrig founded Active Ownership Capital S.à r.l. (AOC). He serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of listed Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG and Non-Executive Chairman of listed exceet Group SE. Throughout his career, he focused on identifying investment opportunities, structuring of investments and process-driven value creation. Klaus Röhrig joined the Agfa-Gevaert Board of Directors in 2018. From May 2019 until August 2020, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors. Helen Routh Helen Routh (°1962 – British/American) is a global healthcare executive with a record of solving complex problems at the intersection of innovation and business. She has a PhD in Physics, specializing in medical ultrasound from University College Cardiff (UK). Until 2017 she held diverse business and functional roles in healthcare at Philips, working across products, software and services. She was the General Manager of Philips Research in North America and General Manager of the Philips’ global Clinical Informatics businesses. As Senior VP of Strategy and Innovation she lead the development of Innovation Strategy across Royal Philips and was head of the Integrated Solutions team. Helen Routh currently serves as the chairman of the board of Ultromics, an outcomes based AI company spun out of the University of Oxford and also works as a strategy advisor for a UK health innovation partnership, linking industry with hospitals, universities and research. She is an invited keynote speaker and panelist on both technical and business topics, and currently serves on the International Scientific Committee of ESPCI in Paris. Helen Routh joined the Agfa-Gevaert Board of Directors in 2019. Wilfried Van Lishout (1964 – Belgian) has a Law Degree from the Catholique University of Leuven (Belgium) and an Economics Degree from the ‘Institut Catholique des Hautes Etudes Commerciales’, Brussels (Belgium). He started his career in 1989 with the legal team of Price Waterhouse Tax, Legal and Management Consultants, specializing in company law and M&A. In 1997, he joined Belgacom where he held various positions in the legal, corporate governance and M&A domains. Later, he was Legal Director for Fixed Line Services, responsible for managing all legal aspects related to Belgacom’s business in fixed line telephony, broadband internet and television. In September 2007, Wilfried Van Lishout joined Agfa HealthCare as Head of Legal and in 2008 he became Company Secretary. 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