EN FR Contact Saint-Gobain in the world 60.25 € + 0.43% 15:32 (Paris) Careers Media Home Group Corporate Governance Board of directors and Committees BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES Toggle share links Compagnie de Saint-Gobain refers to the corporate governance code for French listed companies published by AFEP and MEDEF. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's practices comply with all of the recommendations contained in this code. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain refers to the corporate governance code for French listed companies published by AFEP and MEDEF. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain's practices comply with all of the recommendations contained in this code. The Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain is comprised of 14 members including 45% of women and 64% of independant board members. Its decisions are made in light of the recommendations of three Board committees: the Audit and Risk Committee, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. Directors are elected for a four-year term (article 9 of the bylaws), in accordance with the recommendations of the AFEP-MEDEF corporate governance code for French listed companies. At its meeting on November 24, 2016, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain’s Board of Directors decided to create the position of Lead Independent Director (Administrateur Référent), which is taken on by Jean-Dominique Senard, independent Director since 2012, since the Annual General Meeting held on June 8, 2017. Download the bylaws PIERRE-ANDRÉ DE CHALENDAR Chairman of the board of directors of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain BENOIT BAZIN Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain Director JEAN-FRANÇOIS CIRELLI Independent Director Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee LYDIE CORTES Employee Director Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee SIBYLLE DAUNIS Director representing employee shareholders IÊDA GOMES YELL Independent Director Member of the Audit and Risk Committee ANNE-MARIE IDRAC Independent Director Chairwoman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee PAMELA KNAPP Independent Director Chairwoman of the Audit and Risk Committee AGNÈS LEMARCHAND Independent Director Chairwoman of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee Member of the Audit and Risk Committee DOMINIQUE LEROY Independent Director Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee DENIS RANQUE Director Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee GILLES SCHNEPP Director Member of the Audit and Risk Committee JEAN-DOMINIQUE SENARD Lead Independent Director Independent Director Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee PHILIPPE THIBAUDET Employee Director Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee BOARD SECRETARY: Antoine VIGNIAL, Corporate Secretary of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. The following information was last updated on June 4th, 2021. COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD The Board of Directors is assisted by three committees, which it consults prior to making certain decisions. The committees submit their recommendations to the Board for deliberation. AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE MEMBERS Pamela KNAPP, Chairwoman Agnès LEMARCHAND Iêda GOMES YELL Gilles SCHNEPP DUTIES OF THE AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE The Committee is composed of 75% independent Directors, including its Chairwoman. No executive directors sit on the Committee. By virtue of their current or past positions, the Committee members each have considerable experience and high-level expertise in financial and accounting matters. Without encroaching on the role specifically vested in the Board of Directors, the Committee mainly oversees the following matters: The processes used to prepare financial and extra-financial accounting information. The effectiveness of internal control and risk management systems. The work performed by the Statutory Auditors on the financial statements of the Company and the Group. The Statutory Auditors’ independence. Find out more in the Universal Registration Document NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS Anne-Marie IDRAC, Chairwoman Lydie CORTES Jean-François CIRELLI Dominique LEROY Denis RANQUE DUTIES OF THE NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE As of January 1, 2021, three Committee members, including its Chairwoman, were independent Directors. Lydie CORTES, Director representing employees, is also a member of the Committee, in accordance with the recommendations of the AFEP-MEDEF code. The Nomination and Remuneration Committee fulfills the duties of both a nomination committee and a remuneration committee provided for in the AFEP-MEDEF code. Find out more in the Universal Registration Document CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMITTEE MEMBERS Agnès LEMARCHAND, Chairwoman Anne-Marie IDRAC Jean-Dominique SENARD Philippe THIBAUDET DUTIES OF THE CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMITTEE The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee is responsible for ensuring that CSR issues are taken into account in defining the Group’s strategy and its implementation. Find out more in the Universal Registration Document BYLAWS Download the bylaws DECISIONS OF THE BOARD Decisions of February 25, 2021 Decisions of November 26, 2020 Decisions relating to the corporate executive officers’ compensation in respect of 2019 (ex post) and for 2020 (ex ante) Decisions of February 27, 2020 Decisions of November 21, 2019 2012 pension plan to the benefit of the Chief Operating Officer Decisions of February 21, 2019 Decisions of November 22, 2018 November 22, 2018: Appointment of Benoit Bazin as Chief Operating Officer Decisions of February 22, 2018 Decisions of November 23, 2017 November 23, 2017: Renewal of the Director’s term of office of Mr. Pierre-André de Chalendar and co-optation of an independent Director June 5, 2017: Saint-Gobain adapts its governance following partial withdrawal of Wendel Decisions of February 23, 2017 Appointment of a lead independant Director and Committe Chairmen Decisions of November 24, 2016 Decisions of February 25, 2016 Decisions of November 26, 2015 Decisions of February 25, 2015 Decisions of November 20, 2014 Decisions of March 20, 2014 Decisions of February 19, 2014 Decisions of November 21, 2013 Decisions of February 20, 2013 Decisions of November 22, 2012 Decisions of February 16, 2012 Decisions of November 24, 2011 Decisions of February 24, 2011 Decisions of November 18, 2010 Decisions of July 29, 2010 Decisions of March 25, 2010 Decisions of February 25, 2010 Decisions of November 19, 2009 Board of Directors as of June 4th, 2021. 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