The Executive Committee manages the operational activities of Arkema alongside Thierry Le Hénaff. Each member oversees a business segment or several support functions. In May 2020, three new members from inside Arkema joined the committee, including one woman and one American.
Our top decision-making body, the Executive Committee meets twice a month to examine strategic issues and growth and development plans, including capital expenditure, new capacity and acquisitions.
It also supervises the implementation of the Group’s strategy, monitor the business and financial performance of our different activities, and attentively track safety and environmental performance.
Thierry Le Hénaff,
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Arkema
Marc Schuller,
Chief Operating Officer, Advanced Materials, Coating Solutions and Intermediates
Bernard Boyer,
Executive Vice President, Strategy
Vincent Legros,
Executive Vice President, Bostik
Luc Benoit-Cattin,
Executive Vice President, Industry and CSR
Marie-José Donsion,
Chief Financial Officer
Thierry Parmentier,
Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Communications
Marie-Pierre Chevallier,
Senior Vice President, Performance Additives
Richard Jenkins,
Senior Vice President, Coating Solutions
Erwoan Pezron,
Senior Vice President, High-Performance Polymers
These three members report to Marc Schuller
To implement Executive Committee decisions, Arkema is organized into four business segments and six business lines, led by Executive Vice Presidents of operations. Our corporate departments report to four Executive Vice Presidents and provide support for all activities and operations.
Thierry Parmentier, joined the Executive Committee on July 1, 2019, as Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Communication. He succeeded Michel Delaborde, who proceeded to take his retirement. Before joining Arkema, Thierry Parmentier was Senior Vice President Human Resources and a member of the Executive Committee of Alstom. From 2008 to 2017, he held the position of Human Resources Director and was a member of the Executive Committee of Technip.
Before that, he held a number of positions in Human Resources at Faurecia, Atos, and Schlumberger.
Aged 55, Thierry Parmentier is a graduate of Nancy 2 University and Paris 2 Panthéon Assas University. He also holds a qualification from CIFFOP, the personnel management training center.