2020 annual and sustainable performance report

Governance

The oversight body

Chaired by Thierry Le Hénaff, our Board of Directors is composed of thirteen other members—seven independents, one representative of the shareholder FSP (Fonds Stratégique de Participations), one employee shareholder representative and two employee representatives. Seven out of fourteen members are women.

 

Thierry Le Hénaff 
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Arkema

Yannick Assouad 
Executive Vice President of Thalès, in charge of Thalès Avionics

Isabelle Boccon-Gibod 
permanent representative of the French equity fund FSP (Fonds Stratégique de Participations)

Alexandre de Juniac 
Director General and CEO, International Air Transport Association (IATA)

Victoire de Margerie 
Chairwoman of Rondol Industrie

Laurent Mignon 
Chairman of the Management Board, BPCE group

Marie-Ange Debon 
Chairwoman of the Management Board, Keolis

Ian Hudson 
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Carbios

Hélène Moreau-Leroy 
Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of Hutchinson

Thierry Morin, 
Chairman of TM France

Marc Pandraud 
Vice Chairman of Investment Banking for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, JP Morgan

Representatives of Arkema employees

Nathalie Muracciole

Director representing employees

Susan Rimmer

Director representing employees

Jean-Marc Bertrand

Director representing employee shareholders

TO STRENGTHEN ITS EXPERTISE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS TWO PERMANENT SPECIALIZED COMMITTEES1

The Audit & Accounts Committee,

composed of Marie-Ange Debon (Chair), Isabelle Boccon-Gibod (Permanent Representative of Fonds Stratégique de Participations), Hélène Moreau-Leroy and Ian Hudson. This committee ensures the quality of internal control and the reliability of information provided to shareholders and financial markets.

The Nominations, Compensation & Corporate Governance Committee,

composed of Thierry Morin (Chair), Alexandre de Juniac and Victoire de Margerie. This committee makes recommendations concerning membership of the Board of Directors, compensation policy for the Chairman and CEO, and corporate governance best practices.

THREE NEW DIRECTORS IN 2021

At their meeting on February 24, 2021, Arkema’s Board of Directors proposed that at the next Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on May 20, 2021, Thierry Morin, Marc Pandraud and Yannick Assouad, whose terms of office are due to expire, be replaced, for a period of four years, by:

Thierry Pilenko, Management Advisor, former Executive Chairman of TechnipFMC

Bpifrance Investissement, representative of the Lac1 fund, whose permanent representative is Sébastien Moynot

Ilse Henne, member of the Executive Committee and Chief Transformation Officer of the thyssenkrupp Materials Services segment