Following the appointment in June 2024 of Benoit Bazin as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Saint-Gobain’s Board of Directors unanimously decided at its meeting of November 28, 2024 to submit the following governance resolutions to the General Shareholders’ Meeting of June 5, 2025:
- Renewal of Benoit Bazin’s mandate, it being specified that, in this case, the Board will reappoint Benoit Bazin as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Saint-Gobain and will maintain the role of Jean-Francois Cirelli as Lead Independent Director and Vice-Chairman of the Board, in accordance with the bylaws.
- Appointment of three new independent directors following the expiry of three mandates: Maya Hari, a Singaporean national, Chief Executive Officer of Terrascope, Antoine de Saint-Affrique, a French national, Chief Executive Officer of Danone, and Hans Sohlström, a Finnish national, President and Chief Executive Officer of Stora Enso. In the event of a positive vote, the proportion of independent directors will be increased from 82 to 93 percent (excluding employee directors and directors representing employee shareholders in accordance with the Afep-Medef Code), i.e. 100 percent excluding the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Renewal of Benoit Bazin’s mandate
If the General Meeting re-elects Benoit Bazin as a Director, the Board of Directors will reappoint him as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Saint-Gobain. In accordance with the bylaws, Jean-François Cirelli will continue to act as Lead Independent Director and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, with the same enhanced powers and resources that have been granted to him since June 2024.
The reappointment of Benoit Bazin ensures continuity and is a recognition of the success of Saint-Gobain’s strategy implemented since 2019 through the “Transform & Grow” and then “Grow & Impact” plans, and of the Group’s strong financial and operational performance, despite a difficult geopolitical and macroeconomic environment.