Speaker

Pierre-André DE CHALENDAR

Chairman and CEO - Saint-Gobain

Born in April 1958, a graduate of the ESSEC Business School who also studied at the National Administration School (ENA) and has had experience as a Financial Inspector. He was then deputy to the Director General for energy and raw materials in the French Ministry for Industry.

Pierre-André deChalendar joined Compagnie de Saint-Gobain in 1989 as Vice-President, Corporate Planning. He was subsequently Vice-President of the Abrasives business in Europe (1992-1996), President of the Abrasives business worldwide (1996-2000) and General Delegate for the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland (2000-2002) before being appointed Senior Vice-President of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain in charge of the Building Distribution Sector in 2003.

Appointed Chief Operating Officer of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain in 2005 and elected to the Board in 2006, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2007 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 2010.

Pierre-André de Chalendar is also a director of BNP Paribas, and has chaired Entreprises pour l’Environnement since 2012.