Intervenant

Pierre-André de CHALENDAR

Chairman & CEO - Saint Gobain

Pierre-André de Chalendar is a graduate of ESSEC Business School and École Nationale d’Administration.  A former civil servant (Inspecteur des Finances), he served as deputy to the Director General for Energy and Raw Materials within the French Ministry of Industry.

Mr. de Chalendar 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.

 

Crédit photo Saint-Gobain © Jean Chiscano

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