Benoît POTIER

Bio

Chairman of the Board Born in 1957 – French nationality Date of first appointment: 2000 Start of current term: 2022 End of current term: 2026 A graduate of CentraleSupélec (École Centrale Paris), Benoît Potier joined Air Liquide in 1981 as a Research and Development engineer. After serving as a Project Manager in the Engineering and Construction Division, he was made Vice-President of Energy Development in the Large Industries business line. In 1993, he became Director of Strategy & Organization and, in 1994, was put in charge of the Chemicals, Metal & Steel, Oil and Energy Markets. He was made an Executive Vice-President of Air Liquide in 1995 with additional responsibilities over the Engineering & Construction Division and the Large Industries operations in Europe. Benoît Potier was appointed Senior Executive Vice-President in 1997. He was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2000 and became Chairman of the Management Board in November 2001. Benoît Potier served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Liquide from 2006 to 2022. He has been holding the office of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Air Liquide since June 1st, 2022. Functions within the Air Liquide Group Chairman of the Board: L’Air Liquide S.A.* Positions or activities outside the Air Liquide Group Member of the Supervisory Board: Siemens AG* (member of the Nominating Committee) Co-chair: Conseil National de l'Hydrogène Member: Hydrogen Council, European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT), Paris-Saclay university Strategic Orientation Committee, Asia Business Council, Singapore International Advisory Panel on Energy, Temasek European Advisory Panel (*) Listed companies are indicated by an asterisk. Philippe Dubrulle Director representing the employees Close popin Philippe Dubrulle Director representing the employees Born in 1972 - French nationality Date of first appointment by the Group Committee in France: 2014 Start of current term: 2022 End of current term: 2026 An enginneering graduate from École Supérieure de l’Énergie et des Matériaux, Philippe Dubrulle has held various positions as an engineer, Product Manager and International Sales Manager at several aeronautical groups both in France and abroad. He joined Air Liquide Group in 2008. Based in Sassenage, he is an employee of the subsidiary Air Liquide Advanced Technologies. He is Programmes & Services Manager, Aerospace & Defense. Philippe Dubrulle was appointed as the Director representing the employees by the Group Committee in France on June 18, 2014, his office was renewed by that same Committee, at its plenary session on December 6, 2017. A Member of the French Institute of Directors, he has been a Certified Company Director – ASC France since November 2016. Functions within the Air Liquide Group Director: L’Air Liquide S.A.* Member of the Environment and Society Committee Programmes & Services Manager, Aerospace & Defense: Air Liquide Advanced Technologies (*) Listed companies are indicated by an asterisk. Bertrand Dumazy Independent Director Close popin Bertrand Dumazy Independent Director Born in 1971 - Nationality French Date of first appointment: 2021 Start of current term: 2021 End of current term: 2025 Bertrand Dumazy is a graduate of ESCP Europe and holds an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School. He started his career in 1994 as a consultant with Bain & Company, first in Paris and later in Los Angeles. He then worked as an Investment Director of BC Partners in 1999. In 2002, he joined the Neopost group. Initially Head of Marketing and Strategy, he was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Neopost France in 2005 and then Executive Vice President, Finance for the Neopost Group in 2008. In 2011, he became President and CEO of Deutsch, a world leader in high performance connectors, a position he held until the group was acquired by TE Connectivity. In 2012, he joined Materis as Executive Vice President then CEO and eventually President and CEO of the group, renamed Cromology. In October 2015, he was appointed Chairman and CEO of the Edenred group. Functions within the Air Liquide Group Director: L’Air Liquide S.A.* Member of the Appointments and Governance Committee Member of the Audit and the Accounts Committee Positions or activities outside the Air Liquide Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: Edenred SA* Director: Neoen SA* (*) Listed companies are indicated by an asterisk. Aiman Ezzat Independent Director Close popin Aiman Ezzat Independent Director Born in 1961 - French nationality Date of first appointment: 2021 Start of current term: 2021 End of current term: 2025 Holder of a MSc (Master of Sciences) in chemical engineering from École Supérieure de Chimie, Physique et Électronique de Lyon (France) and an MBA from the Anderson School of Management (UCLA), Aiman Ezzat joined the Capgemini Group in 1991, at Capgemini Consulting (now Capgemini Invent) where, in particular, he held the position of Global Head of Oil & Gas and Chemicals practice. Between 2000 and 2004, he managed the international operations of Genpact Headstrong Capital Markets, a consulting firm specializing in the technology used in the financial services sector, with clients based in Asia, North America and Europe. He then joined Capgemini, where he was appointed Deputy Director of Strategy in 2005, and then held several management positions: Chief Operating Officer (2007-2008) and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Global Business Unit (2008-2012), Chief Financial Officer (2012-2018) and then Group Chief Operating Officer in 2018. He has been Chief Executive Officer of Capgemini since May 2020. In September 2021, he was named the "Best European CEO" for the technology and software category in the "2021 All Europe Executive Team" Institutional Investor annual ranking. Functions within the Air Liquide Group Director: L’Air Liquide S.A.* Member of the Audit and Accounts Committee Positions or activities outside the Air Liquide Group Chief Executive Officer and Director: Capgemini SE * (since May 2020) Chairman: Capgemini Service SAS (since May 2020), Capgemini Latin America SAS (USA) (since May 2020), SOGETI France 2005 SAS (since May 2018) Chair of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer: Capgemini North America, Inc. (USA) (since May 2020) Chairman of the Board of Directors: Capgemini America, Inc. (USA) (since May 2020) Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Capgemini NV (Netherlands) (since November 2020) Director: Purpose Global PNC (USA) (since April 2020), Capgemini International BV (Netherlands) (since May 2020), Capgemini Technology Services India Limited (since January 2021) (*) Listed companies are indicated by an asterisk. Catherine Guillouard Independent Director Close popin Catherine Guillouard Independent Director Born in 1965 - French Nationality Date of first appointment : 2023 Start of current terme : 2023 End of current term : 2027 Catherine Guillouard is a graduate of the Institute of Political Studies of Paris and the École Nationale d’Administration (1991/93), and holds a PhD of European laws (Panthéon-Sorbonne). She began her career in 1993 at the Ministry of Economy in the French Treasury, working for the department in charge of the Africa – CFA zone and later in the Banking Affairs Department. She joined Air France in 1997 as IPO Senior Project Manager. She was subsequently appointed Deputy Vice-President Finance Controlling in 1999, Senior Vice-President of Flight Operations in 2001, Senior Vice-President of Human Resources in 2003 and Chief Financial Officer in December 2005. In September 2007, she joined Eutelsat as Chief Financial Officer and member of the Group Executive Committee. Catherine Guillouard joined Rexel in April 2013 as Chief Financial Officer and between May 2014 and February 2017 she was Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Rexel. Between August 2017 and September 2022, she was Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of RATP Group, one of the leading urban transportation operators in the world, where she launched a major investment and transformation plan and implemented the public transportation decarbonation plan. She was appointed as Chairwoman of Ingenico, a leading electronic payment services company, in October 2022. Functions within the Air Liquide Group Director: L’Air Liquide S.A.* Chairwoman of the Audit and Accounts Committee Positions or activities outside the Air Liquide Group Director: Airbus SE* (Chair of the Audit Committee; member of the Ethics, Compliance & Sustainability Committee) Chairwoman: Ingenico Director: Lottomatica (*) Listed companies are indicated by an asterisk.