4. Corporate governance

Claire PEDINI, 54 years old

Position held within the Company
Director appointed by the Shareholders’ Meeting
Date of appointment to the Board
12 May 2016
Expiry of current term of office
Shareholders’ Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year closing 31 December 2019
Other position(s)
Chair of the Corporate Responsibility Committee and member of the Compensation & Governance Committee
Shares held
0
Nationality
French

Claire Pedini is a graduate of the HEC business school and holds a Master’s degree in media management from the ESC Paris business school. In 1988, she joined Total as Corporate Controller. She assumed responsibility for Total’s admission to trading on the New York Stock Exchange in 1991, and became Vice-President of Investor Relations in 1992, Vice-President of Media Relations in 1994 and Vice-President of New Information Technologies in 1997. In 1998, she joined Alcatel as Chief of Financial Information and Shareholder Relations, becoming successively Vice-President, Investor Relations and Public Affairs in 2001, Deputy Chief Financial Officer in 2004, Senior Vice-President, Human Resources and Corporate Communications and member of the Executive Committee in 2006, Senior Vice-President, Human Resources, Corporate Communications and Real Estate in 2007, and Executive Vice-President, Human Resources and Transformation, of Alcatel-Lucent in 2009. Claire Pedini was a director of Arkema from 2010 to 2016. Since June 2010, she has served as Senior Vice-President in charge of Human Resources for the Saint Gobain Group. She has been Senior Vice-President, Human Resources and Digital Transformation since January 2019.

Offices and positions held during 2019
Principal position held outside the Company
  • Senior Vice-President Human Resources and Digital Transformation for the Saint-Gobain Group – Member of the Executive Committee of Saint-Gobain
Office/PositionTitleCountry
None



Expired offices held outside the Company over the past five years
France
  • Director of Arkema
PHILIPPE PETIT COLIN, 67 years old

Position held within the Company
Director appointed by the Shareholders’ Meeting
Date of appointment to the Board
16 May 2019
Expiry of current term of office
Shareholders’ Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year closing 31 December 2022
Other position(s)
Member of the Strategy Committee
Shares held
10
Nationality
French

A graduate in mathematics and from the CPA Paris business school, Philippe Petitcolin, 67 years old, began his career as export manager for Europrim, then became export zone manager for the Alcatel-Alstom subsidiary Filotex. In 1982, he was appointed aeronautical sales manager for Chester Cable in the United States. He returned to Filotex as export manager in 1984. In 1988, he joined Labinal as deputy sales manager before being named sales and marketing manager of the Aeronautical Systems Division, where he became general manager in 1995. From 1999 to 2001, he became head of Labinal’s Filtrauto Division, which he combined with the role of and Head of the Friction Materials business following the takeover of Filtrauto by Valeo. In May 2001, he was named Chief Executive Officer of Labinal (now Safran Electrical & Power), and became Chairman & Chief Executive Officer in November 2004. In 2006, he was appointed Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Snecma (now Safran Aircraft Engines). From 2011 to 2013, he was appointed Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Safran’s defence and security activities as well as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Safran Electronics & Defense. From July 2013 to July 2015, he was Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Safran Identity & Security. He was appointed Director and Chief Executive Officer of Safran in April 2015. On the same date, he became a member of the Board of the “Aerospace & Defence Industries Association of Europe” (ASD). He was appointed Deputy Chairman of GIFAS (i.e. French aerospace industries association) in 2015, has been a Director of Belcan Corporation since 2015, and Director of Pernod Ricard since November 2019.

Offices and positions held during 2019
Principal position held outside the Company
  • Executive Director of Safran
Office/PositionTitleCountry
Executive Director

Executive Director

Title

Safran

Executive Director

Country

France

Executive Director


C

Director

Director


Title

Safran

Director


Country

France

Director



C

Director

Director


Title

Pernod Ricard

Director


Country

France

Director



C

Director

Director


Title

Belcan Corporation

Director


Country

United States




Expired offices held outside the Company over the past five years
France
  • Chairman of Safran Identity & Security
  • Chairman of Safran Identity & Security North America
  • Chairman of Morpho Detection International
  • Director of Safran Identity & Security USA
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Safran Identity & Security GmbH