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Executive Profile*

Background*

Mr. Bertrand P. Collomb, PhD, serves as the President of the Institut des Hautes Etudes pour la Science et la Technologie (IHEST) and the Institut Français Des Relations Internationales (IFRI). Mr. Collomb served as the Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge SA from July 1989 to May 2003, its Senior Executive Vice President from 1987 to January 1989 and also served as its Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Collomb served various executive positions at Lafarge, namely in North ... America, from 1975 to 1989. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge North America of Lafarge SA 1987, before which he served as Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge's US subsidiary, General Portland, since 1985. Mr. Collomb first joined Lafarge in 1975, and served various positions in Lafarge Ciments including Regional Director, then Chief Operating Officer and then President. From 1966 to 1975, he occupied different administrative functions in the French Ministry of Industry. From 1966 to 1975, he worked with the French government in various positions. He also founded the Centre for Management Research at the Ecole Polytechnique. He serves as Chairman of IFRI (French Institute of International Relations) and the French Institute for Science and Technology (IHEST). He has been Honorary Chairman of Lafarge S.A. since May 3, 2007. He serves as Honorary Chairman of Lafarge Canada Inc. and has been its Director since 1985. He serves as the Chairman and Member of the Strategic Advisory Board at Institut français des relations internationales. He served as the Chairman of Orsan, a former subsidiary of Lafarge and the parent company of Lafarge's former bioactivities division, from 1983 to 1985, where he was In-charge of bioactivities. He served as Chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). He served as Chairman of Lafarge SA from January 1989 to May 3, 2007 and also served as its Vice Chairman. He served as Chairman of Lafarge North America Inc., since January 1989. He served as Vice Chairman of Unilever PLC and Unilever NV since May 11, 2005. He has been Independent Director of EI DuPont de Nemours & Co., since April 25, 2007. He has been an Independent Director of ATCO Ltd., since May 1999 and Total SA since 2000. He has been a Director of DuPont Qualicon Inc. since 2007. He serves as a Director of Reuters Founders Share Company Ltd. Mr. Collomb has been an Independent Director of ELF Aquitaine Group since 1994. He serves as a Director of Paris EUROPLACE. He served on the Advisory council of Banque de France. He served as a Director of Lafarge S.A. since 1987. Mr. Collomb served as Senior Independent Director of Unilever PLC until May 2006 and served as its Advisory Director since 1994. He served as a Director of Vivendi Universal from January 2003 to March 2005. He served as Advisory Director of Unilever NV since 1994 and its Non Executive Director from 1994 to May 8, 2006. He served as Director of Lafarge North America Inc., since 1985. Mr. Collomb served as a Director of HSBC France (formerly, Credit Commercial De France SA) since 1990. He served as a Member of the Supervisory Board of Allianz SE (Allianz Aktiengesellschaft) since 1998 and Allianz Munich. He serves as a Trustee of the International Accounting Standards Foundation (IASF). Mr. Collomb is also a Member of the European Round Table of Industrialists, Chairman of Association Francaise des Entreprise Privees (AFEP), member of the Institut de France and on December 10, 2001, was elected to the Academie des Sciences Morales ET Politiques and Vice-Chairman of 'Entreprises pour I'Environnment'. He serves as a member of several international business associations and councils. Mr. Collomb was graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique and a Mining Engineer at the Ecole des Mines in Paris. He studied French Law Degree and a PhD in Management from The University of Texas.

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