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Composition of the Board of Directors
Paris, France - March 9, 2011 - At its meeting held on March 9, 2011, the Board of Directors decided to propose the appointment of a new independent Director, Mrs. Suet-Fern Lee, during
the General Shareholders meeting of May 6, 2011.
As a result of this appointment, the new Board of Directors would
be composed of 15 members, of whom eight are independent Directors.
The new Board of Directors would consist of the following
members: Serge Weinberg (Chairman) Christopher A. Viehbacher (Chief Executive Officer), Uwe Bicker, Robert Castaigne, Thierry Desmarest, Lord Douro, Jean-Ren Fourtou, Claudie Haigner , Igor Landau, Suet-Fern Lee, Christian Mulliez,
Lindsay Owen-Jones, Carole Piwnica, Klaus Pohle, G rard Van Kemmel.
Biography of Suet-Fern Lee
Suet-Fern Lee graduated from Cambridge University in 1980 with a degree in law, and she qualified as a
Barrister-at-Law at Gray s Inn London in 1981 before qualifying to the Singapore bar in 1982. She has been Senior Director of Stamford Law Corporation, Singapore since 2000. She is also President-Elect of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association
(IPBA) and a lawyer at the Supreme Court of Singapore.
Mrs. Lee is the Chairman of the Board of the Asian
Civilisations Museum, which is one of the National Museums of Singapore. She is a Board Member of the following companies: Axa, a global leader in financial protection; Sembcorp Industries ltd, a world leader in marine and offshore
engineering; and Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund Ltd, a leading owner and operator of private infrastructure businesses in Asia.
Mrs. Suet-Fern Lee is a citizen of Singapore.
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