Changes in Air Liquide’s Executive Management Team as Of July 1, 2017
June 30 2017 - 11:35AM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
Air Liquide (Paris:AI):
The responsibilities within the Group’s executive management
team are evolving as of July 1, 2017, following the recent
departures of Pierre Dufour, Senior Executive Vice President and
Jean-Pierre Duprieu, Executive Vice President, both of whom have
retired. As of July 1, three Executive Vice Presidents - Michael
Graff, Fabienne Lecorvaisier and Guy Salzgeber are nominated, as
well as two new Senior Vice Presidents - François Jackow and
François Venet.
The Air Liquide Executive Committee, chaired by Benoît
Potier Chairman & CEO, is henceforth composed of the
following members:
- Michael Graff, Executive Vice
President, Americas Hub Executive Vice President, based in Houston.
He also supervises the Electronics business line, Safety and
Industrial Systems. He is Chairman of the Board of Airgas.
- Fabienne Lecorvaisier, Executive
Vice President, in charge of Finance, Operations Control and
General Secretariat.
- Guy Salzgeber, Executive Vice
President , Europe Industries Hub Executive Vice President, based
in Frankfurt. He supervises Group Procurement.
- François Darchis, Senior Vice
President , Innovation and Development Vice President . He also
supervises IT, Industrial Merchant business line and the Group’s
Sustainable Development program.
- Jean-Marc de Royere , Senior
Vice President. He is in charge of International, Governance, and
the Group’s Sustainable Development program. He chairs the Air
Liquide Foundation.
- François Jackow, Senior Vice
President. He is in charge of the Healthcare activities and
supervises the Africa, Middle East and India Hub located in Dubai,
as well as the Customer Experience program.
- François Venet, Senior Vice
President, Strategy Vice President. He supervises the Large
Industries business line and Engineering & Construction.
- François Abrial, Asia Pacific
Hub Executive Vice President, based in Shanghai.
- Pascal Vinet, CEO of
Airgas.
- Kwong Weng Mok, Deputy Vice
President of Asia and Asia Pacific Large-scale Projects.
- Armelle Levieux, Vice President
Group Human Resources.
Armelle Levieux joins the Executive Committee in her
capacity as Vice President Group Human Resources, a position she
has occupied since March 2017. An engineer by training, she joined
the Air Liquide Group in 1996 and has since occupied several
positions in business development, marketing, and operations in
Europe. In 2013, she was appointed Chairman of the Management Board
of Seppic, the specialty ingredients subsidiary in the Healthcare
activity.
In connection with its customer-centric transformation
strategy and its NEOS company program, the Group began
to evolve in 2015 towards a network organization, which
fosters proximity to customers and markets. It also brings closer
together operational teams, World Business Lines, and corporate
functions in order to accelerate decision-making.
Accordingly:
- The Base in Paris and the four
Hubs in Houston, Frankfurt, Shanghai, and Dubai are
responsible for defining the Group’s operational strategy and for
its global performance.
- The Clusters, which bring
together the Group’s operational entities, are responsible for
operational management and execution of the strategy.
- The World Business Lines
participate in defining medium-term strategic objectives and in
particular are in charge of industrial policy, business
transformation, and alignment of skills with needs.
- Innovation and Development
combines the Group research and innovation resources, Digital
Transformation, the Global Markets & Technologies activity, and
the Hydrogen energy initiative.
With an experienced management team, reflecting the diversity of
its geographies and markets, and an agile organization, the Group
is well positioned to pursue its strategy of profitable growth over
the long term.
The world leader in gases, technologies and services for
Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with
approximately 67,000 employees and serves more than 3 million
customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential
small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air
Liquide’s scientific territory and have been at the core of the
company’s activities since its creation in 1902.
Air Liquide’s ambition is to lead its industry, deliver long
term performance and contribute to sustainability. The company’s
customer-centric transformation strategy aims at profitable growth
over the long term. It relies on operational excellence, selective
investments, open innovation and a network organization implemented
by the Group worldwide. Through the commitment and inventiveness of
its people, Air Liquide leverages energy and environment
transition, changes in healthcare and digitization, and delivers
greater value to all its stakeholders.
Air Liquide’s revenue amounted to €18.1 billion in 2016 and its
solutions that protect life and the environment represented more
than 40% of sales. Air Liquide is listed on the Euronext Paris
stock exchange (compartment A) and belongs to the CAC 40, EURO
STOXX 50 and FTSE4Good indexes.
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