Arkema nominates Florence Lambert and Séverin Cabannes for election to its Board as Independent Directors

– FRANCE, Colombes –  Arkema (EPA: AKE) today announced the nominations of Florence Lambert and Séverin Cabannes for their election to its Board as Independent Directors at the AGM on 11 May 2023.
Florence Lambert will join the Innovation and Sustainable Growth Committee, while Séverin Cabannes will join the Audit and Accounts Committee.

The company also announced the renewals of the terms of Hélène Moreau-Leroy, senior independent director and member of the Nominating, Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee, and Ian Hudson, member of the Audit and Accounts Committee and the Innovation and Sustainable Growth Committee.

About Florence Lambert

The appointment of Mrs. Florence Lambert will enable the Board of Directors to benefit from her leading-edge skills and experience in research and innovation, particularly regarding new technologies and the energy transition. Her knowledge of the institutional world, particularly in the fields of decarbonized energy, and of the world of start-ups in an international context, will be an asset to Arkema’s Board.

Born in 1972, Mrs. Florence Lambert is a graduate of the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble and holds a Ph.D. in electrochemistry on renewable energy storage. She is an Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite (French order of merit award). Since 2021, she has been CEO of Genvia, a company that aims to develop and deploy industrial technology for the production of decarbonized hydrogen.

Mrs. Florence Lambert began her career in 2000 at the French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA) where she held various positions. She was first in charge of a laboratory, particularly in the field of renewable energy storage, and then participated in creating the French National Institute for Solar Energy (INES) of the CEA, before joining it in 2006. In 2009, she became Head of the Electricity and Hydrogen for Transportation Department where she developed the integration of two key components: lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells. From 2012 to 2020, she was head of the CEA-LITEN (Innovation Laboratory for New Energy Technologies and Nanomaterials), bringing together more than a thousand researchers working on the energy transition, and filing more than 200 patents per year.

Mrs. Florence Lambert also has been Chairman of the Employment, Innovation, and Training Commission of the Renewable Energy Union (since 2019), a member of the Academy of Technologies (since 2021), and Ambassador France 2030 – Decarbonization of the Industry (since 2022).

About Séverin Cabannes

The appointment of Mr. Séverin Cabannes will enable the Board of Directors to benefit from his long-standing experience and high-level skills developed as an executive in the banking sector, as well as from his very broad knowledge of finance and financial markets. The positions he has held in the chemical and new information technology sectors complement his profile and will strengthen his contribution to the Board of Directors.

Born in 1958, Mr. Séverin Cabannes is a graduate of France’s École Polytechnique and École Nationale des Mines de Paris. He is a senior independent director of Aéroports de Paris, a director of Moody’s France SAS, Moody’s GmbH, and Moody’s Investors Service UK.

Mr. Séverin Cabannes started his career as a financial analyst in 1983 at Crédit National. From 1986 to 1997, he held various positions at Elf Atochem, including Manager of Polyethylene Manufacturing and Head of Economics and Strategic Planning. In 1997, Mr. Séverin Cabannes joined La Poste as international development and strategy EVP, a member of the Executive Committee, before becoming Deputy CEO, of Strategy and Finance in 1998. In 2001, he joined Société Générale as CFO and member of the Management Committee, and between 2002 and 2006, he was CEO of Steria group. He rejoined Société Générale in 2007 as Head of Resources, and then as Deputy CEO from 2008 to the end of 2020. From January to September 2021, he was an advisor to the CEO of Société Générale.

About Arkema

Building on its unique set of expertise in materials science, Arkema offers a portfolio of first-class technologies to address the ever-growing demand for new and sustainable materials. With the ambition to become 2024 a pure player in Specialty Materials, the Group is structured into 3 complementary, resilient, and highly innovative segments dedicated to Specialty Materials -Adhesive Solutions, Advanced Materials, and Coating Solutions- accounting for some 91% of Group sales in 2022, and a well-positioned and competitive Intermediates segment. Arkema offers cutting-edge technological solutions to meet the challenges of, among other things, new energies, access to water, recycling, urbanization, and mobility and fosters a permanent dialogue with all its stakeholders. The Group reported sales of around €11.5 billion in 2022 and operates in some 55 countries with 21,100 employees worldwide.

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