Arkema: Decision of the Board of Directors’ Meeting of 9 November 2021
November 10 2021 - 2:30AM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
The Board of directors of Arkema (Paris:AKE), on 9 November
2021, decided to propose to the next ordinary shareholders’ meeting
to be held on 19 May 2022, the ratification of the cooptation of
Philippe Sauquet, as independent director of Arkema.
During its meeting of 9 November 2021, the Board of directors
decided unanimously to coopt Philippe Sauquet, President of KréVal,
as a replacement for Alexandre de Juniac, whose resignation was
accepted by the Board as a result of his new role at Morgan
Stanley. His appointment will be subject to the ratification of the
ordinary shareholders’ meeting to be held on 19 May 2022.
“The Board of directors is happy to welcome Philippe Sauquet.
Thanks to his experience, Philippe Sauquet will complete the
Board’s expertise in chemicals, in line with the regular requests
of shareholders and of the Board itself. In addition, in the past
ten years Philippe Sauquet has been a key person in TotalEnergies’
diversification strategy toward renewable energies and low-carbon
solutions, which will enable him to contribute effectively to
Arkema’s strategy in support of sustainable development,” stated
Thierry Le Hénaff after the Board of directors’ meeting.
Moreover, the Board confirmed its willingness to continue
completing the diversity of its profiles and skills in the
future.
Philippe Sauquet is also joining the Nominating, Compensation
and Governance Committee.
Philippe Sauquet has held several senior management roles within
the TotalEnergies group for over 30 years and was in particular a
member of the Executive committee between 2014 and 2021, President
of the Gas, Renewables & Power business and President of
Strategy-Innovation for the group between 2016 and 2021, as well as
President of the Refining & Chemicals business between 2014 and
2016.
Building on its unique set of expertise in materials science,
Arkema offers a portfolio of first-class technologies to
address ever-growing demand for new and sustainable materials. With
the ambition to become in 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 82% of Group sales in 2020, 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 €8 billion
in 2020, and operates in some 55 countries with 20,600 employees
worldwide.
A French société anonyme (limited company) with share capital of
€767,364,760 – Registered in Nanterre: RCS 445 074 685 Nanterre
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