Board of Directors |
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Gemalto is managed by the Board (‘Bestuur’). Upon the proposal of the Board,
the General Meeting of Shareholders appoints the Chief Executive Officer. The
Chief Executive Officer conducts Gemalto’s day-to-day business. The Board is
presided over by a (Non-Executive) Chairman (‘Bestuursvoorzitter’), who is
appointed by the Board from among its members.
Only all directors of the Board acting jointly, or the Chief Executive Officer
acting solely, are authorized to represent Gemalto with respect to third
parties:
Composition of the Board:
- Alex Mandl, Non-Executive Chairman,
Non independent Director. Initially appointed in 2006 as Executive Chairman, which term expired on December 2, 2007 - First term as Non-Executive Director started on December 2, 2007 and expires in 2011- Olivier Piou, Chief Executive Officer,
Non independent Director. Initially appointed in 2004 - Term expires in 2008- Kent Atkinson, Non-Executive Director,
Independent Director. Initially appointed in 2005 - First term expires in 2009
Member of the Audit Committee and of the Strategy and M&A Committee- David Bonderman, Non-Executive Director,
Non independent Director. Initially appointed in 2006 - First term expires in 2009
Member of the Nomination and Governance Committee- Geoffrey Fink, Non-Executive Director,
Non independent Director. Initially appointed in 2006 - First term expires in 2008
Member of the Compensation Committee and of the Strategy and M&A Committee- Johannes Fritz, Non-Executive Director,
Non independent Director. Initially appointed in 2006 - First term expires in 2009
Chairman of the Strategy and M&A Committee and member of the Audit Committee- John Ormerod, Non-Executive Director
Independent Director. Initially appointed in 2006 - First term expires in 2009
Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Compensation Committee- Arthur van der Poel, Non-Executive Director,
Independent Director, Initially appointed in 2004 - First term expires in 2008
Chairman of the Compensation Committee and member of the Nomination and Governance Committee- Michel Soublin, Non-Executive Director,
Independent Director, Initially appointed in 2006 - Second term expires in 2011
Member of the Audit Committee and the Strategy and M&A Committee- John de Wit, Non-Executive Director,
Independent Director. Initially appointed in 2004 - Second term expires in 2011
Chairman of the Nomination and Governance Committee and member of the Compensation Committee
| Alex Mandl |
Olivier Piou
Mr. Piou, born in 1958, is CEO of Gemalto since its creation in 2006. Previously
he was CEO of Axalto (subsequently renamed Gemalto after the merger with
Gemplus) from 2004-2006. In May 2004, he successfully introduced Axalto, at that
time a division of Schlumberger Limited, to the stock market through an IPO. He
joined Schlumberger in 1981 as a production engineer, and held numerous
management positions across technology, marketing and operations in France and
in the United States. He is a graduate from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon.
Olivier Piou is in addition a member of the board of INRIA (‘Institut National
de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique’), the French national institute
for research in computer science and control. From 2003-2006 he was President of
Eurosmart, the international non-profit association based in Brussels, which
represents the chip card industry.
Kent Atkinson
Mr. Atkinson, born in 1945, has been a non-executive director of Gemalto since
May 11, 2005. He joined the Bank of London and South America (later acquired by
Lloyds Bank) in 1964 and held a number of senior managerial positions in Latin
America and the Middle East before returning to the UK in 1989. He was the
Regional Executive Director for Lloyds TSB’s South East Region until he joined
the main board as Group Finance Director in 1994, a position he held for eight
years until his retirement as an executive in 2002. He remained on the Lloyds
TSB board for a further year as a non-executive director. He is the senior
independent director and chairman of the audit committee of Coca-Cola HBC. He is
a non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Standard Life
plc, deputy chairman of Standard Life’s Life and Pensions board, and a member of Standard Life’s investment committee.
Mr. Atkinson is also a non-executive director of Millicom International Cellular
SA and a member of its audit and remuneration committees, and chairman of Link
Plus Corporation, Maryland, USA. Until April 2005 he was the senior independent
director and Chairman of the audit committee of Cookson Group plc, and until
November 2007 he was the senior independent director, chairman of the audit
committee and a member of the remuneration and nominations committees of telent
plc (previously Marconi plc).
David Bonderman
Mr. Bonderman, born in 1942, has been a non-executive director of Gemalto since
June 2, 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Bonderman was Vice-Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Gemplus. Mr Bonderman is a founder of TPG Capital, LP and serves as
a partner in the firm. Prior to forming TPG in 1993, Mr Bonderman was Chief
Operating Officer of the Robert M. Bass Group, Inc. (now doing business as
Keystone, Inc.) in Forth Worth, Texas. Prior to joining RMBG in 1983, Mr.
Bonderman was a partner in the law firm of Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C.,
where he specialized in corporate, securities, bankruptcy and antitrust
litigation. From 1969 to 1970, Mr. Bonderman was a Fellow in Foreign and
Comparative Law in conjunction with Harvard University and from 1698 to 1969, he
was Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division.
From 1967 to 1968, Mr. Bonderman was Assistant Professor at Tulane University
School of Law in New Orleans. Mr. Bonderman serves on the Boards of the
following public companies: Burger King Holdings, Inc, CoStar Group, Inc., and
Ryanair Holdings, plc. He also serves on the Boards of The Wilderness Society,
the Grand Canyon Trust, the World Wildlife Fund, and the American Himalayan
Foundation. Mr. Bonderman graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law School in
1966. He was a member of the Harvard Law Review and a Sheldon Fellow. He is a
1963 graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle.
Geoffrey Fink
Mr. Fink, born in 1969, has been a non-executive director of Gemalto since June
2, 2006. Mr. Fink is a London-based Partner of TPG Capital, LLP, and has been
with TPG since December 2000. From May 1998 to December 2000, Mr. Fink was a
Vice-President and subsequently Senior Vice-President with Security Capital
Group. Between August 1999 and December 2000, Mr. Fink was also Chief Operating
Officer, head of the Management Committee, and board member of Access Space. In
1993 and from 1995 to 1998, Mr. Fink was a Consultant and then Engagement
Manager with McKinsey & Company in London. Prior to joining McKinsey, Mr. Fink
worked in the M&A departments of both Goldman Sachs in London and PaineWebber in
New York. Mr. Fink received a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from Yale
University, a Juris Doctoris degree magna cum laude from Harvard University and
a Master’s degree focused on international business from the Fletcher School of
Law and Diplomacy. Mr. Fink was previously a director of Gemplus until June 2,
2006, served on the board of Eutelsat S.A., and is a member of the New York bar.
Johannes Fritz
Dr. Fritz, born in 1954, has been a non-executive director of Gemalto since June 2, 2006. He studied at Mannheim University (MBA) and New York University (post-graduate). Dr. Fritz then spent two years with Bertelsmann (assistant to CEO) and subsequently five years at KPMG covering financial institutions and industrial companies (CPA). In 1989 he joined the Quandt Family office. From 1990 to June 2000 he was responsible for all financial questions and running the day-to-day-business (managing director). Since June 2000, he has been the head of the Quandt Family office. Dr. Fritz was previously a director of Gemplus
until June 2, 2006..
John Ormerod
Mr. Ormerod, born in 1949, has been a non-executive director of Gemalto
since June 2, 2006. He is a UK chartered accountant and since 2004 has been a
director of a number of private and public companies. He retired as a partner in
the UK firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP in 2004 where he was Practice Senior
Partner London. After graduating from Oxford University, Mr. Ormerod joined the
London office of Arthur Andersen where he remained until he joined Deloitte in
2002. He led the development of the firm's European capability in Telecoms,
Media and Technology (‘TMT’) as industry leader and member of the Global TMT
Industry team executive. He was elected Andersen’s UK managing partner for
2001-2002. Mr. Ormerod is senior independent director and chairman of the audit
committee of Misys, a UK listed software Company; a member of the board and
chairman of the audit committee of Computacenter plc, a UK listed company; a
member of the group audit committee of HBOS, a UK listed bank; and a member of
the board of ITV plc, a UK listed company. He is a trustee of the Roundhouse
Trust and the Design Museum. Mr. Ormerod was previously a director of Gemplus
until June 2, 2006.
Arthur van der Poel
Mr. van der Poel, born in 1948, has been a non-executive director of Gemalto since May 1, 2004. He is a graduate of the Eindhoven Technical University. Upon graduation, he worked for the research and development group of Dutch PTT and then went on to work for the International Telecommunication Union in Indonesia. In 1984, he began working at Philips Semiconductors where he held different marketing and management positions and became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in March 1996. In May 1998, he was appointed to be a board member of the management board of Royal Philips Electronics. He remained a member of Philips’ Group Management Committee until he retired from
Philips on April 1, 2004. He is
chairman of the supervisory board of semiconductor equipment maker ASML and
member of the supervisory boards of engineering company DHV and soccer club PSV Eindhoven.
Michel Soublin
Mr. Soublin, born in 1945, has been a non-executive director of Gemalto since
February 17, 2004. Mr. Soublin retired from Schlumberger in July 2007. He joined
Schlumberger in 1973 and has held several positions in the financial sector and
management in Paris, New York and Moscow, including from 1983 to 1990, CEO of
Schlumberger’s e-Transactions subsidiary (Smart cards, POS terminals, service
station equipment and parking divisions), financial director of Oilfield
Services from 1996 to 1998, Schlumberger Group Treasurer from 2001 to February
2005 and financial advisor from 2005 to 2007. Mr. Soublin is a graduate of the
Institute of Political Studies (IEP) and of the Faculty of Law and Economics in
Paris. Mr. Soublin is a member of the supervisory board of Atos Origin. He is
chairman of the ‘Comité de la Charte’, a French non-profit organization
and founding member of the ‘Association Française des Trésoriers
d’Entreprises’.
John de Wit
Mr. de Wit, born in 1946, has been a non-executive director of Gemalto since
February 17, 2004. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors until June 2,
2006. He is a graduate of NOIB Business School in the Netherlands. He has held a
variety of posts in the technology and information sector with Burroughs, Royal
Philips Electronics in the Netherlands, Mexico and Spain, Motorola Systems and
Tandem Computers Europe. In 1995, he assisted in the creation of Libertel, a
mobile telephone operator in the Netherlands, which is now part of the Vodafone
group. In 1999, he was CEO when Libertel N.V. was listed in Amsterdam. From 2001
until his departure in 2003, he was CEO of Airtel S.A., which later became
Vodafone Spain S.A., the Spanish subsidiary of Vodafone. Until December 2007, he
was member of the Board of Advice of Nextrategy, Boer en Croon B.V. Mr. de Wit
is member of the supervisory board of the Open University, the Netherlands.