Composition of the Board

 

Alex Mandl (1943) American
Non-Executive, non-independent Board member, Chairman of the Board.
Appointed: December 2, 2007, reappointed at the AGM of 2011 for four years until the AGM of 2015 (second term).
Executive Chairman from June 2, 2006 until December 2, 2007.
Chairman of the Nomination and Governance Committee.

Lead director, chairman of the audit committee and member of the governance committee of Dell Inc and non-executive chairman and chairman of the nomination and governance committee of Horizon Lines.

Prior to June 2, 2006, Alex Mandl served as President and CEO of Gemplus from September 2002 to June 2006. From April 2001 through August 2002, he was a principal in ASM Investments focusing on technology investments. Previously, he served as chairman and CEO of Teligent, a company he started in 1996, offering the business markets an alternative to the local Bell Companies for telecommunication and internet services. From 1991 to 1996, Alex Mandl was with AT&T where he served as President and Chief Operating Officer with responsibility for long distance, wireless, local communications and internet services. Prior to his President/COO position he was AT&T’s CFO. Between 1987 and 1991, he was chairman and CEO of Sea-Land Services, Inc., the world’s leading provider of ocean transport services. In 1980, he joined Seaboard Coastline Industries, a diversified transportation company, as Senior Vice President and CFO. He began his career in 1969, when he joined Boise Cascade Corp., as a merger and acquisition analyst, and he held various financial positions during the next eleven years. Until September 2010, Alex Mandl was board member and chairman of the leadership and compensation committee of Hewitt Associates and board member and member of the audit committee and of the finance committee of Visteon Corporation.

Alex Mandl holds an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley and a BA in economics from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.

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Olivier Piou (1958) French
Executive Board member and Chief Executive Officer, non-independent.
Appointed: February 17, 2004, reappointed at the AGM of 2008 for four years until the AGM of 2012 (second term).

Member of the board of directors of Alcatel-Lucent.

Olivier Piou has been CEO of Gemalto since its creation in 2006. He was previously CEO of Axalto, from 2004 to 2006. In 2004 he successfully introduced Axalto, at that time a division of Schlumberger Limited, to the stock market through an IPO, and in 2006 conducted the merger of Gemplus and Axalto which formed Gemalto. He graduated in Engineering from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon, in 1980, joined Schlumberger in 1981, and held numerous positions across technology, marketing and operations in France and in the United States until 2004. He has been in charge of the smart cards business since 1998.
Olivier Piou is a member of the board of directors of Gemalto, and also a member of the board of directors of Alcatel-Lucent.
From 2003 to 2010, he was a member of the Board of directors of INRIA, the French national institute for research in computer science and control.
From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Piou was a member of the board of directors of Axalto, and from 2003 to 2006 was President of Eurosmart, the international non-profit association based in Brussels, which represents the chip card industry.
Mr Piou is a knight of the Legion of Honor in France.
 

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Buford Alexander (1949) American
Non-Executive, independent Board member.
Appointed: May 20, 2009 for four years until the AGM of 2013 (first term).
Member of the Strategy and M&A committee.

 Chairman of the supervisory board of the Amsterdam Institute of Finance. Member of non-profit boards including the Holland America Friendship Foundation (chairman), the American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands (president emeritus), and the Fulbright Commission in the Netherlands.

Until 2008, Buford Alexander was a senior director of McKinsey & Company, where he pursued a consulting career for more than 30 years. He was a leader of McKinsey’s European banking practice and later of McKinsey’s European high-tech practice, and founded McKinsey’s European Corporate Finance practice (restructuring, M&A, turnarounds and post-merger management). He has spent much of the last years designing and leading the transformation of global European multinationals. Amsterdam has served as his European base since 1983.

Buford Alexander holds a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics from Rice University in Houston, Texas, as well as a MBA degree from the Harvard Business School. In May 2001, Queen Beatrix granted him the Royal Distinction of Officer in the Order of Oranje-Nassau.

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Philippe Alfroid (1945) French
Non-Executive, independent Board member.
Appointed: May 19, 2010 for four years until the AGM of 2014 (first term).
Member of the Audit Committee.

Chairman of the supervisory board of Faiveley Transport. Board member of Essilor International and Eurogerm.

Until mid 2009, Philippe Alfroid was Chief Operating Officer of Essilor International, the world leader in ophthalmic optics. He joined the company when it was created in 1972 and has held several operational and senior management positions, including that of group CFO. In the 90’s, he was chairman and CEO of Sperian a leader in personal protective equipment.
Philippe Alfroid is an engineering graduate from ENSEHRMA Grenoble and holds a Master of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Kent Atkinson (1945) British
Non-Executive, independent Board member.
Appointed: May 11, 2005, reappointed at the AGM of 2009 for four years until the AGM of 2013 (second term).
Member of the Audit Committee and of the Strategy and M&A Committee.

Senior independent director and chairman of the audit committee of Coca-Cola HBC SA. Senior independent director, chairman of the audit committee and a member of the risk committee of UK Asset Resolution Limited (which includes Northern Rock (Asset Management) plc and Bradford & Bingley plc), and a non-executive director and member of the audit and risk committees of Bank of Ireland Group.

Kent Atkinson originally joined the Bank of London and South America (later acquired by Lloyds Bank) and held a number of senior managerial positions in Latin America and the Middle East before returning to the UK. He was Regional Executive Director for Lloyds TSB’s South East Region until he joined the main board as Group Finance Director, a position he held for eight years until his retirement as an executive. He remained on the Lloyds TSB board for a further year as a non-executive director. Until April 2005 Kent Atkinson was the senior independent director, chairman of the audit committee and a member of the remuneration and nominations committees 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 Corporation plc). He was also chairman of Link Plus Corporation Inc until April 2008. He was non-executive director of Millicom International Cellular SA and a member of its audit and compensation committees until May 2010, and until December 2011 he was a Non-executive director and chairman of the group audit and compliance committee of Standard Life plc, and a member of its risk & capital committee and its investment committee.

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Geoffrey Fink (1969) French
Non-Executive, independent Board member
Appointed: June 2, 2006, reappointed at the AGM of 2008 for four years until the AGM of 2012 (second term).
Member of the Compensation Committee and of the Strategy and M&A Committee.

Geoffrey Fink is based in Dubai where he is a Managing Partner and Head of Investments for Delta Partners Group, a leading emerging markets-focused TMT advisory firm. From December 2000 through September 2010 he was a London-based Partner of TPG Capital, LLP. From May 1998 to December 2000, he was a Vice-President and subsequently Senior Vice-President with Security Capital Group. Between August 1999 and December 2000, Geoffrey Fink was also Chief Operating Officer, head of the Management committee, and board member of Access Space. In 1993 and from 1995 to 1998, he was a Consultant and then Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company in London. Prior to joining McKinsey, he worked in the M&A departments of both Goldman Sachs in London and PaineWebber in New York. Geoffrey Fink was previously a director of Gemplus until June 2, 2006 and has served on the board of Eutelsat S.A., Eden Springs Ltd., and various private companies.

Geoffrey Fink is a member of the New York Bar. He 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.

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Johannes Fritz (1954) German
Non-Executive, non-independent Board member.
Appointed: June 2, 2006, reappointed at the AGM of 2009 for three years until the AGM of 2012 (second term).
Chairman of the Strategy and M&A Committee and member of the Audit Committee.

Head of the Quandt Family office since June 2000.

Johannes Fritz studied at Mannheim University (MBA) and New York University (post-graduate). He 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). Johannes Fritz was previously a director of Gemplus until June 2, 2006.

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John Ormerod (1949) British
Non-Executive, independent Board member.
Appointed: June 2, 2006, reappointed at the AGM of 2009 for four years until the AGM of 2013 (second term).
Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Compensation Committee.

Chairman of Tribal Group PLC, a UK listed company. Senior independent, non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Misys plc and director and chairman of the audit committee of Computacenter plc, UK listed companies. Non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of ITV plc, a UK listed company.

John Ormerod 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. John Ormerod was previously a director of Gemplus until June 2, 2006. Until February 2012, he was a trustee of the Design Museum.

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Arthur van der Poel (1948) Dutch
Non-Executive, independent Board member.
Appointed: May 1, 2004, reappointed at the AGM of 2008 for four years until the AGM of 2012 (second term).
Chairman of the Compensation Committee and member of the Nomination and Governance Committee.

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.

Arthur van der Poel 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 CEO in March 1996. In May 1998, he was appointed 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.

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Michel Soublin (1945) French
Non-Executive, independent Board member.
Appointed: February 17, 2004, reappointed at the AGM of 2011 for four years until the AGM of 2015 (third term).
Member of the Nomination and Governance Committee and of the Strategy and M&A Committee.

Director, Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer.

Michel Soublin 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. Michel Soublin retired from Schlumberger in July 2007.
Michel Soublin is a graduate of the Institute of Political Studies (IEP) and of the Faculty of Law and Economics in Paris.