Pierre-André de Chalendar (born 12 April 1958) is a French businessman. He is Chairman and CEO of

Saint-Gobain Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A. () is a French multinational corporation, founded in 1665 in Paris and headquartered on the outskirts of Paris, at La Défense and in Courbevoie. Originally a mirror manufacturer, it now also produces a variety of ...

Group since 3 June 2010 and CEO since June 2007.

Biography

Early life

Pierre-André de Chalendar was born on 12 April 1958 in

Vichy Vichy (, ; ; oc, Vichèi, link=no, ) is a city in the Allier Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of central France, in the historic province of Bourbonnais. It is a Spa town, spa and resort town and in World ...

. He graduated from

ESSEC Business school The École Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (more commonly ESSEC Business School or ESSEC) is a major French business and management school, with non-profit association status (French association law of 1901) founded in 1907 ...

in 1979 and the

École nationale d'administration The École nationale d'administration (generally referred to as ENA, en, National School of Administration) was a French ''grande école'', created in 1945 by President of France, President Charles de Gaulle and principal author of the Constitu ...

(ENA) in 1983 (promotion Solidarity).

Career

De Chalendar began his career at the General Inspection of Finance (IGF) from 1983 to 1987. He became Financial Inspector in 1984, Project manager from 1987 to 1988 and Deputy Director from 1988 to 1989 in the General Directorate for Energy and raw materials of the Ministry of Industry and Energy. On 1 October 1989 De Chalendar joined

as Vice-President Corporate Planning. From 1989 to 1992, he served as its Vice-President for Corporate Planning. He then served as Corporate Vice President of Saint-Gobain Corp. (USA) and Managing Director of Norton Abrasives Europe from 1992 to 1996, President of the worldwide Abrasives Division and Chairman and CEO of Norton SA from 1996 to 2000, General Delegate for the United Kingdom and Ireland and Chief Executive of Meyer International from 2000 to 2003, and Senior Vice-President of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain in charge of the Building Distribution Sector from 2003 to 2005. He became Chairman of BPB in 2005. He served as Chief Operating Officer from 2005 to 2007, Director since 2006, and Chief Executive Officer of Saint-Gobain since 2007. He has been appointed by the Board of Directors of

as Chairman and CEO since 3 June 2010, after the General Meeting of shareholders.

Other activities

BNP Paribas BNP Paribas is a French international banking group, founded in 2000 from the merger between Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP, "National Bank of Paris") and Paribas, formerly known as the Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas. The full name of the grou ...

, Member of the Board of Directors *

European Round Table of Industrialists The European Round Table of Industrialists, abbreviated ERT, is an advocacy group in the European Union consisting of some 50 European industrial leaders working to strengthen competitiveness in Europe. The group works at both national and European ...

(ERT), MemberMembers

Recognition

De Chalendar is a Knight of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...

and National Order of Merit.

Personal life

In 1989 De Chalendar married Leticia, daughter of Sir Peter Petrie, Baronet of Carrowcarden. They have four children.

External links

Biography from Saint-Gobain Group web site

References

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