Liat Ben-Zur and Gérard Lamarche nominated to join Umicore's Board of Directors
22 Mars 2017 - 8:30AM
Upon proposal by the Nomination & Remuneration
Committee, Liat Ben-Zur and Gérard Lamarche have been nominated to
join Umicore's Board of Directors. The nominations of the two new
directors will be presented for approval by Umicore's shareholders
at the Annual General Meeting on 25 April.
Current Directors Jonathan Oppenheimer, Barbara
Kux and Ian Gallienne will step down at the AGM at the end of
April.
Thomas Leysen, Chairman of the Board, commented:
"I would like to pay tribute to the three departing directors.
Jonathan Oppenheimer has been a stalwart of the Umicore Board for
over 15 years and has provided wise counsel during the most
significant transformation process in the company's history.
Barbara Kux has brought a global outlook and fresh ideas,
particularly in the area of sustainability performance, while Ian
Gallienne has been incisive in his insights and instrumental in
fostering a supportive dialogue between Umicore and its shareholder
GBL".
"Liat Ben-Zur will bring new perspectives to
Umicore's Board. She is recognized as a leader in the area of
digital innovation and has a keen understanding of the needs of
consumers. Gérard Lamarche brings a diverse leadership experience
in a number of industrial sectors, as well as strong financial
expertise. The skills and experience of Liat and Gérard are
complementary to those of the existing members and I look forward
to welcoming them to the Board."
About Liat Ben-Zur
Liat Ben-Zur, who is 40 and of US nationality, is
Senior Vice President and Digital Technology Leader at Royal
Philips where she is responsible for driving the connectivity &
digital strategy across the company. In this capacity, she has
reshaped the innovation process at Philips to ensure the
interoperability of healthcare products, reuse of common software,
and led an organisation that develops Internet of Things (IoT)
partnerships and solutions for Philips' businesses.
Prior to joining Philips in 2014, she had occupied
a number of leadership positions at the US wireless
telecommunications company Qualcomm. Between 2013 and 2014, Liat
Ben-Zur was co-founder and Chairwoman of AllSeen Alliance, a cross
industry consortium to advance an open source, common language for
the Internet of Things.
Liat Ben-Zur holds a bachelor's degree in
electrical engineering from University of California Davis and a
master's in business administration from UCLA's Anderson School of
Management.
About Gérard Lamarche
Gérard Lamarche, 55 and of Belgian nationality, is
Co-CEO of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL). He has been Co-CEO of GBL
since 2012 and over the past five years has overseen the
transformation of the company's investment strategy and
portfolio.
He began his career in 1983 with Deloitte Haskins
& Sells in Belgium. In 1988, he joined Société Générale de
Belgique as an Investment Manager and was promoted to Controller in
1989 before becoming Advisor to the Strategy and Planning
Department in 1992. From 1995 to 1997, he was the Secretary of the
Executive Committee of Suez and was later appointed Senior Vice
President in charge of Planning, Control and Accounting. In 2000,
he joined NALCO (the US subsidiary of the Suez Group) as General
Managing Director. He was appointed CFO of the Suez Group in
2003.
Gérard Lamarche is Director of LafargeHolcim,
Total, and
SGS.
He is a graduate in Economic Sciences from the
University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, and the INSEAD Business
School (Advanced Management Program for Suez Group Executives).
For more information
Investor Relations
Evelien
Goovaerts
+32 2 227 78
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evelien.goovaerts@umicore.com
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Behaeghe
+32 2 227 70
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eva.behaeghe@umicore.com
Media Relations
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Weekes
+32 2 227 73
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tim.weekes@umicore.com
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