Air Liquide announced changes in Air Liquide’s Executive Management Team as Of July 1, 2017. The responsibilities within the Group’s executive management team are evolving as of July 1, 2017, following the recent departures of Pierre Dufour, Senior Executive Vice President and Jean-Pierre Duprieu, Executive Vice President, both of whom have retired. As of July 1, three Executive Vice Presidents - Michael Graff, Fabienne Lecorvaisier and Guy Salzgeber are nominated, as well as two new Senior Vice Presidents - François Jackow and François Venet. The Air Liquide Executive Committee, chaired by Benoît Potier Chairman & CEO, is henceforth composed of the following members: Michael Graff, Executive Vice President, Americas Hub Executive Vice President, based in Houston. He also supervises the Electronics business line, Safety and Industrial Systems. He is Chairman of the Board of Airgas. Fabienne Lecorvaisier, Executive Vice President, in charge of Finance, Operations Control and General Secretariat. Guy Salzgeber, Executive Vice President, Europe Industries Hub Executive Vice President, based in Frankfurt. He supervises Group Procurement. François Darchis, Senior Vice President, Innovation and Development Vice President. He also supervises IT, Industrial Merchant business line and the Group’s Sustainable Development program. Jean-Marc de Royere, Senior Vice President. He is in charge of International, Governance, and the Group’s Sustainable Development program. He chairs the Air Liquide Foundation. François Jackow, Senior Vice President. He is in charge of the Healthcare activities and supervises the Africa, Middle East and India Hub located in Dubai, as well as the Customer Experience program. François Venet, Senior Vice President, Strategy Vice President. He supervises the Large Industries business line and Engineering & Construction. François Abrial, Asia Pacific Hub Executive Vice President, based in Shanghai. Pascal Vinet, CEO of Airgas. Kwong Weng Mok, Deputy Vice President of Asia and Asia Pacific Large-scale Projects. Armelle Levieux, Vice President Group Human Resources. Armelle Levieux joins the Executive Committee in her capacity as Vice President Group Human Resources, a position she has occupied since March 2017. In 2013, she was appointed Chairman of the Management Board of Seppic, the specialty ingredients subsidiary in the Healthcare activity.
L'Air Liquide is one of the world leaders in industrial and medical gas production. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- industrial and medical gases production (95.5%): oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, synthesized gases. The group also supplies control equipment and services for fluid systems, gas and liquid chemical management, home care and hospital hygiene services, and operating room equipment. Net sales break down by market as follows: industries (75.1%), healthcare (15.5%) and electronics (9.4%);
- other (4.5%): engineering activities related to gas production plant construction and high-tech product manufacturing.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (12.4%), Europe (25.9%), the United States (32.3%), Americas (5.6%), Asia/Pacific (20%), Africa and Middle East (3.8%).
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