Dr. Bertrand Collomb
Dr. Bertrand Collomb is Chairman of Lafarge, the world-wide leader in building materials, with €17 billion sales in 76 countries. A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole des Mines in Paris, he also holds a French law degree and a PhD in Management from the University of Texas.

He started his career working for the French government and joined Lafarge in 1975. After several positions, including CEO of Lafarge Corporation, the North American arm of the group, he was appointed Chairman and CEO of Lafarge in 1989.

Dr. Collomb founded the Centre for Management Research at the Ecole Polytechnique.

Board Mandates
Dr. Collomb is currently Chairman of Lafarge, a member of the board of Total and DuPont and is an adviser to Permira.

His career included Non-Executive Directorships on the boards of Vivendi, Allianz, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Credit Commercial de France and Elf Aquitaine.

He is a former Vice-Chairman of Unilever.

He is a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists, Chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Chairman of Institut Français des Relations Internationales and of Association Française des Entreprises Privées.

Dr. Collomb is a Trustee of the International Accounting Standards Foundation and a Counsellor to The Conference Board.