Gérard Lamarche is a member of the SGS Board of Directors and Audit Committee. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Economic Science and a specialization in Business Administration and Management from the University of Louvain-la-Neuve. He also completed the Advanced Management Program for Suez Group Executives at the INSEAD Business school and took part in the 1998-99 Wharton International Forum, Global Leadership Series. He began his professional career in 1983 with Deloitte Haskins & Sells in Belgium, and became M&A Consultant in the Netherlands. He joined Société Générale de Belgique as Investment Manager. He was promoted to Controller in 1989, and was appointed in 1992 Advisor to the Director of Strategic Planning. He became Secretary of the Suez Executive Committee (1995-1997); he was later appointed Senior Vice President in charge of Planning, Control and Accounting. In July 2000, Gérard Lamarche joined NALCO (US subsidiary of the Suez Group and world leader in industrial water treatment) as Director, Senior Executive Vice President and CFO. He was appointed CFO of the Suez Group. He has been a Director and Managing Director of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert.

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