Composition of the Board

• Alex Mandl, Non-Executive Chairman,
  Non independent Board member. Appointed in 2006 as Executive Chairman, which term expired on December 2, 2007 - First term as Non-Executive Board member started on December 2, 2007 and expires in 2011. Chairman of the Nomination and Governance Committee
• Olivier Piou, Chief Executive Officer,
  Non independent Director. Initially appointed in 2004 - Second term expires in 2012
• Buford Alexander, Non-Executive Board member,
  Independent Board member. Appointed in 2009 – First term expires in 2013
  Member of the Strategy and M&A Committee
• Kent Atkinson, Non-Executive Board member
  Independent Board member. Appointed in 2005 - Second term expires in 2013
  Member of the Audit Committee and of the Strategy and M&A Committee
• David Bonderman, Non-Executive Board member,
  Independent Board member  as of May 28, 2009. Appointed in 2006 - Second term expires in 2013
  Member of the Nomination and Governance Committee
• Geoffrey Fink, Non-Executive Board member,
  Independent Board member as of May 28, 2009. Appointed in 2006 - Second term expires in 2012
  Member of the Compensation Committee and of the Strategy and M&A Committee
• Johannes Fritz, Non-Executive Board member,
  Non independent Board member. Appointed in 2006 – Second term expires in 2012
  Chairman of the Strategy and M&A Committee and member of the Audit Committee
• John Ormerod, Non-Executive Board member,
  Independent Board member. Appointed in 2006 – Second term expires in 2013
  Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Compensation Committee
• Arthur van der Poel, Non-Executive Board member,
  Independent Board member, Appointed in 2004 - Second term expires in 2012
  Chairman of the Compensation Committee and member of the Nomination and Governance Committee
• Michel Soublin, Non-Executive Board member,
  Independent Board member, Appointed in 2006 - Second term expires in 2011
  Member of the Audit Committee and the Strategy and M&A Committee

 

Alex Mandl
Mr. Mandl, born in 1943, is the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Gemalto since December 2, 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Mandl was Executive Chairman of the Board of Gemalto from June 2, 2006 until December 2, 2007. He also formerly served as President & CEO of Gemplus from September 2002 to June 2006. From April 2001 through August 2002, he was a principal in ASM Investments focusing on technology investments. Previously, he served as chairman and CEO of Teligent, a company he started in 1996, offering the business markets an alternative to the local Bell Companies for telecommunication and internet services. From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Mandl was with AT&T where he served as President and Chief Operating Officer with responsibility for long distance, wireless, local communications and internet services. Prior to his President/COO position he was AT&T's Chief Financial Officer. Between 1987 and 1991, he was chairman and CEO of Sea-Land Services, Inc., the world's leading provider of ocean transport services. In 1980, he joined Seaboard Coastline Industries, a diversified transportation company, as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He began his career in 1969, when he joined Boise Cascade Corp., as a merger and acquisition analyst, and he held various financial positions during the next eleven years. Mr. Mandl is board member, chairman of the audit committee and member of the governance committee of Dell Computer Corporation and board member and member of the audit committee of Horizon Lines. He is board member and chairman of the leadership and compensation committee of Hewitt Associates and board member and member of the audit committee and of the finance committee of Visteon Corporation, as well as board member of Willamette University. Mr. Mandl holds an M.B.A from the University of California at Berkeley and a B.A. in economics from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.

Olivier Piou
Mr. Piou, born in 1958, is CEO of Gemalto since its creation on June 2, 2006. He was previously CEO of Axalto, from 2004-2006, and conducted the merger with Gemplus which formed Gemalto. In May 2004, he successfully introduced Axalto, at that time a division of Schlumberger Limited, to the stock market through an IPO. He joined Schlumberger in 1981 as a production engineer, and held numerous management positions across technology, marketing and operations within Schlumberger in France and in the United States. He graduated in Engineering from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon, in 1980.
Olivier Piou is a member of the Board of Gemalto. He is also a member of the board of directors of Alcatel-Lucent, and of INRIA (‘Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique’), the French national institute for research in computer science and control. He was from 2004 to 2006 a member of the Board of Axalto, and from 2003-2006 was President of Eurosmart, the international non-profit association based in Brussels, which represents the chip card industry.
Mr Piou is a knight of the Legion of Honor in France.

Buford Alexander
Mr. Alexander, born in 1949, has been a Non-Executive Board member of Gemalto since May 20, 2009. Until 2008, Mr. Alexander was a senior director McKinsey & Company, where he pursued a consulting career for more than 30 years. He was a leader of McKinsey’s European banking practice and later of McKinsey’s European high tech practice, and founded McKinsey's European Corporate Finance practice (restructuring, M&A, turnarounds and postmerger management). He has spent much of the last years designing and leading the transformation of global European multinationals. Amsterdam has served as his European base since 1983.
Mr. Alexander holds a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics from Rice University in Houston, Texas, as well as a Master in Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School. In May 2001, Queen Beatrix granted him the Royal Distinction of Officer in the Order of Oranje-Nassau. Mr. Alexander is a member of the supervisory board of Cordys Holding B.V. He is a member of non-profit boards, including the Holland America Friendship Foundation (chairman), the American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands (president emeritus), Fulbright Commission in the Netherlands, and the Medical Knowledge Institute (for HIV Education in Africa).

Kent Atkinson
Mr. Atkinson, born in 1945, has been a Non-Executive Board member of Gemalto since May 11, 2005. He originally joined the Bank of London and South America (later acquired by Lloyds Bank) and held a number of senior managerial positions in Latin America and the Middle East before returning to the UK. He was Regional Executive Director for Lloyds TSB’s South East Region until he joined the main board as Group Finance Director, a position he held for eight years until his retirement as an executive. He remained on the Lloyds TSB board for a further year as a non-executive director. Mr. Atkinson is the senior independent director and chairman of the audit committee of Coca-Cola HBC SA. He is a non-executive director and chairman of the group audit, risk and compliance committee of Standard Life plc, and a member of its investment committee. Mr. Atkinson is a non-executive director of Millicom International Cellular SA and a member of its audit and compensation committees. He is a non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Northern Rock plc and a member of its risk committee. Until April 2005 he was the senior independent director, chairman of the audit committee and a member of the remuneration and nominations committees of Cookson Group plc, and until November 2007 he was the senior independent director, chairman of the audit committee and a member of the remuneration and nominations committees of Telent plc (previously Marconi Corporation plc). He was also chairman of Link Plus Corporation Inc until April 2008.

David Bonderman
Mr. Bonderman, born in 1942, has been a Non-Executive Board member of Gemalto since June 2, 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Bonderman was Vice-Chairman of the board of directors of Gemplus. Mr Bonderman is a founder of TPG Capital, LP and serves as a partner in the firm. Prior to forming TPG in 1993, Mr Bonderman was Chief Operating Officer of the Robert M. Bass Group, Inc. (now doing business as Keystone, Inc.) in Forth Worth, Texas. Prior to joining RMBG in 1983, Mr. Bonderman was a partner in the law firm of Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in corporate, securities, bankruptcy and antitrust litigation. From 1969 to 1970, Mr. Bonderman was a Fellow in Foreign and Comparative Law in conjunction with Harvard University and from 1968 to 1969, he was Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division. From 1967 to 1968, Mr. Bonderman was Assistant Professor at Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans. Mr. Bonderman serves on the boards of the following public companies: CoStar Group, Inc. and Ryanair Holdings, plc. He also serves on the Boards of The Wilderness Society, the Grand Canyon Trust and the American Himalayan Foundation. Mr. Bonderman graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law School in 1966. He was a member of the Harvard Law Review and a Sheldon Fellow. He is a 1963 graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle.

Geoffrey Fink
Mr. Fink, born in 1969, has been a Non-Executive Board member of Gemalto since June 2, 2006. Mr. Fink is a London-based Partner of TPG Capital, LLP, and has been with TPG since December 2000. From May 1998 to December 2000, Mr. Fink was a Vice-President and subsequently Senior Vice-President with Security Capital Group. Between August 1999 and December 2000, Mr. Fink was also Chief Operating Officer, head of the Management Committee, and board member of Access Space. In 1993 and from 1995 to 1998, Mr. Fink was a Consultant and then Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company in London. Prior to joining McKinsey, Mr. Fink worked in the M&A departments of both Goldman Sachs in London and PaineWebber in New York. Mr. Fink received a Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude from Yale University, a Juris Doctoris degree magna cum laude from Harvard University and a Master’s degree focused on international business from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Mr. Fink was previously a director of Gemplus until June 2, 2006, and served on the board of Eutelsat S.A. He is currently a director of Eden Springs and of Strauss Coffee B.V., and is a member of the New York bar.

Johannes Fritz
Dr. Fritz, born in 1954, has been a Non-Executive Board member of Gemalto since June 2, 2006. He studied at Mannheim University (MBA) and New York University (post-graduate). Dr. Fritz then spent two years with Bertelsmann (assistant to CEO) and subsequently five years at KPMG covering financial institutions and industrial companies (CPA). In 1989 he joined the Quandt Family office. From 1990 to June 2000 he was responsible for all financial questions and running the day-to-day-business (managing director). Since June 2000, he has been the head of the Quandt Family office. Dr. Fritz was previously a director of Gemplus until June 2, 2006.

John Ormerod
Mr. Ormerod, born in 1949, has been a Non-Executive Board member of Gemalto since June 2, 2006. He is a UK chartered accountant and since 2004 has been a director of a number of private and public companies. He retired as a partner in the UK firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP in 2004 where he was Practice Senior Partner London. After graduating from Oxford University, Mr. Ormerod joined the London office of Arthur Andersen where he remained until he joined Deloitte in 2002. He led the development of the firm's European capability in Telecoms, Media and Technology (‘TMT’) as industry leader and member of the Global TMT Industry team executive. He was elected Andersen’s UK managing partner for 2001-2002. Mr. Ormerod is non-executive director of Tribal Group PLC, a UK publicly listed company; senior independent, non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Misys, a UK listed software company; non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Computacenter plc, a UK listed company; and non-executive director of ITV plc, a UK listed company. He is a trustee of the Design Museum. Mr. Ormerod was previously a director of Gemplus until June 2, 2006.

Arthur van der Poel
Mr. van der Poel, born in 1948, has been a Non-Executive Board member of Gemalto since May 1, 2004. He is a graduate of the Eindhoven Technical University. Upon graduation, he worked for the research and development group of Dutch PTT and then went on to work for the International Telecommunication Union in Indonesia. In 1984, he began working at Philips Semiconductors where he held different marketing and management positions and became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in March 1996. In May 1998, he was appointed to be a board member of the management board of Royal Philips Electronics. He remained a member of Philips’ Group Management Committee until he retired from Philips on April 1, 2004. He is chairman of the supervisory board of semiconductor equipment maker ASML and member of the supervisory boards of engineering company DHV and soccer club PSV Eindhoven.

Michel Soublin
Mr. Soublin, born in 1945, has been a Non-Executive Board member of Gemalto since February 17, 2004. He joined Schlumberger in 1973 and has held several positions in the financial sector and management in Paris, New York and Moscow, including from 1983 to 1990, CEO of Schlumberger’s e-Transactions subsidiary (Smart cards, POS terminals, service station equipment and parking divisions), financial director of Oilfield Services from 1996 to 1998, Schlumberger Group Treasurer from 2001 to February 2005 and financial advisor from 2005 to 2007. Mr. Soublin retired from Schlumberger in July 2007. Mr. Soublin is a graduate of the Institute of Political Studies (IEP) and of the Faculty of Law and Economics in Paris. Mr. Soublin is a member of the supervisory board of Atos Origin. He is chairman of the ‘Comité de la Charte’, a French non-profit organization and founding member of the ‘Association Française des Trésoriers d’Entreprises’.