Jean-Christophe Deslarzes

Swiss national, born 1963. Jean-Christophe Deslarzes has been a member (non-executive) of the Board of Directors since April 2015. He has been Chair of the Board of Directors since April 2020 and a member of the Governance and Nomination Committee since April 2018. He was Chair of the Compensation Committee from April 2018 until April 2020 (member since April 2016) and a member of the Audit Committee from April 2015 until April 2018. His one-year term of office ends on the day of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

Jean-Christophe Deslarzes holds a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Jean-Christophe Deslarzes began his career in 1991 as a tax and legal consultant at Arthur Andersen in Switzerland. From 1994 to 2010, he worked at Rio Tinto and its predecessor companies, Alcan and Alusuisse, in human resources and general management roles in Europe and Canada, including as Senior Vice President Human Resources and member of the Executive Committee of Alcan Group as well as President and CEO, Downstream Aluminium Businesses, Rio Tinto, based in Canada. He served as Chief Human Resources and Organisation Officer and member of the Executive Board at Carrefour Group, based in France, from 2010 to 2013. From 2013 to 2019, Jean-Christophe Deslarzes was Chief Human Resources Officer and member of the Executive Committee of ABB Group, based in Switzerland. From February 2018 until February 2021, he was Chair of the Board of Directors of ABB India Limited, India.

Other mandates: Since January 2021, Jean-Christophe Deslarzes has been a Member of the Executive Faculty at the University of St. Gallen. Since May 2021, he has been a Member and since June 2022 Chair of the Board of Directors of Constellium¹, headquartered in France.