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The Air Liquide Foundation Board of Directors is composed of 9 members, five of which come from the Air Liquide group, one person representing Air Liquide employees, and three others from outside the Group qualified in the environment, healthcare and Micro-Initiative fields. The Board meets at least twice a year.

Benoît Potier

Chairman of the Air Liquide Foundation
Chairman and CEO of Air Liquide.
French

François Darchis
Senior Vice-president of Air Liquide. Member of the Executive Committee in charge of Engineering and Construction, Research and Technology. Supervising also the Industrial Merchant, Electronics and healthcare world Business lines.
French

Pascal Vinet
Vice-President, Healthcare World Business Line and Operations.
French

Martha Heitzmann
Vice-President Research and Development of Air Liquide.
French-American

Xavier Drago

Deputy Vice-Chairman of the Air Liquide Foundation

Sustainable Development Director of Air Liquide.
French 
 

Marie-Pascale Wyckaert
Member of the Central Works Council of Air Liquide SA.
French

Hynd Bouhia
Advisor to the Prime Minister of Morocco and Executive Director of the Casablanca Stock Exchange. Hynd Bouhia has also contributed in the environmental field to the World Bank.
Moroccan

Independent director qualified in the environmental field

Prof. Pierre Carli
Director of the Anesthesia-Intensive Care Department of the Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades of Paris. Professor Pierre Carli is also the Medical Director of the SAMU (medical emergency service) of Paris.
French

Independent director qualified in the healthcare/respiration field

Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot
Director of the Master's degree program in Management and Sustainable Development at the Hautes Etudes Commerciales business school in Paris. Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot initiated the "Social Business/Companies and Poverty" chair of HEC, co-chaired by Muhammad Yunus and Martin Hirsch.
French

Independent director qualified in the Micro-Initiatives area