The Board of Directors
The Board of Directors' role is to define the Foundation's philanthropy objectives and to approve the annual budget.
The Board of Directors is responsible for setting the Foundation’s strategic priorities and approving the annual budget, in accordance with the Foundation's bylaws. The Board also approves scientific projects pertaining to air quality and respiratory diseases, as well as professional integration partnerships. It meets three times a year.
The Board of Directors is composed of five members from the Air Liquide group representing the founders, an employee representative for the Group, and three qualified non-company individuals from the fields of environmental protection, health and local development. They are appointed for a renewable two-year term.
Nassima Anin
Vice-President Performance Management System and Digital
French
Professor Pierre Carli
Head 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
Qualified external member in the healthcare field
Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot
Affiliated Professor of Strategy and Enterprise Policy at HEC-Paris
Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot is Executive Director of the Centre Society&Organizations (S&O) which manages the Movement for Social*Business Impact (formerly the "Social business / Companies and Poverty" Chair) of HEC-Paris.
French
Qualified external member in the local development field
François Jackow
Chief Executive Officer of Air Liquide
Chief Executive Officer
Born in 1969 - French
François Jackow joined Air Liquide in 1993. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Group on June 1, 2022. He chairs the Executive Committee, which he joined in 2014. He is a member of the Air Liquide Group’s Board of Directors.
François Jackow worked initially in the United States and the Netherlands in various positions in business development and marketing in Large Industries and in Engineering & Construction.
On his return to France, he spent two years focusing on strategy for the Group’s General Management.
In 2002, he was appointed Vice President of Innovation, overseeing Research & Development and Advanced Technologies for the Group.
In 2007, he became President and Chief Executive Officer of Air Liquide Japan, based in Tokyo, before becoming Vice President of the Large Industries World Business Line in 2011.
François Jackow joined the Executive Committee in 2014 as Group Vice President of Strategy. In this role, he oversaw the development of the NEOS strategic plan and was involved in the acquisition of Airgas in 2016.
In 2019, he was appointed Executive Vice President, overseeing Europe Industries, Europe Healthcare and Africa / Middle East / India operations. Over time, the Innovation & Technologies and Digital & IT departments have also been added to his remit, along with the Customer Development department, which he created in 2014.
Given that he also oversaw the Healthcare World Business Line, he was actively involved in the Group’s major response to Covid-19.
François Jackow was appointed the Group’s Chief Executive Officer on June 1, 2022.
François Jackow holds degrees in science and management, having studied both in France and the United States. An alumni of the École Normale Supérieure Paris, he also holds a Master’s degree in chemistry from Harvard University in the United States and an MBA from the Collège des Ingénieurs.
Armelle Levieux
Member of the Executive Committee in charge of Innovation, Electronics and H2
French
Patrice Levée
Member of the Central Works Council of Air Liquide SA
Mechanical and Materials Engineer, Paris-Saclay Research Center of Air Liquide
French
Clotilde Gilbert
Director of the association "Wake-up Café" and of the company "Quai Liberté"
Louis-François Richard
Chairman of the Air Liquide Foundation
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Ethical CharterRead more
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