Lafarge S.A.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge, Bruno Lafont (born in 1956) is a graduate of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales leading business chool (HEC 1977, Paris) and the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA 1982, Paris). He started his career at Lafarge in 1983. Up until 1994, he held various positions in Finance and international development. In particular, he spent 4 years in Turkey, managing Lafarge's operations in Turkey and leading the Group's expansion in Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean region. He joined the Group's Executive Committee in 1994, and was appointed Group Executive Vice-President, Finance. In 1998, he became President of the Gypsum division and successfully orchestrated its international expansion in Asia, Europe and North America. In May 2003, Bruno Lafont was appointed Chief Operating Officer of the Group, with joint responsibility for the Cement division and supervising the Aggregates & Concrete division and the North America region. He accelerated the Group's Cement development in Asia, in particular through the joint-venture with Shui On in China, and identified innovation as a key factor of market differentiation and added value in concrete products. Under his leadership, Lafarge set about redefining the Group's vision and reformulating its principles of action by rallying all its employees around the same priorities. Bruno Lafont was appointed as a Member of the Group's Board of Directors on May 25, 2005. On January 1, 2006, he became Chief Executive Officer, subsequently launching the "Excellence 2008" strategic plan in June 2006, to make the Group the best in its sector. 2006 saw 2 major strategic operations: the buyout of minority interests in Lafarge North America and the sale of the Roofing business. In May 2007, Bruno Lafont was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Group. In December 2008, he announced the acquisition of Orascom Cement, the leading cement player in the Middle East and Mediterranean Basin, marking a decisive acceleration of the Group's development in fast growing emerging markets. Bruno Lafont is co-chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's (WBCSD) Cement Sustainability Initiative, which brings together major Cement companies from around the world. He also co-chairs the Energy Efficiency in Buildings initiative launched with United Technologies under the aegis of the WBCSD. He is special adviser to the mayor of Chongqing, a Chinese city with 32 million inhabitants. He is a member of the Board of EDF (France).

Jean-Jacques Gauthier (1959) joined the Group in February 2001. After graduating in law and economics, he began his career with Arthur Young. Between 1986 and 2001, he held several positions in the Matra Group in France and the United States. In 1996, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Franco-British venture Matra Marconi Space. Between 2000 and 2001, he served as C.F.O. of Astrium. After joining Lafarge in 2001, Jean-Jacques Gauthier became Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Executive Committee.

Eric Olsen (1964) holds a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and accounting from the University of Colorado, U.S.A., and an M.B.A. from the H.E.C. international business school in Paris, France. He is American and has been with the Group since 1999. He started his career in 1988 as a senior accountant at Deloitte & Touche in New York. From 1992 to 1993, he worked as senior associate in investment banking at Paribas in Paris. From 1993 to 1999, he was a partner at the consulting firm of Trinity Associates in Greenwich, Connecticut. Olsen joined Lafarge North America in 1999 as Senior Vice-President of Strategy and Development. In 2001, he was appointed President of the company's North-East Cement operations. Olsen also served as Senior Vice-President of Purchasing for Lafarge North America (L.N.A., now Lafarge in North America). In 2004, he was appointed Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Lafarge North America. Since September 1, 2007, he has been Executive Vice-President in charge of Organization and Human Resources and a member of the Executive Committee.

Gérard Kuperfarb (1961) is a civil engineering graduate from the Ecole des Mines de Nancy, France (1983). He also has a Masters in engineering from the Ecole des Mines de Paris (1984), France, and an M.B.A. from the H.E.C. international business school (1986), France. He has been with the Group since 1992. He began his career in 1983 as an engineer at the centre for material forming at the Ecole des Mines de Paris (France) before joining the "composite materials" division at Ciba Group in 1986, where he held sales and marketing functions. In 1989, he joined a strategy consultancy working in Brussels (Belgium) and Paris (France). He joined Lafarge in 1992 as marketing director for the Refractory Materials Business, then became Strategy Director at Lafarge Specialty Materials. Between 1996 and 1998, he was Vice-President Readymix Concrete strategy in Paris (France). In 1998, he was appointed Vice-President / General Manager for the Aggregates & Concrete businesses in Southwest Ontario (Toronto, Canada) before heading the Performance Group at Lafarge Construction Materials in North America in 2001. He was appointed Executive Vice-President, Aggregates & Concrete for Eastern Canada in 2005. Since September 1, 2007, he has been Executive Vice-President, Co-President of the Aggregates & Concrete Business and a member of the Executive Committee.

Guillaume Roux (1959) graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris (France). He joined Lafarge in 1980 as an internal auditor for Lafarge Cement, France. He was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Biochemicals Business in the United States in 1989, before returning to Lafarge headquarters in 1992 to head a mission for the Finance Department. In 1996, he went back to the United States as Vice-President of Marketing for Lafarge North America (L.N.A., now Lafarge in North America). In 1999, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge's operations in Turkey and then in 2001, Executive Vice-President of Cement operations in Southeast Asia, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Guillaume Roux joined the Executive Committee when he was appointed Executive Vice-President, Co-president of the Cement Business in January 2006.

Isidoro Miranda (1959) has a doctorate (Ph.D.) in engineering from Navarre University (Spain), an M.B.A. from I.N.S.E.A.D., and was Senior Visiting Scholar at Stanford (U.S.A.). He is Spanish and has been with the Group since 1995. He began his career at a strategic consulting firm in London and Paris. He joined Lafarge in 1995 as the Director of Group Strategic Research, before being appointed Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge Asland, the Group's Spanish Cement subsidiary. In 2001, he was appointed to the Group Executive Committee as Executive Vice-President of the Cement Business. During this period, he formalized Lafarge's business model in Cement through the ADVANCE program. From May 2003 to August 2007, he was Executive Vice-President, Gypsum. Since September 1, 2007, he has been Executive Vice-President, Co-President of the Cement Business and a member of the Executive Committee.

Jean-Carlos Angulo (1949) has been with Lafarge since 1975. He has a unique expertise in engineering, managing cement activities and vertical integration. He is a graduate of the Ecole des Mines de Nancy (France) and the European Institute for Business Administration. He began his career as a project engineer in the aerospace industry at the Société Européenne de Propulsion SEP (1971-74) in Bordeaux. He joined Lafarge in 1975, where he was successively Project Manager and Projects Director in Group engineering subsidiaries (plant construction). He then became the General Manager of Lafarge Consulteria e Estudos in Brazil. In 1984 he joined Lafarge Aluminates as Head of Development. From 1990 to 1996 he was General Manager of Lafarge's Brazil operations and head of the Southern and Latin American region. In 1996 he was appointed as General Manager of Lafarge Ciments in France. From 2000 to August 2007, he was President of the Cement Business' operations in Western Europe and Morocco. Since September 1, 2007, he has been Executive Vice-President, Co-President of the Cement Business and a member of the Executive Committee. He is also a Director of Cimentos de Portugal S.G.P.S., S.A. (Cimpor).

A graduate of Brown University (1978) and a doctor in law (PhD) from Georgetown University (1981), U.S.A., Thomas Farrell (1956) is American and has been with Lafarge since 1990. Prior to joining Lafarge, he was a corporate attorney with Shearman & Sterling, working at both their New York (U.S.A.) and Paris (France) offices. Thomas Farrell joined Lafarge in 1990, first working at the Paris headquarters as Vice-President of Strategy. He managed an operating unit of Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete in France from 1992 to 1994. In 1996, he was appointed Vice-President and General Manager of Southern Alberta in the Western Canada region of Lafarge North America's Aggregates Concrete & Asphalt Business (L.N.A., now Lafarge in North America), a position he held until 1998 when he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge's Business in India. In June 2002, he was appointed Executive Vice-President of Lafarge North America and President, Aggregates, Concrete & Asphalt, Western N.A. Region. In 2006 he was appointed President of Aggregates, Concrete & Asphalt, North America Region. Since September 1, 2007, he has been Executive Vice-President, Co-President of the Aggregates & Concrete Business and a member of the Executive Committee. He is also a Director of National Stone Sand and Gravel Association and of American Road and Transportation Builders Association, 2 U.S. industry associations.

Sara Ravella (1970) graduated from Bocconi University in Milan (Italy) and holds a PhD from the London School of Economics (U.K.). She is from Italy and has been with the Group since 2003. She started her career at the United Nations in Geneva. She then occupied international posts in strategy, change management, development of human resources and organizations at several companies, including S.T.Microelectronics and Rhodia. She joined Lafarge in 2003, as Senior Vice-President Organization, Development and Training, within the Human Resources department. In this role, she built the Lafarge University and supported the Group in its organizational and cultural change. Since June 2008, she has been Senior Vice-President, Communications, and a member of the Executive Committee.

Bernard Kasriel (1946) was appointed to the Lafarge Board of Directors in 1989. He was Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge from 2003 to 2005. He began his career in 1970 at the Institut du Développement Industriel. He then served as Chief Executive Officer of Braud from 1972 to 1974 and as Senior Executive Vice-President of the Société Phocéenne de Métallurgie from 1975 to 1977. He joined Lafarge in 1977 and held various executive positions within the Group, notably as Senior Executive Vice-President from 1982 to 1989, Chief Operating Officer from 1989 to 1994, and Vice-Chairman Chief Operating Officer from 1995 to 2003. From 1987 to 1989, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of National Gypsum in Dallas, Texas. He holds various executive positions in the subsidiaries of Lafarge. He was director of Sonocco Products Company until 2007. His term of office expires at the General Meeting approving financial statements for the financial year ended 2009. He is a director of L'Oréal (France), Arkema and Nucor (United-States). He has been a partner and member of the Board of Directors of L.B.O. France since September 2006.

Bertrand Collomb (1942) was appointed to the Lafarge Board of Directors in 1987. A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole des Mines de Paris, he also holds a French law degree and a Ph.D. in Management (University of Texas). From 1966 to 1975, he worked with the French government and founded the Center for Management Research at the Ecole Polytechnique. He joined Lafarge in 1975. After occupying several positions across the Group, notably as C.E.O. of Lafarge Corporation, the North American arm of the Group, from 1985 to 1988, he was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge in August 1989. Under his management, the Group grew rapidly and became the world leader in building materials. Convinced that the private sector has an important role to play in sustainable development, he drove the Group's policy in this area, the pioneering partnership with W.W.F. being the most visible example. He was Chairman of Lafarge from 2003 to 2007 before being appointed Honorary Chairman of Lafarge on May 3, 2007. His term of office expires at the General Meeting approving financial statements for the financial year ended 2012. He is a director of Total (France), A.T.C.O. (Canada) and DuPont (United-States) and also plays an active role in several institutions. He is a director of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation (I.A.S.C.F.). He is Chairman of the French Institute of International Relations (I.F.R.I.) and of the Institut des Hautes Etudes for Science and Technology. He was Chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (W.B.C.S.D.) in 2004 and 2005 and is still very active within this organization. He is a member of the Institut de France (Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques).

Gérald Frère (1951) was appointed to the Lafarge Board of Directors in 2008. He is managing director of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (G.B.L.) (Belgium). Gérald Frère joined the family company, the Frère-Bourgeois group (Belgium), in 1972. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert in 1982. He became managing director in 1993 and is since that time Chairman of the Executive Committee. His term of office expires at the General Meeting approving financial statements for the financial year ended 2012. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille S.A. (C.N.P.) and T.V.I. S.A. (R.T.L. Belgium) (Belgium). He is Regent of the National Bank of Belgium. He is vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pargesa Holding S.A (Switzerland), Director of Power Financial Corporation (Canada) and Suez-Tractebel S.A (Belgium).

Hélène Ploix (1944) was appointed to the Lafarge Board of Directors in 1999. Mrs. Ploix is Chairman of Pechel Industries and of Pechel Industries Partenaires. She was Special Counsel for the single currency at K.P.M.G. Peat Marwick from 1995 to 1996. She has previously served as Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (France), as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of C.D.C. Participations from 1989 to 1995, as Chairman of the Caisse Autonome de refinancement, as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of C.D.C. Gestion, and as Chairman of C.D.C. Participations. Her term of office expires at the General Meeting approving financial statements for the financial year ended 2012. She is member of the Board of Surveillance of Publicis Groupe (France) and a director of B.N.P. Paribas (France), Ferring S.A. (Switzerland), of Completel N.V (Nederlands). In her capacity as Chairman of Pechel Industries, she is also a director of various non-listed companies.

Jean-Pierre Boisivon (1940) was appointed to the Lafarge Board of Directors in 2005. He has held responsibilities in both education and business. From 1980 to 2000, he was a university professor at the University of Paris-II Panthéon-Assas. He headed the Department of Evaluation and Trends at the French Ministry of Education from 1987 to 1990, and the Essec Group from 1990 to 1997. He served as Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the Caisse d'Epargne de Paris from 1978 to 1985, was General Secretary of the Union des Banques à Paris from 1985 to 1987, and was General Delegate of the Company Institute from 1997 to 2008. His term of office expires at the General Meeting approving financial statements for the financial year ended 2012. He currently acts as Chairman of CORA (Conseil d'orientation et de réfl exion de l'assurance), Vice-President of Institut Veolia Environnement, member of CODICE (Comité pour la diffusion de la culture économique) and Administrator of IEFP (Institut pour l'éducation financière du public). He is also director of GSE, Optimus and managing director of SEFE SARL.

Jérôme Guiraud (1961) was appointed to the Lafarge Board of Directors in 2008. Born in Mazamet (France), he is a graduate of Hautes Etudes Commerciales (H.E.C. Paris) in 1984 (France) He is a director of Orascom Construction Industries (O.C.I.) since March 2008, and the Chief Executive Officer of NNS (United Kingdom). He began his career at the French Embassy in Zagreb (Croatia) before joining the internal audit department of Société Générale, at the Inspection générale, in 1986. From 1993 he held various positions abroad. He was first appointed deputy managing director of the Spanish branch of Société Générale and Equity Corporate Finance co-manager for the Eastern Europe/Middle East/African region at S.G. Securities in London (U.K.). In 2000 he became Director and C.E.O. of N.S.G.B. (National Société Générale Bank), a universal bank listed in Cairo (Egypt). In 2004 he was appointed Chairman of the Executive Board of Société Générale Marocaine de Banques in Casablanca (Morocco) and a director of all the Moroccan group subsidiaries and group representative on the Board of the Moroccan subsidiaries of Sanofi and T.U.I. He joined Orascom in 2008. His term of office expires at the General Meeting approving financial statements for the financial year ended 2012.

Michel Bon (1943) was appointed to the Lafarge Board of Directors in 1993. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Devoteam and Éditions du Cerf. He was Chief Operating Officer, then Chief Executive Officer, of Carrefour from 1985 to 1992 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of France Telecom from 1995 to 2002. His term of office expires at the General Meeting approving financial statements for the financial year ended 2012. He is a director of Sonepar (France), Provimi and Editis, censor of Provimi. He is a senior adviser to Roland Berger, Vermeer Capital and Permira.

Michel Pébereau (1944) was appointed to the Lafarge Board of Directors in 1991. He is Chairman of B.N.P. Paribas (France) and holds various executive positions in the subsidiaries of this company. He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of B.N.P. Paribas from 1993 to 2003. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive Officer and subsequently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Crédit Commercial de France from 1982 to 1993. His term of office expires at the General Meeting approving financial statements for the financial year ended 2010. He is a director of Total and Saint-Gobain (France), and of E.A.D.S, and a member of the Supervisory Board of Axa. He is President of the "Institut de l'Entreprise" and a non-voting director of Galeries Lafayette (France). He is also director of Pargesa Holding SA and a member of the Supervisory Board of the Banque Marocaine pour le commerce et l'Industrie.

Michel Rollier (1944) was appointed to the Lafarge Board of Directors in 2008. He graduated from the Institut d'Études Politiques (1967) and the Université de Droit of Paris (1968) (France). Michel Rollier is Managing Partner of Michelin (France). He previously held several positions with Aussedat-Rey (International Paper Group) starting in 1971, including Deputy Managing Director (1994-1996), Chief Financial Officer (1987-1994), Unit Operational Manager (1982-1987) and controller (1973-1982). He joined Michelin (France) in 1996 as Chief Legal Officer and Director for Financial Operations. He was appointed a member of the Michelin Group Executive Council and Chief Financial and Legal Officer in 1999. His term of office expires at the General Meeting approving financial statements for the financial year ended 2012. He is also a director of Moria (France).

Nassef Sawiris, Egyptian, received his secondary education in the German International School of Cairo, Egypt. He later attended the University of Chicago, United-States, where he graduated in economics. Mr. Sawiris joined the Orascom Construction Industries (O.C.I.) group in 1992 and became the Chief Executive Officer of O.C.I.(Egypt) in 1998 before the launch of the initial public offering of the group which was successfully completed in the second quarter of 1999. Mr. Sawiris has led the company in devising the company's investment strategies and execution in the fields of cement, natural gas industries and the significant geographic expansion of the construction group. Through investments in complementary businesses, he has grown the family business into an international corporation with a market capitalization of approximately $20 billion. His term of office expires at the General Meeting approving financial statements for the financial year ended 2011. He is also a Director of the Dubai International Financial Exchange (Nasdaq DIFX), of Besix (Belgium) and of NNS Holding (Luxembourg).

Oscar Fanjul (1949) was appointed to the Lafarge Board of Directors in 2005. On August 1st 2007, he was appointed as non-executive Vice-Chairman of the Board. He holds a PhD in Economics. He was a professor at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain, and an invited professor at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. He began his career in 1972 at the industrial holding I.N.I. (Spain). He was then Technical General Secretary and Under-Secretary at the Spanish Ministry of Energy from 1983 to 1984 and President and Founder of Repsol Y.P.F. (Spain) from its creation in 1988 until 1996. His term of office expires at the General Meeting approving financial statements for the financial year ended 2012. He is Vice-Chairman of Omega Capital (Spain). He is a director of Marsh & McLennan Companies (United-States), the London Stock Exchange (United-Kingdom) and Acerinox (Spain). He is also International Adviser to Goldman Sachs.

Paul Desmarais Jr. (1954) was appointed to the Lafarge Board of Directors in 2008. Born in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada (1954), Paul Desmarais, Jr. studied at McGill University where he obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree. He then graduated from the European Institute of Business (I.N.S.E.A.D.) in Fontainebleau, France, with a Master's degree in Business Administration (M.B.A.). In 1996, he is named Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Power Corporation of Canada (P.C.C.) and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Power Financial Corporation (P.F.C.). Prior to joining P.C.C. in 1981, he was with S.G. Warburg & Co. in London, England, and with Standard Brands Incorporated in New York. He was President and Chief Operating Officer of P.F.C. from 1986 to 1989, and was Chairman from 1990 to 2005. His term of office expires at the General Meeting approving financial statements for the financial year ended 2011. He is a Director and member of the Executive Committee of many Power group companies in North America. He is also Executive Director and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Pargesa Holding S.A. (Switzerland), Vice-Chairman of the Board of Imerys (France), and a Director of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (Belgium), Total S.A. and Suez (France). Mr. Desmarais is Chairman of the Board of Governors of The International Economic Forum of the Americas, Founder and Chairman of the International Advisory Committee of "École des Hautes Études Commerciales" (H.E.C.) Montreal, and Founder and Member of the International Advisory Board of the McGill University Faculty of Management (Canada). He is a member of the International Council and a Director of the European Institute of Business Administration (I.N.S.E.A.D.) and Global Advisor for Merrill Lynch (New York). He is also a member of the North American Competitiveness Council (Canada). Mr Desmarais is a member of the Economic Consultative Council directed by the minister Flaherty (Canada), member of the Board of the Trudeau Foundation, Vice- Chairman of the Board and member of the Executive Committee of the CCCE ("Conseil Canadien des Chefs d'Entreprise"). He is also member of the Honorary Council of the Peres Center for peace, member of the "National Strategy Concil" of the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, member of the BAC and Co-President of the national campaign for the preservation of nature in Canada.

Philippe Charrier was appointed to the Lafarge Board of Directors in 2005. He is Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and director of Oenobiol. He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Procter & Gamble France from 1999 to 2006. He joined Procter & Gamble in 1978 and held various positions, notably Chief Financial Officer from 1988 to 1994, Marketing Director in France from 1994 to 1996, and Chief Operating Officer of Procter & Gamble Morocco from 1996 to 1998. His term of office expires at the General Meeting approving financial statements for the financial year ended 2012. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alphident and Dental Emco S.A. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Spotless group. He is also Chairman of "Entreprise et Progrès" and director of the "Fondation Nestlé pour la nutrition".

Philippe Dauman (1954) was appointed to the Lafarge Board of Directors in 2007. He has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Viacom (United-States) since September 2006. From 2000 to 2006, he was Co-Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of D.N.D. Capital Partners L.L.C., an investment fund specializing in media and telecommunications. He was General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Viacom from 1993 to 1998, Executive Vice-President from 1995 to 2000, and Vice-Chairman from 1996 to 2000. He was previously a partner in the New York law firm of Shearman & Sterling. His term of office expires at the General Meeting approving financial statements for the financial year ended 2010. He was a director of Lafarge North America (L.N.A., now Lafarge in North America) from 1997 to 2006. He is currently director of National Amusements Inc. (United-States), and a member of the Dean's Council for the University of Columbia Law School (United-States).

Pierre de Lafarge (1946) was appointed to the Lafarge Board of Directors in 2007. He holds an engineering degree from the Ecole des Mines de Nancy (France). He has terminated his career in 2008 as Director of International Development for Kerneos, a subsidiary of the Matéris group. He worked in the Lafarge Group from 1972 to 2001, holding the positions of Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge Réfractaire from 1992 to 1995 and Vice-President for Development in Eastern Europe with Lafarge Mortiers from 1996 to 2000. He was Vice-President for Strategy and International Development for Lafarge Mortiers from 2000 to 2001 and for the mortar operations of the Matéris group from 2001 to 2003. He left the Lafarge Group in 2001 following the sale of the specialty materials business, now known as Matéris, to investment funds. His term of office expires at the General Meeting approving financial statements for the financial year ended 2011.

Thierry de Rudder was appointed to the Lafarge Board of Directors in 2008. Born in Paris, France (1949), Thierry de Rudder has a Franco-Belgian dual nationality. Thierry de Rudder is a graduate in mathematics from the University of Geneva (Switzerland) and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) and has an M.B.A. from the Wharton School in Philadelphia (United-States). He began his career in the United States, joining Citibank in 1975 where he held various positions in New York and then in Europe. In 1986, he joined Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, of which he is Executive Director. His term of office expires at the General Meeting approving financial statements for the financial year ended 2011. He is also a director of Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille and Suez-Tractebel (Belgium) and of Imerys, Suez and Total (France).