Clara Gaymard - Veolia Environnement Independent Director and Presidentident of RAISE

Ms. Clara Gaymard has served as Independent Director of Veolia Environnement SA since April 22, 2015. She is a graduate of the Institut dEtudes Politiques de Paris in Paris and of the Ecole Nationale dAdministration . She is Member of the Company Research, Innovation and Sustainable Development Committee and Member of the Compensation Committee. She is a Cofounder of RAISE. She held several senior civil service positions between 1982 and 2006. Before entering ENA, Clara Gaymard started her career at Paris City Hall in the mayors office between 1982 and 1984. On leaving ENA, she joined the French Court of Accounts as an auditor and was promoted to Senior Audit Commissioner in 1990. She was then Deputy Head of Economic Expansion Services in Cairo, followed by Head of the European Union office in the External Economic Relations Department of the French Economy and Finance Ministry. In June 1995, she was asked by Colette Codaccioni, the Minister of Solidarity, to become her chief of staff. Clara Gaymard was then Deputy Director of SME Support and Regional Action in the DREE followed by head of the SME mission . In 2003 she was appointed Ambassadoratlarge for international investment and President of the Invest in France Agency . In 2006, Clara Gaymard joined General Electric as Chairman of GE in France and then of the NorthWest Europe region from 2008 to 2010. While remaining Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GE France, she was appointed ViceChairman of GE International for Government Sales and Strategy in 2009 and then in 2010, ViceChairman for Governments and Cities under the chairmanship of Jeffrey R. Immelt. Since 2013, she has participated in the acquisition of Alstoms energy business and played a major role in its completion. On February 1, 2016 she joined RAISE, as a cofounding partner with Gonzague de Blignieres. She is Director of Danone, Sages, Bouygues and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton. since 2015.