Jacques Aschenbroich, Lead Independent Director of TotalEnergies

Born on June 3, 1954 (French).

Current mandates

Main function: Chairman of the Board of Directors of Orange*

Director since the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting on May 28, 2021.

Last reappointment: the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting on May 24, 2024 until 2027.

Independent director. Lead Independent Director. Chairman of the Governance, member of the Compensation Committee and of the Strategy & CSR Committee.

Biography

As an engineer graduate of the Corps des Mines, Mr. Jacques Aschenbroich held several positions in the French administration and served in the Prime Minister’s office in 1987 and 1988. He then pursued an industrial career in the Saint-Gobain group from 1988 to 2008. After having managed subsidiaries in Brazil and Germany, he became Managing Director of the Flat Glass division of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain and went on to become Chairman of Saint-Gobain Vitrage in 1996.

As Senior Vice-President of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain from October 2001 to December 2008, he managed the flat glass and high-performance materials sectors as from January 2007 and, as the Vice-Chairman of Saint-Gobain Corporation and General Delegate to the United States and Canada, he directed the operations of the group in the United States as from September 1, 2007. He was also a director of Esso SAF until June 2009.

Mr. Jacques Aschenbroich was appointed Director and Chief Executive Officer of Valeo in March 2009 and then Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Valeo, positions he held from February 2016 to January 26, 2022. Following the change in the Valeo Group's governance, he remained the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Valeo from January 26, 2022 until December 31, 2022, when Mr. Jacques Aschenbroich left the Chairmanship and the Board of Directors of Valeo.

In May 2022, Jacques Aschenbroich was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Orange.

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