UCB SA - BNP Paribas Fortis

Norman J-Ornstein was appointed to the Board in 2008. He is a resident scholar at the American
Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) based in Washington, DC (U.S.) and he counsels
government campaign commissions. He also serves as an election analyst for CBS News and writes in
several U.S. newspapers. He has also published several books related to U.S. politics. Norman Ornstein
has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota (U.S.), from which he also received an
honorary Doctor of Laws degree, and he achieved a Master of Arts and Ph.D. from the University of
Michigan (U.S.). He served as a member of the board of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and is
currently on the board of Directors of the Campaign Legal Center, as well as on the board of Trustees of
the U.S. Capitol Historical Society.
Arnoud de Pret was appointed to the Board in 2005 and has chaired the Audit Committee since 2005. A
commercial engineer from UCL (Louvain), Arnoud de Pret started his career as a credit officer with
Morgan Guaranty Trust of New York (in Brussels and Antwerp) in 1971. He became treasurer and
corporate finance manager of Cockerill S.A. (Liège) in 1978. He joined the Issuer (Brussels) in 1981 as
chief financial officer and became a member of the Executive Committee in 1986. In 1990 he left the
Issuer and became treasurer and corporate finance manager at Société Générale de Belgique S.A before
joining Umicore SA in 1991 as chief financial officer and member of the management committee until
May 2000. Arnoud de Pret is director and member of the audit committee of InBev S.A., Umicore S.A.,
Sibelco S.A., Delhaize Group S.A. and serves as member of the supervisory board of NYSE Euronext.
Bridget van Rijckevorsel was appointed to the Board in 1992. Mrs van Rijckevorsel is a member of the
board of directors of various privately-owned investment companies.
Gäetan van de Werve was appointed to the Board in 2006. A Doctor of Law (K.U.Leuven, Belgium), he
also holds an MBA from Vlerick Management School (RUG). He joined Petrofina S.A. in 1973 where
he held various management responsibilities in the areas of supply, sales and marketing. He was the
managing director of Sigma Paints in Thailand from 1983 to 1985. In 1992 he joined the European
Petroleum Industry Association (EURPIA) as an executive officer where he was responsible for
environment, tax and legal. In 1996 he joined the Belgian Oil Industry Association as secretary-general.
Gäetan van de Werve is not a member of the board of directors of another listed company.
No member of the Board has been convicted in relation to fraudulent offences or has been associated
within the past five years, with any bankruptcies, receiverships or liquidations and/or any official public
incrimination and/or sanctions by statutory or regulatory authorities (including designated professional
bodies). Furthermore, no member of the Board has ever been disqualified by a court from acting as a
member of the administrative, management or supervisory bodies of an issuer or, within the past five
years, has been disqualified from acting in the management or conduct of the affairs of any issuer.
2. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Executive Committee is vested with all the duties, powers and authorities assigned to it by the
Board. The Board nonetheless continues to bear ultimate responsibility for the management of the
Issuer and theoretically has the competence to make decisions in the place of the Executive Committee.
According to section 5.1.1 of the charter of corporate governance of the Issuer (the “Charter”), the
Executive Committee has responsibility for executing the strategy of the Issuer and the UCB Group as
approved by the Board, in particular in the areas of research and development, operations, financial,
administrative, risk and legal issues, human resources and investment.
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