Form 20-F 2005

Biographies
Yves René Nanot has been Chairman of our Board of Directors since March 31, 2004. He was Vice President of our Board from
October 3, 2003 to March 30, 2004. He has been a Director of our Board since his appointment in October 2002. He is also Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Ciments Français and a Director of Imerys, Provimi and Italcementi (in Italy), as well as
Ciments Français’ foreign subsidiaries in the United States, Morocco, India, Thailand, Turkey and Egypt. He was appointed Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of Total France, then President of Total Refining and Marketing and member of the Total Group Executive
Committee. He joined the Total Group in 1983 and was Chairman of Hutchinson S.A. from 1983 to 1989. He began his career with
Dupont de Nemours in the United States and held various positions with the Company in France and Europe between 1962 and
1983. Mr. Nanot is a graduate of the Arts et Métiers school of engineering (Paris) and has a MBA and PhD from the University of
California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
Jean-Pierre Clamadieu has been our Chief Executive Officer since October 2003. From October 2003 until March 31, 2004, he also
served as Interim Chairman of our Board of Directors. Prior to holding his current position, he served as President of the Pharmacy &
Agrochemicals Division from April 2003 until October 2003, and he was President of the Fine Organics Division from January 2002
through April 2003. In 2001, he served as Senior Vice President for Corporate Purchasing, and between 1999 and 2000, he was
President of Rhodia Eco Services. From 1996 through 1999, he served as President of the Chemical Sector in the Latin American
Zone for our Company and as Manager of the Automotive Pollution Control Project in the Chemical Sector of Rhône-Poulenc. He
joined Rhône-Poulenc in 1993 to develop new activities in the area of automobile pollution control. Prior to joining Rhône-Poulenc,
he was technical advisor to Labor Minister Martine Aubry between 1991 and 1993. Mr. Clamadieu began his professional career in
1984 with various positions in French government agencies such as the regional industry and research office (DRIR) and the regional
land-use planning department (DATAR). He holds an engineering degree from the École des mines (Paris, France).
Aldo Cardoso has been a Director of our Board since July 28, 2004, and currently serves as Chairman of our Audit Committee
and member of our Compensation and Selection Committee. He is currently a Director of Orange, Gaz de France, Imerys and
Accor. From 2002 to 2003, he served as acting CEO of Andersen Worldwide. He was Managing Partner for France until 2002.
He was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Andersen Worldwide from 2000 to 2001. He began his career as a consultant auditor
in the Andersen Group in 1979, was named Partner in 1989 and was Director of the Audit Department, France in 1993, prior to
taking responsibility for the European Audit Department and Financial Consultancy in 1988. Mr. Cardoso is a graduate of École
supérieure de commerce de Paris.
Pascal Colombani was appointed Director at the shareholders’ meeting of June 23, 2005 and currently serves as member of our Strategic
Committee. Mr. Colombani is Associate Director at A.T. Kearney and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Institut Français du
Pétrole (IFP), Alstom and British Energy. He was Chairman of AREVA’s Supervisory Board until 2003. From 1999 to December 2002
he was Chairman and CEO of France’s Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). From 1998 to 1999, he was Director of technology at the
French Ministry of Education, research and technology, before which he spent nearly 20 years at Schlumberger in various
positions in Europe and the United States, and becoming President of the Company’s subsidiary in Tokyo. He began his career at
France’s CNRS Nuclear Physics Institute. Mr. Colombani graduated from École Normale Supérieure in France, Physics habilitation
(aggrégation) (1969) and holds a doctorate in physics (1974).
Jérôme Contamine has been a Director on our Board since March 2004 and currently serves as a member of our
Audit Committee. He is Senior Executive Vice President of Veolia Environment with responsibility for all cross-functional activities
since 2003. In 2000, he was named Senior Vice President Europe/Central Asia of the Exploration-Production Division of TotalFinaElf.
In the same year, he joined Vivendi Environment as Executive Vice President, Finance, and Director of the Management Board.
He became President and CEO of Elf Norway in 1995, after being named Deputy to the Senior Vice President Europe/United States of
Elf Exploration-Production in 1994. In 1988, he joined the Elf Aquitaine Group, where he served in several posts in the
Finance Department. He began his career as a public auditor in the French Government Accounting Office, where he worked from
1984 until 1988. Mr. Contamine is a graduate of the École polytechnique (1979) and the École nationale d’administration (1984).
Form 20 - F 2005 - Rhodia
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