Francois-Henri Pinault Biography
François-Henri Pinault has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of PPR SA (formerly, Pinault Printemps Redoute SA) since May 19, 2005 and since March 21, 2005 respectively. Mr. Pinault serves as Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Artemis (formerly, Artemis Fine Arts SA). He serves as Co-Managing Director of Financière Pinault SCA. From 1987 to 1989, he worked with Pinault Distribution (Pinault S.A. Group) and served as its Manager of Procurement. From 1989 to 1990, Mr. Pinault served as General Manager of France Bois Industries (Pinault S.A. Group), specializing in industrial joinery. From 1991 to 1997, He served as the Head of Pinault Distribution (Pinault S.A. Group), he consolidated and developed this company specializing in the importation and distribution of timber and building materials. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Pinault served as Chief Executive Officer of CFAO (Compagnie Française de l'Afrique Occidentale, Pinault-Printemps-Redoute Group). He served as Deputy Chief Executive of the PPR group and Head of the group's Internet activities. Mr. Pinault served as Chairman of Management Board and Member of Management Board of PPR SA since March 21, 2005. In addition to FNAC's growth in France, he also stepped up the group's international development in Brazil, Switzerland, Italy and Portugal, successfully completed the acquisition of Surcouf, and developed fnac.com's online business, turning it into a separate distribution channel. In 2000, Mr. Pinault was appointed Assistant General Manager of the Pinault-Printemps-Redoute Group, and in particular oversaw the Group's Internet activities. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Pinault served as Co-Manager of Financière Pinault. Mr. Pinault has been Chairman of the Artémis Group of PPR SA since May 2003. Mr. Pinault has been Chairman of Gucci Group NV since October 2005. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Pinault served as Chairman of the FNAC Group, France's leading distributor of cultural and leisure merchandise (Pinault-Printemps-Redoute Group). He served as Chairman of CFAO since 1993. He served as Chief Executive officer of Fnac until 2000; Vice Chairman of Supervisory Board of PPR SA from May 22, 2003 to March 21, 2005. He has been Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board at CFAO since October 5, 2009. He has been Director of Tennessee since 2001; Member of the Management Board of Château Latour since June 1998; Board Member of Christies International Plc, United Kingdom - since May 2003; Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Puma AG from June 19, 2007; he has been Vice Chairman of Supervisory Board of Boucheron Holding since May 2005. He served as Member of the Supervisory Board of Yves Saint Laurent SAS from 2005 to 2008; Chief Executive officer of Artémis from December 1992 to May 2003; Deputy Chief Executive officer of TV Breizh from January 2002 to May 2003; Director of Simetra Obligations from May 2003 to December 2006 and Palazzo Grassi Spa from July to December 2005. Mr. Pinault has been Director of the Artémis Group of PPR SA since May 2003. He serves as Director of PPR SA. and Groupe Artemis. He has been a Member of the PPR Group's Supervisory Board since May 1, 2001. He has been Independent Non-Executive Director of Arcelor Mittal since June 30, 2006. He has been a Director of Gucci Group NV since 1999. He has been a Director of Bouygues SA since December 22, 1998. Mr. Pinault serves as Executive Director of Artemis Fine Arts SA. He serves as an Independent Director of Mittal Steel Annaba. He has been director of FNAC SA since 1994 and Soft Computing since June 2001. Mr. Pinault serves as Member of the Supervisory Board of Boucheron Holding. He has been a Member of Supervisory Board of Gucci Group N.V. since June 20, 2001. He serves as a Member of the Supervisory Board of Conforama Holding and Guilbert. Mr. Pinault served as a Member of the Supervisory Board of PPR SA since January 17, 2001. He served as an Independent Director of Arcelor SA. He served as a Director of Renault SA since February 2004. He served as a Director of TV Breizh from April 2000 to January 2004. Mr. Pinault graduated from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) in 1985.

Francois-Henri Pinault