Michel Giannuzzi – Chief Executive Officer

Born in 1964, was appointed Tarkett Chief Executive Officer in September 2007. He has spent his entire career in industry – beginning in 1989 with Michelin. From his initial diverse industrial responsibilities in France and the UK, he went on to manage a production unit specialized in revolutionary tyres (C3M) before taking on the responsibility of reeingineering the Supply Chain in Europe and then becoming CEO of Michelin Japan. In 2001, he joined the Valeo Group as Vice President, successively in charge of Electrical Systems and Wiper Systems (2003). Michel is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Harvard Business School.

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Patrick Mathieu – President Tarkett Western Europe

47 years old, joined Tarkett in May 2008. He has 20 years’ experience in industrial marketing and management in Saint Gobain, particularly in construction materials. He held the post of technical director for Isover, Germany, then managing director for Weber and Broutin. For the Isover Division he became director for Western Europe and more recently managing director for the Mediterranean region covering gypsum, insulation and mortars products. He has spent most of his career working outside of France – in Germany and across Europe. He is a graduate of ESEM and has a diploma in solid state physics.

Dragan Zarkovic – President Tarkett Eastern Europe

Dragan Zarkovic, 54 years old, has been instrumental in building up Tarkett's Eastern Europe business following a career in the flooring industry. He led the Residential Division of Tarkett for one year prior to the Group's reorganization in June 2007. He has held many managerial positions at Sintelon AD, Tarkett's joint venture partner in Eastern Europe. Dragan graduated from Novi Sad University with a degree in law and economics.

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Jeff Buttitta – President Tarkett North America

Jeff Buttitta, 60, was CEO of Johnsonite Inc. for 15 years prior to the acquisition by Tarkett in 2005. He was appointed President of Tarkett North America mid 2007.  Jeff has a wide professional management experience across finance, sales, marketing, manufacturing, human resources and field installation services during his career.  Prior to joining Johnsonite he was Vice President of Operations for a high end manufacturer of commercial contract furniture for Hauserman Inc. Jeff has a degree in business and accounting from Baldwin Wallace College, USA.

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Eric Daliere – President Tarkett Sports

Eric Daliere, 42 years old, has been appointed president of the Tarkett Sports Division in October 2009. Eric has an extensive background in project management and operational improvement, having spent the past 10 years with KKR Capstone running complex business projects and taking interim leadership roles. A MBA graduate from J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, Eric has previously worked for the Boston Consulting Group and the AmeriCares Foundation.

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Fabrice Barthélemy – Chief Financial Officer

40 years old, joined Tarkett as Chief Financial Officer in January 2008. He started his career in 1991 as an industrial controller in Snecma Engines. He joined the Valeo Group in 1995 and moved to the UK where he was financial controller of a factory and subsequently a Division. Between 2001 and 2003 he was financial controller of the Lighting Division at Angers France and then became financial director of Valeo Connective Systems. From 2005 to 2007 he held the post of financial director of Valeo Wiper Systems. Fabrice is a graduate of ESCP (Paris).

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Vincent Lecerf – EVP Group Human Resources

43 years old, joined Tarkett EVP Human Resources in January 2008. He has spent his professional career in human resource management in industrial and services organizations. Before joining Tarkett he was HR Director for the logistics and transport group Norbert Dentressangle. Vincent is a graduate of EDHEC and has a diploma in organizational sociology.

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Christoph Stettler – EVP Marketing & Environment

38 years old, was appointed EVP Marketing and Environment in February 2008. From 2000 to 2007 Christoph worked for McKinsey & Company, a management consulting firm throughout Europe, Northern Africa and Asia. During that time he worked mainly in the chemical and retail sector as well as other industries. Christoph is an attorney at law and has a degree from London Business School.

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Thomas Ahrens – EVP Operations

46 years old, joined Tarkett as EVP Operations in January 2009. Thomas spent 16 years in various management positions within the Total Group. Most recently he held the position of Vice President Operations of Atotech, the worldwide electroplating division of Total where he was responsible for 16 production plants, purchasing, technical services, supply chain management, chemical services and materials science as well as health, safety, environment and quality management. Thomas has a chemical engineering degree from Hamburg University, Germany and an MBA from Bradford University, UK.

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Pierre-Philippe Simphlet – Secretary to the Board

Pierre-Philippe Simphlet, 57 years old, has been Secretary to the Board for Tarkett since 2001. He spent the first decade of his career in a French-listed investment management company advising banks and SME companies to guide them on their listing on the Paris Stock Exchange. He has 14 years’ experience within the Sommer Allibert Group, as Secretary General for Finance, leading corporate reorganization and then divestiture of its housing, containers, furniture and garden activities, and later as Corporate Secretary for Sommer Allibert International, in particular the automobile activity that became part of the Peugeot group in 2001.  Pierre-Philippe is a graduate of ESCP (Paris) and IUEE (Geneva)

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