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Paul DesmaraisVice-Chairman of the Board of DirectorsBusiness address:Power Corporation of Canada751, Victoria Square – Montreal,Quebec H2Y 2J3 (Canada)Curriculum VitaeBorn on 4 January 1927 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada,Canadian nationality.After earning a degree in business administration from theUniversity of Ottawa (Canada), Paul Desmarais took overa bus company in Sudbury (Ontario) in 1951. In 1959, hefounded Transportation Management Corporation Limitedand then went on to acquire Provincial Transport Limited in1960. He acquired effective control over Entreprises GelcoLimitée in 1962. In 1968, he acquired a controlling stake inPower Corporation of Canada, an international managementand holding company. He served as its Chairman and ChiefManagement Officer from 1968 to 1996. Today, he chairs thefirm’s Executive Committee.He has been a Director of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert since1982 and currently is Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors.Paul Desmarais, jrVice-Chairman of the Board of DirectorsThierry de RudderVice-Chairman of the Board of DirectorsBusiness address:Groupe Bruxelles Lambert24, avenue Marnix - 1000 Brussels (Belgium)Curriculum VitaeBorn on 3 September 1949, in Paris, France, French andBelgian nationality.Thierry de Rudder has degrees in mathematics from theUniversity of Geneva and Free University of Brussels (ULB) andan MBA from Wharton School in Philadelphia.He began his career in the United States and joined Citibankin 1975, where he held various positions in New York and thenin Europe.He is currently Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors andChairman of the Standing Committee of Groupe BruxellesLambert, which he joined in 1986 and where he held theposition of Managing Director until December 2011.Ian GallienneManaging DirectorBusiness address:Groupe Bruxelles Lambert24, avenue Marnix - 1000 Brussels (Belgium)Business address:Power Corporation of Canada751, Victoria Square – Montreal,Quebec H2Y 2J3 (Canada)Curriculum VitaeBorn on 3 July 1954 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, Canadiannationality.Paul Desmarais, jr has a degree in business studies fromMcGill University in Montreal and an MBA from INSEAD inFontainebleau.He began his career in England with S.G. Warburg & Co. Ltd.,moving on to Standard Brands Incorporated in New York.In 1981, he joined Power Corporation of Canada, where heis now Chairman of the Board and co-Chief ManagementOfficer. He has been a Director of Groupe Bruxelles Lambertsince 1990.Curriculum VitaeBorn on 23 January 1971, in Boulogne-Billancourt, France,French nationality.Ian Gallienne has a degree in Management and Administration,with a specialisation in Finance, from the E.S.D.E. in Paris andan MBA from INSEAD in Fontaineble u.He began his career in Spain, in 1992, as co-founder of acommercial company. From 1995 to 1997, he was a memberof management of a consulting firm specialised in thereorganisation of ailing companies in France. From 1998 to2005, he was Manager of the private equity funds RhôneCapital LLC in New York and London. Since 2005, he hasbeen a co-founder and Managing Director of the private equityfunds Ergon Capital Partners in Brussels.He has been a Director of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert since2009 and Managing Director since 1 January 2012.Corporate governance statementAnnual Report 2011 127