Ecole Polytechnique (1969) and the Ecole Normale Sup  rieure des Mines engineering school of Paris, France.

Christian Herrault joined the Group in 1985.

In 1985, he took responsibility for strategy and development in the Bioactivities Business Unit. Between 1987 and 1992, he was Chief Operating Officer for the Seeds Business Unit in the United States and then in France, before managing the Glutamates Business from 1992 to 1994.

In 1995, he was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Aluminates & Admixtures Business (no longer part of the Group).

In 1998, he was appointed to the Executive Committee as Executive Vice-President, Human Resources and Organization and subsequently on 1 September 2007, he became President of the Gypsum Business. Still a member of the Executive Committee, he is Operations Executive Vice-President since January 1st 2012.

He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France. 

He was appointed as Non-Executive Director of the Company on 30 May 2012 and as Vice Chairman of the Company on 18 November 2014..

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