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Paris – 19 October 2015. GTT, the world leader in the design of membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas), announces that its Board of Directors met on October 14th and appointed two new members, Andrew Jamieson and, following the proposal of ENGIE, Benoît Mignard. They are succeeding respectively to Laurent Maurel and Olivier Jacquier, both resigning from their mandate.

As a reminder, Sandra Lagumina was also following the proposal of ENGIE, appointed by the Board of Directors that met on the 21th of July. She succeeded to Secil Torun.

Andrew Jamieson and Benoît Mignard will be joining the Compensation and Nominations Committee and the Audit and Risk Management Committee respectively.

Andrew Jamieson has vast experience of the energy industry in general and LNG in particular.  He held various positions with Shell Group in Europe, Australia and Africa before being appointed, in 2005, Executive Vice-President “Gas & Projects” and member of “Gaz & Power” Executive Committee of Shell, functions he retained until he retired in 2009.  Andrew Jamieson serves as Director in different companies specialized in the energy sector and chairs Seven Energy International Limited. He is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He’s also a member of the Royal Institute of Chemical Engineers which he has been chairing since 2015. Andrew Jamieson is a Chartered Engineer and holds a Ph.D. degree from Glasgow University.

Sandra Lagumina has been chief executive officer of GrDF (Gaz Réseau Distribution France – French gas distribution grid) since 2013. She is a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies and the National School of Administration. She holds a DESS post-graduate degree in Common Market Law and a DESS post-graduate degree in Public Law. Sandra Lagumina started her career in 1995 within the Council of State as an Auditor and then Privy Counsellor. Technical and legal advisor to the President of the National Assembly from 1998 to 2000, she then joined the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry as Technical Advisor to the Minister’s Cabinet, in charge of legal matters, public procurement and competition law. In 2002, she was appointed Director in charge of Public and International Law at the Legal Affairs Department of the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry and Legal Associate to the Treasury. She joined Gaz de France in February 2005 as Deputy Vice President of the Strategy Division, in charge of Public Affairs. She was appointed General Counsel at Gaz de France in 2007, then Corporate General Counsel of Engie (formerly GDF SUEZ).

Benoît Mignard, civil engineer graduate of the Ecole des Mines de Paris. After having held various positions at the Research Development division of EDF, Benoît Mignard joined Gaz de France in 1992 and took the head of the Trading Office and of the Budget. In 1999, he is in charge of the negotiation of gas supply contracts, and then of economic studies. In 2002, he undertakes the development of “structured transactions gas and LNG,” activities accompanying the opening of the energy markets in Europe. In 2006, he joined the Finance department as head of Investments Acquisitions, a position he held at GDF SUEZ after the merger of 2008. In 2012, he became deputy director GDF SUEZ E&P INTERNATIONAL and in October 2015 deputy director, in charge of Finance and Strategy for the Global Gas Branch and LNG of ENGIE. Benoît Mignard served as member of GTT’s board from 2012 to 2014.

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