Air Liquide Simplifies Its Organization to Meet Growing Market Demand and Boost Performance
Capitalizing on its
ADVANCE strategic plan
for 2025, on an enhanced performance ambition and on a record-high number of investment opportunities, Air Liquide (Paris:AI) has launched a new Group transformation program to foster agility and improve efficiency. To support this program, the Group is announcing several organizational and governance changes, to be effective
A simplified organization for more performance and agility
As part of its ADVANCE strategic plan and associated performance ambition, this multi-year transformation initiative is designed to position Air Liquide for sustained growth and long-term success, by boosting performance sustainably while improving the way the Group delivers added value to its stakeholders.
Simplifying the organizational matrix is one important component of performance delivery. To that end, Air Liquide will implement multiple changes, such as reducing layers within the organization and adopting a simplified structure composed of Operations and Functions interacting directly.
In addition, a single worldwide Group Industrial Direction will be created to better serve our multiple customers by leveraging our know-how and optimize the Group’s industrial processes, ensuring highest standards of safety, quality, reliability, and efficiency for our customers.
Within the Executive Committee, an adjusted Governance reflecting these organizational changes, as of
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Emilie Mouren-Renouard , Group Vice President, will directly supervise all clusters located inEurope andAfrica Middle East India .
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Armelle Levieux , Group Vice President Innovation and Technology, will supervise Engineering and Construction in addition to her current responsibilities.
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Pascal Vinet , Executive Group Vice President, will supervise the newly created Group Industrial Direction, in addition to supervising the Group Safety and the Industrial Merchant Business Line.
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Michael J. Graff , Executive Group Vice President, retired at the end of June, 2024.
The respective scopes of the other members of the Executive Committee remain unchanged.
Air Liquide is a world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and healthcare. Present in 72 countries with 67,800 employees, the Group serves more than 4 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen are essential small molecules for life, matter and energy. They embody Air Liquide’s scientific territory and have been at the core of the Group’s activities since its creation in 1902.
Taking action today while preparing the future is at the heart of Air Liquide’s strategy. With ADVANCE, its strategic plan for 2025, Air Liquide is targeting a global performance, combining financial and extra-financial dimensions. Positioned on new markets, the Group benefits from major assets such as its business model combining resilience and strength, its ability to innovate and its technological expertise. The Group develops solutions contributing to climate and the energy transition—particularly with hydrogen—and takes action to progress in areas of healthcare, digital and high technologies.
Air Liquide’s revenue amounted to more than
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