A new management team for the Louis Dreyfus Armateurs group

To support the growth of the Group’s activities, Edouard Louis-Dreyfus, Chairman of the Executive Board, has decided, in agreement with the Supervisory Board chaired by Philippe Louis-Dreyfus, to adopt a new governance for LDA as of January 1, 2022.

• Gildas Maire is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer and becomes Advisor to the Chairman of the Executive Board, Edouard Louis-Dreyfus.
• Kamil Beffa is appointed Chief Executive Officer.
• Antoine d´Anjou and Antoine Person are both appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer and member of the Executive Board.

After more than 30 years of career within the Group, Gildas Maire, in agreement with the Management and the shareholders, withdraws from operational activities and from the Executive Board. As an Advisor alongside the Chairman and the shareholders, he will focus on strategic asset management.

Kamil Beffa is appointed Chief Executive Officer. After an international career in industrial and services companies with operational and functional responsibilities, he joined LDA in 2019 as Deputy Chief Executive
Officer.

Antoine Person has spent his entire career within the Group. After several years in the dry bulk business, he was appointed General Secretary in 2003.

Antoine d´Anjou joined the Group in April 2021, as Chief Financial Officer after a career in France and internationally within the Technip and Systra groups.

This new organization, oriented towards the future and committed to increasingly technical and innovative businesses, will enable the Group to pursue its growth and strengthen its performance at the service of its
customers.