Luxembourg – Monday 24 June, 2002 – Gemplus International SA (Paris Euronext: Euroclear 5768 and Nasdaq: GEMP) today announces that Dominique Vignon is appointed as Chairman of the Board with immediate effect. Dominique succeeds Hasso von Falkenhausen who, as planned, now retires as Chairman and continues to serve as a non-executive Director.
Also as planned, Dr. Gilles Lisimaque has resigned from the Board upon the appointment of the new Chairman.
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1. Dominique Vignon
Aged 54, Dominique is a graduate of France's Ecole Polytechnique, and of the leading French Civil Engineering School, the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. He started his career as a civil engineer in the central administration of the French Ministry for Equipment before joining Electricité de France in 1980. He joined the Framatome Group in 1990 and was appointed General Manager of Nuclear Power International (NPI), the joint venture of Framatome and Siemens for the development of the European pressurised water reactor (EPR). In 1993, he became Chairman of the newly acquired Jeumont Industries, and from 1995 he was also appointed President of Framatome's nuclear business. In 1996, he became Chairman and CEO of the Framatome Group, a position he held until the end of 2001.
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Gemplus helps its clients offer an exceptional range of portable, personalized solutions that bring security and convenience to people's lives. These include mobile Internet access, inter-operable banking facilities, e-commerce, and a wealth of other applications.
Gemplus is the only completely dedicated, truly global player in the Smart Card industry, with the largest R &D team, unrivalled experience, and an outstanding track record of technological innovation.
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