2025 Universal Registration Document

2. Corporate governance

Age : 56 

French and Moroccan

Expiry date of term of office: 2028

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Member of the Strategy and Sustainability Committee

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Business address:

Syensqo – 98, rue de la Fusée - 1120 Brussels – Belgium

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Holds 250 L'Oréal shares

Ilham Kadri

Dr. Ilham Kadri is Chairwoman of the Executive Committee of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (a non-profit member-led organisation). A science-driven industrial leader, she was Chief Executive Officer at the Solvay group and chaired its Executive Committee from 2019 to 2023. She steered a major transformation that led to the spin-off of the group and the creation of Syensqo, an international specialty chemicals group focused on innovation and sustainability. From December 2023 to the end of December 2025, she served as Chief Executive Officer of Syensqo. Dr. Ilham Kadri was previously Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of the American company Diversey, after having held senior leadership roles in research and development, sales, marketing, strategy, business management and digital transformation at Shell, UCB, Dow, Sealed Air.

Ilham Kadri has been a Director of L'Oréal since 2020.

She is also a Director of A.O. Smith Corporation.

Other corporate offices and directorships held
Foreign companies  
A.O. Smith Corporation* (United States)

A.O. Smith Corporation* (United States)

 

Member of the Board of Directors
Other
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (Switzerland)

World Business Council for Sustainable Development (Switzerland)

 

Chairwoman of the Executive Committee
Brussels University Hospital (Belgium)

Brussels University Hospital (Belgium)

 

Director
European Round Table (ERT) (Belgium)

European Round Table (ERT) (Belgium)

 

Vice-Chairwoman
Corporate offices and directorships held
over the last five years that have expired
Expiry date
of term of office
Foreign companies
Syensqo* (Belgium) Chief Executive Officer
Member of the Board of Directors		 2025
Solvay (Belgium) Chief Executive Officer
Member of the Board of Directors		 2023
Skills related to L'Oréal's strategy and development objectives
  • Experience of General Management
  • International profile
  • Financial expertise
  • Industry
  • Research & Innovation
  • HR/employee relations
  • ESG including Governance and Development of an ESG strategy for an international group

* Listed company.