materials and their distribution. In 2005, Olivier Bluche took the helm of Supply Chain Operations, quickly modernising the company's lengthy and dated processes. In October 2022, Saint-Gobain Films & Fabrics was renamed Saint-Gobain Composite Solutions. Company structure Head office The company has its head office in Les Miroirs in La Défense and in Courbevoie. The building served as the company head office since 1981. Committees Executive committee As of August 2019, the executive committee of Saint-Gobain is composed of: Pierre-André de Chalendar, Chairman – Chief Executive Officer Benoit Bazin, Chief Operating Officer Laurent Guillot, Senior Vice-President, CEO High Performance Solutions. Patrick Dupin, Senior Vice-President, CEO Northern Europe Region Guillaume Texier, Senior Vice-President, CEO Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa Region Thomas Kinisky, Senior Vice-President, Innovation and Chairman North America Javier Gimeno, Senior Vice-President, CEO Asia-Pacific Region Mike Newnham, CEO Saint-Gobain Building Distribution UK & Ireland and Managing Director of Jewson Claire Pedini, Senior Vice-President, Human Resources and Digital Transformation. Sreedhar N., Chief Financial Officer Armand Ajdari, Vice-President, Research and Development Antoine Vignial, Corporate Secretary in charge of Corporate Social Responsibility Julie Bonamy, Vice-President Strategy Benoit d’Irirbarne, Vice-President Technology and Industrial Performance Laurence Pernot, Vice-President Communications Business Sectors Saint-Gobain is organized into three major Sectors (% by 2014 Net Sales restated excluding Verallia): Building Distribution (49%), Construction Products (27.5%), Innovative Materials (23.5%). Building distribution Saint-Gobain's Building Distribution (building supplies) division was created in 1996. Since then it has grown both internally and through acquisitions (in France with Point P. and Lapeyre, the UK with Jewson and Graham, in Germany, the Netherlands and Eastern Europe with Raab Karcher and in the Nordic Countries with Dahl). The division has 4,000 stores in 24 countries and employs 63,000 people worldwide. Its 2006 sales amounted to 17.6 billion euros. The divisions current subsidiaries are: SGBD UK Raab Karcher Point P. Lapeyre Brødrene (Brothers) Dahl Norandex Distribution Optimera, with the 'Monter' DIY chain Construction products The Construction Products division is organized into the following business areas: - Gypsum, which manufactures drywall - Insulation, which manufactures acoustic and thermal fibreglass and PIR insulation - Exterior Products, which manufactures roofing, interior and exterior products - Pipes, which manufactures cast-iron pipes for water transfer applications - Mortars, which manufactures expanded clay lightweight aggregates. The Construction Products division employs 45,000 people worldwide and in 2006 had sales revenues of 10.9 billion euros. Companies: CertainTeed Gyproc Weber Celotex, based at Hadleigh,