Appointment

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
04 May 2005





Press
release


                   Pierre-Andre de Chalendar is appointed as
              Chief Operating Officer of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain




Christian Streiff, is stepping down as Chief Operating Officer.



In the course of his twenty-six years of service within the Group, Christian
Streiff has held nine positions, including six executive management functions in
Germany, France and Italy - notably Chief Executive Officer of Saint-Gobain
Emballage and Chairman of Pont-a-Mousson S.A. From 2002 to 2003, he was
President of Saint-Gobain's Abrasives and Ceramics divisions. He had taken up
the function of Chief Operating Officer on April 1, 2004.


At its meeting of May 3, 2005, the Board of Directors of Compagnie de
Saint-Gobain, acting upon the recommendation of Chairman and CEO Jean-Louis
Beffa, unanimously appointed Pierre-Andre de Chalendar as Chief Operating
Officer.


Pierre-Andre de Chalendar, 47, joined the Group in 1989 as Vice-President,
Corporate Planning. He was then Head of the Abrasives Division, Europe from 1992
to 1996, and President of the Abrasives Division from 1996 to 2000. From 2000 to
2002, he was the Company's General Delegate to the United Kingdom and the
Republic of Ireland, as well as President-Delegate of the Building Distribution
Division for the United Kingdom and the United States. Since 2003, he has been
Senior Vice-President of the Company and President of the Building Distribution
Sector.



May 3, 2005


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