Mr. Forgeard joined Matra in 1987 as Senior Vice President of the Defense and Space activities. In 1992, he was appointed Managing Director of Lagardère and Chief Executive Officer of Matra Hautes Technologies. He joined Airbus Industrie as Managing Director in 1998 and became the first President and Chief Executive Officer of the Airbus integrated company in 2001. In June 2005 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of EADS. He graduated from the École Polytechnique and the École des Mines in Paris.

Current mandates in addition to those listed in the chart above are set forth below:

• Member of the Board of Directors of EADS Participations B.V. and Chief Executive Officer
  of EADS Participations B.V;
• Chairman of the Shareholders Committee of Airbus S.A.S;
• President and Member of the Board of Directors of EADS France;
• Member of the Board of Directors of Schneider Electric;
• Member of the Board of Directors of Dassault Aviation;
• Member of the Board of Directors of Arcelor;
• Member of the Board of Directors of France Galop; and
• Member of the Board of Directors of École Polytechnique.

Former mandates for the last five years:

• Member of the Board of Directors of International Metal Service (“IMS”) S.A. (resigned in 2003);
• Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Airbus Holding S.A. (resigned in 2005);
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of Airbus France (resigned in 2005);
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of Airbus España, SL (resigned in 2005);
• Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Airbus Deutschland GmbH (resigned in 2005);
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of Airbus Military, SL (resigned in 2005);
• Member of the Board of Directors of Airbus U.K. Ltd (resigned in 2005); and
• Member of the Board of Directors of EADS CASA (resigned in 2005).