Saint-Gobain Announces Key Leadership Appointments

Maud Thuaudet has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the SaintGobain Group and will become a member of the Executive Committee, effective April 1, 2025.

She joined Saint-Gobain in September 2019 as Group Vice-President Strategy before taking the role of General Manager Saint-Gobain Glass business in France.

Maud Thuaudet started her career at Thales, where she worked for 13 years in France and in India in different operational roles. Also, she successfully managed a program to deliver a digital telecommunications satellite to the Egyptian government.

After serving as Chief Financial Officer of Saint-Gobain for more than six years, Sreedhar N. will assume the role of CEO of the Group’s Asia-Pacific Region, including Australia and New Zealand, as well as CEO of SaintGobain India, effective April 1, 2025.

Based in Mumbai, he will remain a member of the Executive Committee and will continue to report to Benoit Bazin, Chairman and CEO of SaintGobain.

Benoit Bazin, Chairman and CEO of Saint-Gobain, commented: 

“Recruited in 2019 as Group Strategy Director, Maud was instrumental in shaping the “Grow & Impact” plan, gaining an in-depth understanding of the Group and its strategic challenges. She also played a key role alongside me in the acquisitions of Continental Building Products at the end of 2019 and Chryso in 2021, both major successes for Saint-Gobain. Having successfully demonstrated her operational capabilities, she will now bring her vision, rigor, and energy to the finance function. I am delighted to count on her talent and leadership to drive our future growth.

Sreedhar has done an outstanding job as CFO of Saint-Gobain, contributing significantly to the Group’s transformation, the optimization of its portfolio, and strengthening its cash culture. I am pleased that he is taking on an operational role to develop our business in Asia-Pacific and India, a key growth region, and continue to support the integration of CSR in Australia and New Zealand.”