Jean-Pierre Clamadieu is Deputy CEO of the Solvay Group and Chairman of the Board of Rhodia. Solvay and Rhodia combined on September 2011.

Jean-Pierre Clamadieu has been CEO of the Rhodia Group since October 2003. He has been named Chairman of the Board in March 2008. Between 1993 and 2003 he held several executive positions in the Group, as President of Rhodia Chemicals, Latin America, President of the Eco Services Business, Senior Vice-President, Corporate Purchasing and President of the Pharmaceuticals & Agrochemicals Division.

Earlier in his career, he worked for nine years in various positions within the French Civil Service. He graduated with honors from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris, a leading higher education institute.

Jean-Pierre Clamadieu is Chairman of the Sustainable Development Commission of the French business association MEDEF, and of the Franco-Brazilian Business Council of the International MEDEF. He is also Vice-President of the CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council) and a member of the Board of the ICCA (International Chemical Industry Council).

Jean-Pierre Clamadieu is member of the Boards of Directors of Faurecia and the SNCF.