Bios for board members proposed for new appointment

HUBERT JOLY            New Board member

Mr. Joly was appointed the President & Chief Executive Officer of Carlson on March 1, 2008. Prior to that, he has been serving as the President & Chief Executive Officer of Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) since July 2004. CWT is a world leader in business travel management with more than 22,000 employees in over 150 countries and a sales turnover of $22 billion.

Joly came to Carlson from Vivendi Universal, where he was a member of the executive team that led the company's recovery, serving as executive vice president with responsibility for overseeing the company's American assets. Previously, Joly was CEO of Vivendi Universal Games, the video games division of Vivendi Universal, headquartered in Los Angeles. Before Vivendi, Joly worked in the technology section from 1996 to 1999 as Vice President of Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Europe and President EDS France. Prior to joining EDS, he spent 12 years in consulting with McKinsey & Company, based in San Francisco, New York, Tokyo and Paris. As a partner, he specialised in the high-tech sector.

Joly is a member of the supervisory board of the Aspen Institute France, a non-partisan, international forum designed to promote the exchange of ideas on economic, social and political issues. He is a board member of the American Chamber of Commerce in France. Mr. Joly has also been honoured as one of The 25 Most Influential Executives of the Business Travel Industry, 2006 by Business Travel News magazine. He was elected a Global Leader for To-Morrow by the World Economic Forum (Davos 1997-1999), a young executive of the year by L'Expansion magazine (1996) and IT CEO of the Year in France (1998).