Mrs. Sophie Zurquiyah

Director and Chief Executive Officer

Age: 55

Nationality: American and French

First appointment: 2018

Expiry of the current term of office: 2022 (renewal will be proposed at the 2022 Annual General Meeting)

Number of CGG shares held on December 31, 2021: 169,750 shares

Professional address: CGG SA
27 avenue Carnot
91300 Massy
France

Biography

Mrs. Sophie ZURQUIYAH is a graduate from the École Centrale de Paris. She holds a Master in Numerical Analysis from the Pierre et Marie Curie University (Paris VI) and a Master In Aerospace engineering from the Colorado University.

Mrs. Sophie ZURQUIYAH spent 28 years in the oilfield services industry, working for Schlumberger in P&L and in positions covering R&D, Operations and Support, in France, the United States and Brazil. Her most recent roles include Chief Information Officer (CIO), President of Data and Consulting Services that provided Processing, Interpretation and Consulting services for most of Schlumberger’s business lines, and Vice President of Sustaining Engineering that included all support and improvements to commercial products, services and technologies worldwide. She joined CGG on February 4, 2013 as Senior Executive Vice President, GGR segment. Before that time, Prior to her appointment as Chief Executive Officer of CGG SA on April 26, 2018, Mrs. Sophie ZURQUIYAH was Chief Operating Officer in charge of the GGR business lines, Global Operational Excellence and Technology of CGG.

Current positions

Positions which expired over the last five years

Within the Group:
- Chief Executive Officer of CGG SA
Outside of the Group:
French companies:
- Director and Member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee of Safran (a company listed on Euronext Paris)
Foreign companies:
- Director of Bazean Corp. (USA)
- Director and Member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee of Technip FMC (a company listed on New York Stock Exchange)

Within the Group:
- Senior Executive Vice President of CGG Services (US) Inc. (USA)