Alain Dutheil

Born in 1945 in Martigues (France), Alain Dutheil is an Engineering graduate from the École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs of Marseilles, France.

He joined Texas Instruments in 1969 as a Product Engineer and then held several positions with this company in Europe and the US.

Alain Dutheil joined Thomson Semiconducteurs in 1983 as Manager of the Aix-en-Provence facility in France. He was later appointed General Manager for the Discrete Products Division, a position that he held until 1989, two years after the merger between the French company Thomson Semiconducteurs and the Italian manufacturer SGS Microelettronica, which later became STMicroelectronics.

He was named Corporate Vice President of the Company in 1989, reporting directly to the CEO, and combined the positions of Director for Worldwide Back-End Manufacturing (four plants and 8000 people throughout the world, at that time) and Director of Corporate Human Resources. Five years later he relinquished his back-end manufacturing responsibilities to take on the challenge of the strategic direction of the company.

In May 1994, Alain Dutheil was appointed Corporate Vice President, Strategic Planning, in addition to his position as Corporate Vice President, Human Resources.

On 15 March 2004, the Supervisory Board announced that it will endorse the appointment of Alain Dutheil as Chief Operating Officer of STMicroelectronics subject to shareholder approval at the 2005 annual meeting.

Alain Dutheil is also President of STS Microelectronics, the joint venture formed with the People's Republic of China and a member of the board of STMicroelectronics Malta, STMicroelectronics Malaysia and STMicroelectronics Japan. For 10 years he was the President and CEO of STMicroelectronics SA, the French subsidiary of the Group.