CARMAT announced the co-option of Alexandre Conroy to the Company's Board of Directors in place of Jean-Pierre Garnier, the outgoing Chairman of the Board who is standing down for personal reasons, for the remaining duration of the latter's term of office, and his appointment as Chairman of the Board. A graduate of HEC business school in Paris, Alexandre Conroy (59) started out in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. He then spent most of his career at Becton Dickinson & Co (NYSE), a group specializing in medical devices, diagnostics and life sciences.

During his 31 years with that company, he was notably President of the Pharmaceutical Systems unit, President for the Americas and EMEA regions and President of the Medication Delivery Solutions unit, in growth, turnaround and acquisition integration contexts. From 2019 to 2022, Alexandre Conroy led the group's global industrial operations within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on supply chains. Alexandre Conroy has been a member of the Executive Committee and a Corporate Officer at Becton Dickinson & Co.

His career has also led him to live in Argentina, the United States and Europe.