Riber S.A. of Bezons, France, which manufactures molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) systems as well as evaporation sources and effusion cells, has announced the resignation (effective on 20 December) of its Supervisory Board chairman Jacques Noels has in order to devote himself to new professional projects abroad.
During its meeting on 27 November, the Supervisory Board thanked Noels for his leadership and his management of Riber’s governance since 2010.
Gildas Sorin, 61, was unanimously elected as Supervisory Board chairman and will take up his new position on 20 December.
From 2003 to 2014, Sorin was CEO of Germany-based Novaled AG, a firm specialized in organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technologies and bought out by Samsung in 2013. He has been a member of Riber’s Supervisory Board since 2013. Sorin is also a Foreign Trade Advisor for France and a Knight of the National Order of Merit (Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite).
