Céline Da Silva has been appointed Group Strategy Director of Saint-Gobain, effective October 1, 2025. She will report to Maud Thuaudet, Chief Financial Officer.
She succeeds Noémie Chocat, who will take on new operational responsibilities in North America as of January 1, 2026.
Céline, who holds dual French and Portuguese nationality, has been Chief Financial Officer of the Ceramics business since 2021. In this role, she gained strong M&A experience, taking part in several acquisitions in the United States, China and Europe, as well as in the divestment of the Group’s worldwide Crystals business and of the ceramics activities in Brazil, mainly serving the traditional steel-making market.
Joining Saint-Gobain in 2003, Céline held various positions in Management Control within Saint-Gobain Sekurit, before being appointed Chief Financial Officer of Sekurit in Mexico in 2012, then Chief Financial Officer for Transport and Autover in 2016, and, in 2020, Director of the Group’s digital transformation project.