Maurice P. Andrien 

U.S. citizen, is a non-executive member of the Board of Directors as well as a member of the Compensation and Nomination Committees of Kaba Holding AG. Until March 2004, he served The Hillman Group in Cincinnati (Ohio, USA) as Chairman; he remains a Member of that company’s Board. He is also a Member of the Board of State Industrial Products, Inc. in Cleveland (Ohio, USA) as well as of the sofware company Cogniscape LLC in Swarthmore (Philadelphia, USA). From 1999 to 2003, Maurice P. Andrien was President, CEO and Director of SunSource Inc. in Addison (Illinois, USA); from 2003 to 2004, he was Chairman of the Board of SunSource Technology Services Company. In 1998 and 1999, he was President, COO and Member of the Board of Unican Security Systems Ltd. in Montreal (Canada). He has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).