Penelope Herscher

Mrs. Penelope Herscher, of American nationality, is an independent Board member of Faurecia since May 30, 2017. She is also a member of the Governance, Nominations and Sustainability Committee.

She sits on the Board of Directors of Lumentum Operations LLC. (formerly JDSU) for which she chairs the Appointments and Compensation Committee, and of Rambus Inc., for which she chairs the Strategy Committee. She serves on the Governance Committee of both Boards.

She is also a Verint Board member since April 20, 2017 and chaired, between March 2016 and October 2017, the Board of Savonix, Inc., a digital health start-up.

Until July 31, 2017, Mrs. Penelope Herscher was Chairwoman of the Board of Directors at FirstRain, Inc., a software company, which she joined in 2004 and ran as President and Chief Executive Officer until 2015.

Ms. Penelope Herscher holds a BA Hons, MA in Mathematics from Cambridge University (England).