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Corporate Governance
1 - Board of Directors
(at February 5, 2003)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Henri Lachmann
First elected: 1996
Term ends: 2005
64 years old.
Other directorships and functions:
Chairman of Schneider Electric Industries SAS and Director of
a number of Schneider Electric subsidiaries. Director of Finaxa,
various Axa subsidiaries, Vivendi Universal and ANSA; Member
of the Supervisory Board of Axa and Norbert Dentressangle.
A graduate of Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC), Henri
Lachmann began his career in 1963 with Arthur Andersen.
In 1970, he joined Compagnie Industrielle et Financière de
Pompey. In 1971 he became Chief Executive Officer of
Financière Strafor (later Strafor Facom), where from 1981
to 1997 he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
He has served as a Director of Schneider Electric SA since
1996 and was appointed Chairman on February 25, 1999.
Mr. Lachmann owns 12,000 Schneider Electric SA shares.
Directors
Claude Bébéar
First elected: 1986
Term ends: 2005
67 years old, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Axa
and Chairman of Finaxa.
Other directorships and functions:
Director of a number of Axa subsidiaries, including Axa
Financial; Director of BNP Paribas and Vivendi Universal.
A graduate of Ecole Polytechnique, Claude Bébéar joined the
mutual insurance company that would later become Axa in
1958. He was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of the company in 1975. From late 1996, when Axa merged
with UAP, until 2000, when he was appointed Chairman of the
Supervisory Board, Mr. Bébéar served as Chairman of Axa’s
Management Board and Chairman of its Executive Committee.
He is Chairman of Schneider Electric SA’s Remunerations and
Appointments Committee.
Mr. Bébéar owns 250 Schneider Electric SA shares.
Daniel Bouton*
First elected: 1995
Term ends: 2004
52 years old, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Société
Générale.
Other directorships and functions:
Director of TotalFinaElf SA and Arcelor; Member of the
Supervisory Board of Vivendi Environnement.
A graduate of Ecole Nationale d’Administration with the title of
Inspecteur Général des Finances, Daniel Bouton held several
positions in the French Finance Ministry, including Budget
Director, from 1988 to 1991. He joined Société Générale
in 1991, becoming Chief Executive Officer in 1993
and Chairman in 1997.
Mr. Bouton owns 250 Schneider Electric SA shares.
Thierry Breton*
First elected: 2000
Term ends: 2004
48 years old, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of France
Telecom, Chairman of the Board of Orange, Chairman of the
Board of Thomson SA.
Other directorships and functions:
Director of Dexia (a Belgian company) and of Thomson SA;
Chairman of Thomson’s Strategic Committee;
Member of the Supervisory Board of Axa.
A graduate of Supelec, Thierry Breton served as Chairman of
Forma Systèmes from 1981 to 1986, Advisor to the French
Ministry of National Education, in charge of information
technology and new technologies from 1986 to 1988;
Managing Director of the Futuroscope Teleport business park
in Poitiers from 1986 to 1990; Executive Vice President of the
CGI Group from 1990 to 1993; Executive Chairman of the Bull
Group from 1993 to 1997; and Chairman of Thomson SA
and Thomson multimedia from 1997 until October 2002.
He is currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of France Telecom.
Mr. Breton owns 370 Schneider Electric SA shares.
* Independent Director, as defined in the Bouton report on corporate governance.