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Mr. Kissling, a Swiss citizen, holds diplomas from the
University of Bern and Harvard University. He began his career
at Amiantus Corporation and then joined Rigips, a plasterboard
manufacturer, in 1978. He was appointed to the Rigips
Executive Committee in 1981 and subsequently became
Chairman. From 1987 to 1996, Mr. Kissling served as
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Landis & Gyr
Corporation, a provider of services, systems and equipment
for building technology, electrical contracting and payphones.
From 1998 to May 2002, Mr. Kissling was Chairman of Unaxis
Corporation.
Mr. Kissling owns 250 Schneider Electric SA shares.
Gérard de La Martinière
First elected: 1998
Term ends: 2004
59 years old, Executive Vice-President, Finance, Budget
Control and Strategy of Axa.
Other directorships and functions:
Member of the Axa Management Board; Managing Director
of Finaxa; Chairman of Ateliers de Construction du Nord
de la France ANF; Director or Chairman of several Axa
subsidiaries; Director of Crédit Lyonnais.
A graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale
d’Administration, Gérard de La Martinière held several
positions in the French Finance Ministry before serving as
Secretary General of Commission des Opérations de Bourse
and General Manager of Société des Bourses Françaises.
In 1989, he joined Axa, where he was appointed Executive
Vice-President, Holding Companies and Corporate Functions
in 1993 and Executive Vice-President, Finance,
Budget Control and Strategy in 2000.
Mr. de La Martinière owns 606 Schneider Electric SA shares.
René Barbier de La Serre*
First appointed: 2002
Term ends: 2005
62 years old, Corporate director.
Other directorships and functions:
Director of Crédit Lyonnais and Sanofi-Synthélabo; Managing
Director of Harwanne Compagnie de participations industrielles
et financières SA (Geneva); Member of the Supervisory Board
of Pinault Printemps-Redoute, Compagnie Financière
Saint-Honoré, Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild
Banque and Euronext NV; Chairman of the Board of Directors
of Tawa UK Ltd. (London).
After graduating from Ecole Polytechnique and l’Institut
d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, Mr. Barbier de La Serre joined
Banque de l’Union Européenne in 1963, later becoming
Deputy Director. In 1973, he moved to Crédit Commercial de
France (CCF), where he was appointed Managing Director in
1987 and Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1993.
He left CCF in 1999.
From 1988 to 1998, Mr. Barbier de La Serre was a member of
Conseil des Marchés Financiers (formerly Conseil des Bourses
de Valeurs), serving as Chairman from 1994 to 1998. In this
capacity, he was a member of the Collège de la Commission
des Opérations de Bourse.
Mr. Barbier de La Serre owns 1,000 Schneider Electric SA
shares.
James Ross*
First elected: 1997
Term ends: 2003
64 years old, Vice Chairman of National Grid Transco.
Other directorships and functions:
Director of McGraw-Hill Inc. and Datacard Inc.
James Ross, a British subject, is a graduate of Oxford
University. In 1959 he joined BP, where he held several
positions before becoming a Managing Director in 1991.
He served as Managing Director of Cable & Wireless Plc.
from 1992 to 1995.
Mr. Ross owns 300 Schneider Electric SA shares.
Piero Sierra*
First elected: 1997
Term ends: 2003
68 years old, Special Advisor for the administration of Pirelli
SpA’s international companies.
Piero Sierra, an Italian citizen with a degree in humanities from
the University of Lyon, joined Milan-based Pirelli SpA in 1962.
He held management positions in Italy and abroad before
becoming Director and Chief Executive Officer of Pirelli SpA
from 1991 to 1995.
Mr. Sierra owns 500 Schneider Electric SA shares.
* Independent Director, as defined in the Bouton report on corporate
governance