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1. Board of Directors
(at February 19, 2004)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Henri Lachmann
First elected: 1996
Term ends: 2005
65 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; non-voting
Director of FIMALAC.
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 10,000 Schneider Electric SA
shares.
Directors
Daniel Bouton*(1)
First elected: 1995
Term ends: 2004
53 years old, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Société Générale.
Other directorships and functions: Director of Total,
Arcelor and Veolia 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*(1)
First elected: 2000
Term ends: 2004
49 years old, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of France Telecom.
Other directorships and functions: Chairman of the
Board of Orange; Director of Dexia (a Belgian com-
pany) 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 tech-
nologies 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 was appointed Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of France Telecom in October
2002.
Mr. Breton owns 370 Schneider Electric SA shares.
Alain Burq (1)
First elected: 2000
Term ends: 2004
50 years old, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of
the "Schneider Actionnariat" corporate mutual fund.
A graduate of Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de
Paris, Alain Burq also has an MBA from the Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1982, he
joined Schneider Electric, where he has been in
charge of special projects for the Corporate Services
department since 2001.
Mr. Burq owns 250 Schneider Electric SA shares.
Michel François-Poncet
First elected: 1986
Term ends: 2005
69 years old, Vice-Chairman of the Board of BNP-
Paribas.
Other directorships and functions: Chairman of BNP-
Paribas (Switzerland); Vice-Chairman of Pargesa
Holding SA (Switzerland); Director of LVMH, Finaxa,
Erbé (Belgium), Power Corporation (Canada), BNP-
Paribas UK Holdings Limited (UK), Vittoria
Assicurazioni (Italy) and Compagnie Monégasque
de Banque (Monaco).
A graduate of Institut d’Etudes Politiques and the
Harvard Business School, Michel François-Poncet
joined Banque Paribas in 1961. He became Chairman
of Compagnie Financière de Paribas and Banque
Paribas in 1986 and Chairman of the Supervisory
Board of Compagnie Financière de Paribas and
Banque Paribas in 1990. From 1998 to 2000, he
served as Chairman of the Compagnie Financière de
Paribas Supervisory Board. In 2000, he was appoint-
ed Vice-Chairman of the Board of BNP-Paribas.
Mr. François-Poncet owns 800 Schneider Electric SA
shares.
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Corporate Governance