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Corporate Governance
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Corporate Governance
1
Board of Directors
(at December 31, 2004)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Henri Lachmann (1)
First elected: 1996
Term ends: 2005
66 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; Member of the Institut de
l'Entreprise Steering Committee; non-voting Director
of Fimalac and Tajan.
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
10,500 Schneider Electric SA shares.
Directors
Daniel Bouton*
First elected: 1995
Term ends: 2008
54 years old, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Société Générale.
Other directorships and functions: Director of Total
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* (2)
First elected: 2000
Term ends: 2008
50 years old, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
France Telecom.
Other directorships and functions: Chairman of the
Board of Orange, Chairman of the Board of Thomson
SA, Director of Thomson SA; Chairman of Thomson's
Strategy Committee; Director of Dexia (a Belgian
company); 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
First elected: 2000
Term ends: 2008
51 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.
*Independent director, as defined in the Bouton report
on corporate governance
(1) Up for re-election
at the May 2005 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
(2) Thierry Breton, appointed Economy and Finance Minister,
resigned from the Board of Directors on February 28, 2005.