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26
Michel François-Poncet
(† February 10, 2005)
First elected: 1986
Term ends: 2005
70 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,
Power Corporation (Canada), BNP-Paribas UK
Holdings Limited (UK) 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 until 1998. From 1998 to
2000, he served as Chairman of the Compagnie
Financière de Paribas Supervisory Board. In 2000, he
was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Board of BNP-
Paribas.
Mr. François-Poncet
owns 800 Schneider Electric SA shares.
Hans Friderichs *
First elected: 1997
Term ends: 2005
73 years old, Corporate Director.
Other directorships and functions: Chairman of the
Supervisory Boards of Goldman Sachs Investment
Management GmbH (Frankfurt), Leica Camera AG
(Solms), Allit AG (Bad Kreuznach), Pott-Racke-
Dujardin GmbH & Co. KG (Bingen), and C.A.
Kupferberg & Cie KGaA (Mainz); Vice-Chairman of
the Supervisory Board of Adidas-Salomon AG
(Herzogenaurach); Member of the Supervisory
Board of The New German Länder Industrial
Investment Council (ICC) GmbH.
Hans Friderichs, a German citizen, holds degrees in
Law and Political Science. Soon after graduating, he
joined Germany's Free Democratic Party (FDP), serv-
ing as Deputy Chairman from 1974 to 1977. Mr.
Friderichs was a member of parliament from 1965 to
1969, then secretary of state for the Rhineland
Palatinate Agriculture and Environment Ministry. In
1972, he was appointed Federal Minister of the
Economy. He left the federal government in 1977 and
joined the Management Board of Dresdner Bank AG
in 1978. In 1985, he became a consultant and corpo-
rate director.
Mr. Friderichs owns 500 Schneider Electric SA shares.
Willy R. Kissling *
First elected: 2001
Term ends: 2008
60 years old, Chairman of Unaxis Corporation
(Information Technology).
Other directorships and functions: Chairman of Forbo
Holding AG (flooring, belting and adhesives); Vice
Chairman of Holcim Ltd (cement); Director of Kühne
& Nagel International AG (logistics) and the Swiss-
American Chamber of Commerce.
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 pay-
phones. Since 1998, Mr. Kissling has been Chairman
of Unaxis Corporation, also serving as Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer from 1998 to 2002.
Mr. Kissling owns 250 Schneider Electric SA shares.
Gérard de La Martinière *
First elected: 1998
Term ends: 2007
61 years old, Chairman of Fédération Française des
Sociétés d'Assurances (F.F.S.A) and Chairman of the
European Insurance Committee (CEA).
Other directorships and functions: Chairman of the
Board of LCH.Clearnet Group Ltd., London, since
January 2004 and Member of the Supervisory Board
of Air Liquide since 2003.
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, member of the Management
Board in 1997 and Executive Vice-President, Finance,
Budget Control and Strategy in 2000. He left Axa in
2003 to become Chairman of Fédération Française
des Sociétés d'Assurances (F.F.S.A).
Mr. de La Martinière
owns 606 Schneider Electric SA shares.
René Barbier de La Serre * (1)
First elected: 2002
Term ends: 2005
64 years old, Corporate director.
Other directorships and functions: Director of Sanofi-
Aventis, Caylon and Harwanne Compagnie de
Participations Industrielles et Financiers SA
(Geneva); Member of the Supervisory Board of
Pinault Printemps-Redoute, Compagnie Financière
Saint-Honoré, Compagnie Financière Edmond de
Rothschild Banque and Euronext NV (Amsterdam);