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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, 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.
Chris Richardson
First elected: 2004
Term ends: 2008
60 years old, former Executive Vice-President of
Schneider Electric's North American Division.
A US citizen, Mr. Richardson graduated from Iowa
State University after serving in the US Air Force from
1964 to 1968 and joined Square D in 1971. He spent
his entire career with the company, which was
acquired by Schneider Electric in 1991. He served as
Executive Vice-President of Schneider Electric's
North American Division from 1998 to January 2004.
Mr. Richardson
owns 250 Schneider Electric SA shares.
James Ross *
First elected: 1997
Term ends: 2007
66 years old, Corporate director.
Other directorships and functions: Director of McGraw-
Hill Inc., Datacard Inc. and Prudential Plc.; Chairman
of the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education.
James Ross, a British subject, is a graduate of Oxford
University. In 1959 he joined BP, where he held sev-
eral positions before becoming a Managing Director
in 1991. He was Managing Director of Cable &
Wireless plc from 1992 to 1995, when he was
appointed Chairman of the National Grid. After
National Grid merged with Transco in 2002, he served
as Vice-Chairman of National Grid Transco until 2004.
Mr. Ross owns 300 Schneider Electric SA shares.
Piero Sierra *
First elected: 1997
Term ends: 2008
70 years old, Special Advisor for the administration of
Pirelli SpA's international companies.
Piero Sierra, an Italian citizen with a degree in human-
ities 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 1,000 Schneider Electric SA shares.
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations * (3)
First elected: 2004
Term ends: 2008
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations sits on the
Boards of Directors of a large number of companies,
including CNCE, Ixis, CNP, SNI, C3D, SCIC Habitat,
Compagnie des Alpes, BDPME, Sofaris, Solidec,
Sogama Crédit Associatif, Société d'Investissement
France Active, Compangie Nationale du Rhône and
TDF. The full list of Caisse des Dépôts et
Consignations' directorships is avaiable at the follow-
ing toll-free number in France: 0 800 20 55 14.
Represented by Jérôme Gallot, 45 years old, who is
also a member of the Boards of Directors of
Compagnie Nationale de Rhône, Caisse Nationale de
Prévoyance, ICADE, Galaxy Fund, Galaxy Manage-
ment Services, Plante Finance and Sicav Austral.
Mr. Gallot is a graduate of Institut d'Etudes Politiques
de Paris and Ecole Nationale d'Administration. After
three years with the Cour des Comptes, he served as
financial advisor to the Secretary General of the inter-
ministerial committee for European economic co-oper-
ation, from 1989 to 1992. He was then Chief of Staff in
a number of French ministries, from 1993 to 1997. In
1997, he was appointed Director of the Competition,
Consumer Affairs and Anti-Fraud Division of the
Ministry of the Economy and Finance. He left this posi-
tion in 2003 to become Senior Executive Vice
President at Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations.
The Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations
owns 10,062,852 Schneider Electric SA shares.
Non-voting Director
Claude Bébéar
First elected: 2004
Term ends: 2008
69 years old, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of
Axa and Chairman of Finaxa.
Other directorships and functions: Director of a num-
ber of Axa subsidiaries; Director of BNP-Paribas and
Vivendi Universal.
A graduate of Ecole Polytechnique, Claude Bébéar
joined in 1958 the mutual insurance company that
would later become Axa. 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 was a Director of Schneider
Electric SA from 1986 to 2003.
Mr. Bébéar 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.
(3) Legal entity that is resigning from the Board so that share-
holders may elect its permanent representative as Director.
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