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3 / Corporate Governance
Corporate Governance
1
Board of Directors
(at December 31, 2005)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Henri Lachmann
Age: 67
Professional address: Schneider Electric
43-45 bd Franklin Roosevelt –
92500 Rueil Malmaison, France
4,500 Schneider Electric SA shares
First elected: 1996 / Term ends: 2008
Other directorships and
functions in French or foreign companies
Currently: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Schneider Electric SA; Chairman of Schneider Electric
Industries SAS and Director of a number of Schneider
Electric subsidiaries; Director of various AXA sub-
sidiaries; Member of the Supervisory Boards of Viven-
di Universal, AXA, and Norbert Dentressangle; Chair-
man of the Board of Directors of Centre Chirurgical
Marie Lanelongue; Non-voting Director of Fimalac
and Tajan.
Previous directorships and functions held in the
past five years: Director of Vivendi Universal, a num-
ber of Schneider Electric subsidiaries, Etablissements
de Dietrich & Cie, Finaxa, and Fimalac Investisse-
ments; Member of the International Committee of
Daimler Benz.
Expertise and experience
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.
Directors
Daniel Bouton*
Age: 55
Professional address: Société Générale
Tour Société Générale, 17 Cours Valmy,
92972 Paris la Défense, France
250 Schneider Electric SA shares
First elected: 1995 / Term ends: 2008
Other directorships and
functions in French or foreign companies
Currently: Director of Schneider Electric SA; Chair-
man and Chief Executive Officer of Société Générale;
Director of Total and Veolia Environnement.
Previous directorships and functions held in the
past five years: Director of Arcelor; Member of the
Supervisory Board of Vivendi Environnement.
Expertise and experience
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.
Alain Burq
Age: 52
Professional address:
Schneider Electric Industries SAS
89 bd Franklin Roosevelt –
92500 Rueil Malmaison, France
250 Schneider Electric SA shares
First elected: 2000 / Term ends: 2008
Other directorships and
functions in French or foreign companies
Currently: Director of Schneider Electric SA; Mem-
ber of the Supervisory Board of the "Schneider Action-
nariat" corporate mutual fund; responsible for special
projects at Schneider Electric’s Finance Department.
Previous directorships and functions held in the
past five years: Chairman of Ordosoftware.
Expertise and experience
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 Groupe Schneider subsidiary Spie Batignolles,
where he held various positions until 1998, when he
moved to Schneider Electric. He has been in charge
of special projects for the Finance department since
2005.
The Company applies AFEP-MEDED corporate governance guidelines.
*Independent director, as defined in the Bouton report
on corporate governance.