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ance Committee (CEA); Chairman of the Board of
LCH.Clearnet Group Ltd., London, since January
2004; Member of the Supervisory Board of Air Liquide
since 2003.
Previous directorships and functions held in the past
five years: Member of the Management Board of AXA;
Director and Chief Executive Officer of Finaxa; Direc-
tor of Crédit Lyonnais; Director of various AXA sub-
sidiaries, including Compagnie Financière de Paris
and Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France
(ANF).
Expertise and experience
A graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale
d’Administration, Gérard de La Martinière held sever-
al 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-Presi-
dent, 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'As-
surances (F.F.S.A).
René Barbier de La Serre*
Age: 65
Professional address:
Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild
47 Rue Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, France
1,000 Schneider Electric SA shares
First elected: 2002 / Term ends: 2009
Other directorships and
functions in French or foreign companies
Currently: Director of Schneider Electric SA; Director
of Sanofi-Aventis, Pinault-Printemps-Redoute and
Harwanne Compagnie de Participations Industrielles
et Financières SA (Geneva); Chairman of the Supervi-
sory Board of Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity
Partners; Member of the Supervisory Boards of Com-
pagnie Financière Saint-Honoré, Compagnie Finan-
cière Edmond de Rothschild Banque, and Euronext
NV (Amsterdam); Non-voting Director of Fimalac and
Nord-Est.
Previous directorships and functions held in the past
five years: Director of Calyon, Crédit Lyonnais, Fimalac
Investissement, Nord-Est, and AOBA Life (Japan);
Compagnie Financière Saint-Honoré’s permanent rep-
resentative on the Supervisory Board of Compagnie
Financière Edmond de Rothschild Banque; Chairman
of the Board of Directors of Tawa UK Ltd (London);
Advisor to the Chairman of Crédit Commercial de
France; Chairman of CCF Suisse; Chairman of the
Supervisory Boards of Société Marseillaise du Crédit
and CCF Asset Management; Director of several other
CCF subsidiaries; Chairman and Chief Executive offi-
cer of Continentale d’Entreprises.
Expertise and experience
After graduating from Ecole Polytechnique and l’Insti-
tut 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 Chair-
man 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
(formerly Conseil des Bourses de Valeurs), serving as
Chairman from 1994 to 1998. In this capacity, he was
a member of the Collège de la Commission des
Opérations de Bourse.
Chris Richardson
Age: 61
250 Schneider Electric SA shares
First elected: 2004 / Term ends: 2008
Other directorships and
functions in French or foreign companies
Currently: Director of Schneider Electric SA.
Previous directorships and functions held in the past
five years: Former Executive Vice-President of
Schneider Electric's North American Division; Director
of Square D, Financière MGE, MGE Finances SAS,
MGE-UPS Systems, and Schneider (Thailand) Ltd.
Expertise and experience
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. From 1998 to
January 2004, he served as Executive Vice-President
of Schneider Electric's North American Division.
James Ross *
Age: 67
300 Schneider Electric SA shares
First elected: 1997 / Term ends: 2007
Other directorships and
functions in French or foreign companies
Currently: Director of Schneider Electric SA; Director
of McGraw-Hill Inc., Datacard Inc., and Prudential plc;
Chairman of Leadership Foundation for Higher Educa-
tion.
Previous directorships and functions held in the
past five years: Chairman of Littlewoods plc; Chair-
man of National Grid; Vice-Chairman of National Grid
Transco.
*Independent director, as defined in the Bouton report
on corporate governance.
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