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Weinberg Capital Partners; Member of the Superviso-
ry Board of Gucci Group; Director of FNAC, RASEC
(since February 2006), Team Partners Group (since
November 20, 2006), Alliance Industrie (since October
5, 2006) and Financière Poinsetia (since September
11, 2006); General Manager of Adoval and Maremma.
Previous directorships and functions held in the past
five years: Chairman of the Management Board of Pin-
ault-Printemps-Redoute; Chairman of the Supervisory
Boards of France Printemps, Conforama Holding, Guil-
bert SA and Redcats; Member of the Supervisory
Boards of Yves Saint-Laurent Parfum, Boucheron
Holding and PPR Interactive (PPR’s permanent repre-
sentative); Director of Schneider Electric, Rexel and
PPR Asia; Tennessee’s permanent representative on
the Board of Directors of Bouygues; General Manager
of Serole.
Expertise and experience
After graduating from France’s Ecole Nationale d’Ad-
ministration, Serge Weinberg held several positions in
the civil service and ministerial offices. He then served
as Chief Operating Officer of French television channel
FR3, Chief Executive Officer and then Chairman of the
Management Board of Havas Tourisme, and Managing
Director of Banque Pallas Finance. In 1990, Serge
Weinberg joined what would become Pinault-Print-
emps-Redoute (PPR) when he became Chief Execu-
tive of CFAO. Within PPR, he served as Chairman of
Rexel (formerly CDME), an electrical equipment dis-
tributor. In 1995, he was appointed Chairman of the
PPR Management Board, a position he held until early
2005.
Members
of the Supervisory Board
Alain Burq
Other directorships
and functions in French or foreign companies
Currently: Member of the Supervisory Boards of
Schneider Electric and the "Schneider Actionnariat"
corporate mutual fund; Responsible for special proj-
ects at Schneider Electric’s Finance Department.
Previous directorships and functions held in the past
five years: Director of Schneider Electric and 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 Schneider Electric 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.
Age: 53
Business address:
Schneider Electric Industries SAS
89 bd Franklin Roosevelt – 92500 Rueil Malmaison,
France
2,047 (1) Schneider Electric shares
First elected: 2000 / Current term ends: 2008
Supervisory Board
(as of December 31, 2006)
Chairman of
the Supervisory Board
Henri Lachmann
Other directorships and
functions in French or foreign companies
Currently: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of
Schneider Electric SA; Director of various AXA sub-
sidiaries and Ansa; Member of the Supervisory Boards
of Vivendi, AXA and Norbert Dentressangle; Chairman
of the Board of Directors of Centre Chirurgical Marie
Lannelongue; Chairman of Fondation pour le Droit Con-
tinental; Member of Conseil des Prélèvements Obliga-
toires; Member of the Steering Committee of Institut de
l’Entreprise; Non-voting director of Fimalac and Tajan.
Previous directorships and functions held in the past
five years: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Schneider Electric SA; Chairman of Schneider Electric
Industries SAS; Director of a number of Schneider
Electric Group subsidiaries, Vivendi Universal, Etab-
lissements de Dietrich & Cie, Finaxa, Fimalac
Investissements; Member of the International Commit-
tee 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 Chair-
man and Chief Executive Officer. He was elected to the
Schneider Electric SA Board of Directors in 1996 and
was appointed Chairman on February 25, 1999. On
May 3, 2006, he became Chairman of the Superviso-
ry Board of Schneider Electric SA.
Vice Chairman
of the Supervisory Board
Serge Weinberg*
Other directorships and
functions in French or foreign companies
Currently: Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board
of Schneider Electric; Chairman of the Board of Direc-
tors of Accor; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Age: 56
Business address: Capital Partners
40 rue de la Boétie - 75008 Paris, France
500 Schneider Electric shares
First elected: 2005 / Current term ends: 2010
Age: 68
Business address:
Schneider Electric 43-45 bd Franklin Roosevelt –
92500 Rueil Malmaison, France
20,648 (1) Schneider Electric shares
First elected: 1996 / Current term ends: 2010
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