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* Independent Supervisory Board member, as defined in
the Bouton report on corporate governance.
(1) Directly or through the corporate mutual fund.
Gérard de La Martinière*
Other directorships and
functions in French or foreign companies
Currently: Member of the Supervisory Board of
Schneider Electric, Chairman of Fédération Française
des Sociétés d'Assurances (F.F.S.A), Chairman of the
European Insurance Committee (CEA), Director of Air
Liquide.
Previous directorships and functions held in the past
five years: Member of the Management Board of AXA;
Director of Schneider Electric; Director and Chief
Executive Officer of Finaxa; Director of Crédit Lyon-
nais; Director or Chairman of various AXA sub-
sidiaries; including Compagnie Financière de Paris
and Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France
(ANF); Chairman of the Board of Directors of LCH
Clearnet Group Ltd., London.
Expertise and experience
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- 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*
Other directorships and
functions in French or foreign companies
Currently: Member of the Supervisory Board of
Schneider Electric; Director of Nord-Est, Sanofi-Aven-
tis, Pinault-Printemps-Redoute and Harwanne Com-
pagnie de Participations Industrielles et Financières
SA (Geneva); Member of the Supervisory Boards of
Compagnie Financière Saint-Honoré, La Compagnie
Financière Edmond de Rothschild Banque and
Euronext NV (Amsterdam); Non-voting director of
Fimalac.
Previous directorships and functions held in the past
five years: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of
Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity Partners; Chair-
man of the Board of Directors of Tawa UK Ltd (Lon-
don); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Conti-
nentale d’Entreprises; Member of the Supervisory
Boards of Pinault Printemps Redoute; Director of
Schneider Electric, Calyon, Crédit Lyonnais, Fimalac
Investissements and AOBA Life (Japan); Non-voting
director of Nord-Est; Compagnie Financière Saint-
Honoré’s permanent representative on the Superviso-
ry Board of Compagnie Financière Edmond de Roth-
schild Banque; Advisor to the Chairman of Crédit
Commercial de France.
Expertise and experience
After graduating from Ecole Polytechnique and Institut
d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, René 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 appoint-
ed Managing Director in 1987 and Vice Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer in 1993. He left CCF in 1999.
From 1988 to 1998, René 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.
Noël Forgeard *
Other directorships and
functions in French or foreign companies
Currently: Member of the Supervisory Board of
Schneider Electric ; Director of Dassault Aviation and
Ecole Polytechnique; Member of the Committee of
France Galop.
Previous directorships and functions held in the past
five years: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Airbus Holding SA; Chairman of the Board of Directors
of Airbus France; Chairman or Director of various Air-
bus subsidiaries; Director of EADS, Schneider Electric,
Arcelor, IMS SA; Chief Executive Officer of EADS.
Expertise and experience
A graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des
Mines, Noël Forgeard began his career in the French
civil service before joining Usinor subsidiary Compag-
nie Française des Aciers Spéciaux. In 1986, he served
as an advisor on industrial issues in Prime Minister
Jacques Chirac’s office. In 1987, he joined Lagardère,
where he headed Matra’s defense and space divi-
sions. Five years later, he became Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Matra Haute Technologie and joint
Chief Executive Officer of the Lagardère Group. In
1998, he was appointed Director and General manag-
er of GIE Airbus-Industrie, and in 2000, CEO of Airbus
SAS. From July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2006 he was co-
Executive Chairman of EADS.
Age: 60
Business address: –
250 Schneider Electric shares
First elected: 2005 / Current term ends: 2010
Age: 66
Business address: Compagnie Financière
Edmond de Rothschild - 47 Rue Faubourg
Saint-Honoré – 75008 Paris, France
2,000 Schneider Electric shares
First elected: 2002 / Current term ends: 2008
Age: 63
Business address: Fédération Française des
Sociétés d’Assurances 26 Boulevard Haussmann -
75008 Paris, France
1,606 Schneider Electric shares
First elected: 1998 / Current term ends: 2010
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