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M. Jérôme Gallot *
Other directorships and
functions in French or foreign companies
Currently: Member of the Supervisory Boards of
Schneider Electric and Caisse Nationale de Prévoy-
ance (CNP Assurances); Chairman of CDC Entrepris-
es; Director of Compagnie Nationale de Rhône (CNR);
ICADE; Caixa Seguros and Plastic Omnium.
Previous directorships and functions held in the past
five years: Senior Executive Vice President, Caisse
des Dépôts et Consignations; Director of Schneider
Electric; Director of Crédit Foncier de France, Galaxy
Fund and Galaxy Management Services; Chairman of
the Austral Sicav investment fund.
Expertise and experience
Jérôme Gallot is a graduate of Institut d'Etudes Poli-
tiques de Paris and Ecole Nationale d'Administration.
After three years with the Cour des Comptes, he
served as an advisor to the Secretary General of the
interministerial committee for European economic
cooperation, from 1989 to 1992, and then moved the
Budget department. 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 Min-
istry of the Economy and Finance. He left this position
in 2003 to become Senior Executive Vice President at
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations. He was appoint-
ed Chairman of CDC Entreprises in September 2006.
Willy R. Kissling *
Other directorships and
functions in French or foreign companies
Currently: Member of the Supervisory Board of
Schneider Electric; Director of Holcim Ltd (cement),
Kühne + Nagel International AG (logistics); Chairman
of the Board of Directors of Grand Hotels Bad Ragaz
AG; Member of the Booz Allen Hamilton European
Advisory Board.
Previous directorships and functions held in the past
five years: Director of Schneider Electric; Chairman of
the Board of Directors and Chairman and CEO of
Unaxis Corporation (renamed OC Oerlikon Corp.);
Vice Chairman and later Chairman of Forbo Holding
AG and SIG Holding Ltd.
Expertise and experience
Willy Kissling, a Swiss citizen, holds diplomas from the
University of Bern and Harvard University. He began
his career at Amiantus Corporation and then joined
Rigips, a plasterboard manufacturer, in 1978. He was
appointed to the Rigips Executive Committee in 1981
and subsequently became Chairman. From 1987 to
1996, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Landis & Gyr Corporation, a provider of serv-
ices, systems and equipment for building technology,
electrical contracting and pay phones. From 1998 to
2005, he was Chairman of Unaxis Corporation, also
serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from
1998 to 2002.
Cathy Kopp *
Other directorships and
functions in French or foreign companies
Currently: Member of the Supervisory Board of
Schneider Electric, Executive Vice President, Human
Resources and Sustainable Development, Accor.
Previous directorships and functions held in the past
five years: Non-voting Director of Schneider Electric
SA, Vice-President, Corporate Human Resources and
member of the Executive Committee of LVMH.
Expertise and experience
After earning a degree in mathematics, Cathy Kopp
joined IBM France in 1973. In 1992, she became
Human Resources Director at IBM France. In 1996,
she was appointed Vice-President Human Resources
at IBM Corp.’s Storage Systems Division. In 2000,
Cathy Kopp became Chairman and CEO of IBM
France. She joined Accor in 2002 as Human
Resources General Manager. She is a member of the
board of Haute Autorité de Lutte contre les Discrimina-
tions (Halde), France’s equal opportunities commis-
sion, and Chairman of the employee relations commis-
sion of the Service Industry Group of the French
employers’ federation (Medef). In 2006, she led the
Medef’s inter-industry negotiations on diversity.
James Ross *
Other directorships and
functions in French or foreign companies
Currently: Member of the Supervisory Board of
Schneider Electric; Director of McGraw-Hill Inc., Dat-
acard Inc., Prudential plc; Chairman of the Leadership
Foundation for Higher Education.
Age: 68
Business address: Flat 4 55, Onslow Square –
London SW7 3LR England
300 Schneider Electric shares
First elected: 1997 / Current term ends: 2010
Age: 58
Business address: Accor
33 Avenue du Maine – 75015 Paris, France
250 Schneider Electric shares
First elected: 2005 / Current term ends: 2010
Age: 62
Business address: Poststrasse no. 4 - BP 8808
Pfaeffikon, Switzerland
1,250 Schneider Electric shares
First elected: 2001 / Current term ends: 2008
Age: 47
Business address: CDC Entreprises 33 avenue
du Maine BP 174 - 75755 Paris Cedex 15, France
250 Schneider Electric shares
First elected: 2005 / Current term ends: 2008
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