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Jérôme Gallot*
Other directorships and functions
in French or foreign companies
 Currently: Member of the Supervisory Boards of
Schneider Electric SA and NRJ Group; Chairman of
CDC Entreprises; Director of Nexans, Icade, Caixa Se-
guros, Plastic Omnium and Caisse Nationale de Prévoy-
ance (CNP Assurances); Non-voting director of OSEO.
Previous directorships and functions held in the past five
years: Senior Executive Vice President, Caisse des Dépôts
et Consignations; Director of Schneider Electric SA, Crédit
Foncier de France, Galaxy Fund and Galaxy Management
Services; Chairman of Sicav Austral; Member of the Su-
pervisory Board of Compagnie Nationale de Rhône (CNR).
Expertise and experience
Jérôme Gallot is a graduate of Institut d'Etudes Politiques
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 Com-
petition, Consumer Affairs and Anti-Fraud Division of the
Ministry 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 appointed
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 SA; Director of Holcim Ltd (cement)
and Kühne + Nagel International AG (logistics); Chair-
man of the Board of Directors of Grand Hotels Bad Ragaz
AG; Member of the European Advisory board of Booz Allen
Hamilton.
Previous directorships and functions held in the past five
years: Director of Schneider Electric SA; Chairman of
the Board of Directors and Chairman and CEO of Unaxis
Corporation (renamed OC Oerlikon Corp.); Vice Chair-
man and later Chairman of Forbo Holding AG and SIG
Holding Ltd.
Age: 48
Business address: CDC Enterprises, 33 avenue du
Maine BP 174 - 75755 Paris Cedex 15, France
250 Schneider Electric SA shares
First elected: 2005 / Term ends: 2008
Age: 63
Business address:
Poststrasse no. 4 - BP 8808 Pfaeffikon, Switzerland
724 Schneider Electric SA shares
First elected: 2001 / Term ends: 2008
Previous directorships and functions held in the past five
years: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Edmond de
Rothschild Private Equity Partners; Chairman of the Board
of Directors of Tawa UK Ltd (London); Member of the Su-
pervisory Board of Pinault Printemps Redoute; Director
of Schneider Electric SA, Calyon, and Crédit Lyonnais;
Non-voting director of Nord-Est; Compagnie Financière
Saint-Honoré’s permanent representative on the Supervi-
sory Board of Compagnie Financière Edmond de Roth-
schild Banque.
Expertise and experience
After graduating from Ecole Polytechnique and Institut d’E-
tudes 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 appointed Managing Di-
rector in 1987 and Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Of-
ficer 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 Commis-
sion des Opérations de Bourse.
Noël Forgeard*
Other directorships and functions
in French or foreign companies
 Currently: Member of the Supervisory Board of
Schneider Electric SA; Director of 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 SAS;
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Airbus France; Chair-
man or Director of various Airbus subsidiaries; Director of
EADS (Netherlands), Schneider Electric SA, Arcelor and
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 Compagnie Française des
Aciers Spéciaux. In 1986, he served as an advisor on in-
dustrial issues in Prime Minister Jacques Chirac’s office.
In 1987, he joined Lagardère, where he headed Matra’s
defense and space divisions. Five years later, he became
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Matra Haute
Technologie and joint Chief Executive Officer of the La-
gardère Group. In 1998, he was appointed Director and
General manager of GIE Airbus-Industrie, and in 2000,
CEO of Airbus S.A.S. From July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2006 he
was co-Executive Chairman of EADS.
Note: boldface type indicates companies whose shares trade on
a regulated market .
* Independent Supervisory Board member, as defined in the
Bouton report on corporate governance.
Age: 61
Business address:
85 Avenue de Wagram, 75017 Paris, France
250 Schneider Electric SA shares
First elected: 2005 / Term ends: 2010