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Piero Sierra*
Other directorships and functions
in French or foreign companies
Currently: Member of the Supervisory Board of
Schneider Electric SA; Director of Pirelli Group compa-
nies: Alexandria Tire Corp., Pirelli Deutschland AG, Pirelli
UK Tyres and Turk Pirelli Lastikleri AS.
Previous directorships and functions held in the past five
years: Director of Schneider Electric SA, Pirelli Cables et
Systemes SA, Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corp, Pirelli Cable
Corporation, Pirelli Cables Ltd, Pirelli Cables Saic, Pirelli
Cabos SA, Pirelli Canada Inc, Pirelli Tyre Holding NV,
Pirelli UK Tyres and Turk Pirelli Lastikleri AS.
Expertise and experience
Piero Sierra, an Italian citizen with a degree in humanities
from the University of Lyon, joined the Pirelli Group in
1962. He held management positions in Italy and abroad
before becoming Director and Chief Executive Officer of
Pirelli SpA from 1991 to 1995. Since then he has served
as a Director for Pirelli’s international companies. Mr.
Sierra is also Chairman of A.I.R.C. (Italian Association for
Cancer Research) and F.I.R.C. (Italian Foundation for
Cancer Research).
Non-voting Directors
Léo Apotheker
Other directorships and functions
in French or foreign companies
Currently: Non-voting Director of Schneider Electric
SA; President Global Customer Solutions & Operations
and Deputy CEO of SAP AG; Director and Member of the
Boards of AXA, SAP America Inc. (USA), SAP Global
Marketing Inc. (USA), SAP Asia Pte. Ltd. (Singapore),
SAP Japan Co. Ltd. (Japan), SAP France SA, SAP Italia
Sistemi, applicazioni, prodotti in data processing s.p.a.
(Italy), SAP Hellas Systems Application and Data Pro-
cessing SA (Greece) and SAP (Beijing) Software System
Co. Ltd. (China).
Previous directorships and functions held in the past five
years: Director of Ginger SA, Enigma Inc. (USA), SAP
Manage Ltd. (Israel), SAP Finland Oy (Finland) and SAP
Danmark A/S (Denmark).
Age: 54
Business address: SAP,
141 Boulevard Haussmann – 75008 Paris, France
250 Schneider Electric SA shares
First elected: 2007 / Term ends: 2008
Age: 73
Business address:
Pirelli SpA, Viale Sarca 222 – 20126 Milan, Italy
1,000 Schneider Electric SA shares
First elected: 1997 / Term ends: 2008
Expertise and experience
Léo Apotheker began his career in 1978 in management
control after graduating with a degree in international rela-
tions and economics from the Hebrew University in
Jerusalem. He then held management and executive re-
sponsibilities in several IT firms including SAP France and
SAP Belgium, where he was President and CEO between
1988 and 1991. Mr. Apotheker was founding president and
COO of ECsoft. In 1995, he came back to SAP as Presi-
dent of SAP France. After serving in various capacities
within SAP as president of regional operations, he became
a member of the SAP AG Executive Board and President
of Global Customer Solutions & Operations in 2002. In
2007, Mr. Apotheker was appointed President CSO and
Deputy CEO of SAP AG.
Claude Bébéar
Other directorships and functions
in French or foreign companies
Currently: Non-voting Director of Schneider Electric
SA; Chairman of the Supervisory Board of AXA; Director
of various AXA subsidiaries and BNP-Paribas; Member
of the Supervisory Board of Vivendi.
Previous directorships and functions held in the past five
years: Chairman and Director of various AXA subsidiaries,
including AXA Financial; Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Finaxa; Director of Schneider Electric SA and
Vivendi Universal.
Expertise and experience
A graduate of Ecole Polytechnique, Claude Bébéar joined
in 1958 the mutual insurance company that would become
AXA in 1985. He was appointed Chairman and Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer of the company in 1975.
From late 1996, when AXA merged with UAP, until 2000,
when he was appointed Chairman of the Supervisory
Board, Mr. Bébéar served as Chairman of AXA’s Manage-
ment Board and Chairman of its Executive Committee.
Age: 72
Business address:
AXA, 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris, France
264 Schneider Electric SA shares
First elected: 2004 / Term ends: 2010
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.