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2009 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 79
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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SUPERVISORY BOARD
Jérôme Gallot*
Age: 50
Business address:
CDCGroup Entreprises
137, rue de l’Université – 75007 Paris , France
250 Schneider Electric SA shares
First elected: 2005/Term ends: 2012
Other directorships and functions in French or foreign
companies
•Currently:
Member of the Supervisory Board of Schneider Electric SA;
Chairman of CDC Entreprises SAS, CDC Entreprises Elan PME,
FSI PME Portefeuille and Consolidation et Développement Gestion;
Member of the Management Board of CDCGroup ; Member of
the Executive Committee of Fonds Stratégique d’Investissement;
director of Nexans SA, Icade SA, Caixa Seguros SA (Brazilian
subsidiary of CNP), Plastic Omnium and Caisse Nationale de
Prévoyance (CNP Assurances SA); Non-voting director of OSEO
(EPIC) and NRJ Group SA.
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi ve 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 Supervisory Board of
Compagnie Nationale de Rhône (CNR).
Expertise and experience
Jérôme Gallot is a graduate of Institut d’Études Politiques de
Paris and École 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 to 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
Ministry of 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
and member of the Management Board of Caisse des Dépôts in
September2006. In January2009, he was appointed member of
the Executive Committee of Fonds Stratégique d’Investissement.
Willy R. Kissling*
Age: 65
Business address:
Poststrasse no.4, BP – 8808 Pfaeffi kon (Switzerland)
724 Schneider Electric SA shares
First elected: 2001/Term ends: 2012
Other directorships and functions in French or foreign
companies
•Currently:
Member of the Supervisory Board of Schneider Electric SA;
Member of the Board of directors of C leantech Invest AG ;
Chairman of the Board of directors of Grand Resort Bad Ragaz
AG; Member of European Advisory Board & Co.
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi ve years:
director of Schneider Electric SA, Kühne +Nagel International
AG (logistics) and Holcim Ltd (cement); Chairman of the Board of
directors of Oertikon Bührle Holding AG (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,
Mr Kissling served as Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer of Landis
& Gyr Corporation, a provider of services, systems and equipment
for building technology, electrical contracting and pay phones.
From 1998 to 2005, he was Chairman of Unaxis Corporation (since
renamed OC Oerlikon Corp.).
Cathy Kopp*
Age: 60
Business address:
22, square de l’Alboni – 75016 Paris , France
250 Schneider Electric SA shares
First elected: 2005/Term ends: 2010
Other directorships and functions in French or foreign
companies
•Currently:
Member of the Supervisory Board of Schneider Electric SA;
director of Dexia (as from February2008); Member of the Board
of École Normale Supérieure (Paris); Member of the Board of
Fondation SNCF; Member of Haut Conseil de l’Intégration.
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi ve years:
Non-voting director of Schneider Electric SA; Vice President,
Corporate Human Resources and member of the Executive
Committee of LVMH; Human Resources General Manager and
member of the Executive Commitee of Accor; Member of the
B oard of Haute Autorité de Lutte contre les Discriminations
(Halde), France’s equal opportunities commission.
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, Ms.
Kopp became Chairman and CEO of IBM France. From 2002 to
2009, she served as Human Resources General Manager at Accor.
Ms. Kopp was Chairman of the employee relations commission
of the Service Industry Group of the French employers’ federation
(Medef) up to 2009. She led the Medef’s inter-industry negotiations
on diversity in 2006 and on modernizing the labour market in 2007.
Note: Boldface type indicates companies whose shares trade on a regulated market.
* Independent member according to the defi nition contained in the AFEP-MEDEF corporate governance guidelines.