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2009 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC80
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
3SUPERVISORY BOARD
James Ross*
Age: 71
Business address:
Flat 4, 55 Onslow Square
London SW7 3LR, England
300 Schneider Electric SA shares
First elected: 1997/Term ends: 2010
Other directorships and functions in French or foreign
companies
•Currently:
Member of the Supervisory Board of Schneider Electric SA;
director of Prudential plc; Chairman of Leadership Foundation
for Higher Education; Chairman of Liverpool School of Tropical
Medicine.
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi ve years:
director of McGraw-HillInc.; director of Schneider Electric SA
and of DatacardInc.; Chairman of Littlewoods plc; Chairman of
National Grid; Vice Chairman of National Grid Transco.
Expertise and experience
James Ross, a British subject, is a graduate of Oxford University. In
1959 he joined BP, where he held several positions before becoming
a Managing director in 1991. He was appointed Managing director
of Cable & Wireless plc in 1992, Chairman of Littlewoods plc in 1996
and Chairman of National Grid plc in 1999.
G. Richard Thoman*
Age: 65
Business address:
Corporate Perspectives, LLC
126 East 56thStreet, 9thFloor - New York NY 10022
United States
250 Schneider Electric SA shares
First elected: 2007/Term ends: 2012
Other directorships and functions in French or foreign
companies
•Currently:
Member of the Supervisory Board of Schneider Electric SA;
Managing Partner of Corporate Perspectives (consulting);
Member of the Board of Advisors of INSEAD, the French American
Foundation, the Americas Society, the Council of the Americas,
McGill University School of Management and the Fletcher School;
Adjunct Professor at Columbia University and the Fletcher School;
Member of the Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign
Relations. Business Executives for National Security, New-York
Economics club.
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi ve years:
Member of the Board of directors of Union Bancaire Privée
(Geneva).
Expertise and experience
G. Richard Thoman has a unique background as one of the top fi ve
CEOs of four Fortune 75 companies in three different industries:
fi nancial services, food and beverages and technology.
Mr Thoman began his career at Citibank after receiving his BA
from McGill University in Montreal and MA, MALD and PhD from
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (a partnership between Tufts
University and Harvard). He also graduated from Hautes Études
Internationales in Geneva. After working with Exxon Finance and
McKinsey, he became Chairman and co-CEO of American Express
Travel Related Services. In 1992, he was appointed President and
CEO of Nabisco International. In 1993, he joined IBM as Senior
Vice President, Personal Systems Group, later becoming CFO. In
1997, he rejoined Xerox, h e served as President and CEO of Xerox
from April1999 to May2000. Mr Thoman is currently Managing
Partner of Corporate Perspectives and is on the faculty of several
US universities.
Non-voting member
Claude Bébéar
Age: 74
Business address:
GIE AXA – 25, avenue Matignon
75008Paris, France
264 Schneider Electric SA shares
First elected: 2004/Term ends: 2010
Other directorships and functions in French or foreign
companies
•Currently:
Non-voting member of the Supervisory Board of Schneider Electric
SA; director of AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle, AXA Assurances IARD
Mutuelle and BNP-Paribas; Member of the Supervisory Board of
Vivendi.
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi ve years:
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of AXA, Chairman and director
of various AXA subsidiaries, including AXA Financial; Chairman
and Chief Executive Offi cer of Finaxa; director of Schneider
Electric SA.
Expertise and experience
A graduate of École Polytechnique, Claude Bébéar joined in 1958
the mutual insurance company that would become AXA in 1985.
He was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer 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 Management Board and Chairman
of its Executive Committee. Mr Bébéar resigned as Chairman
of the Supervisory Board in April2008 to become Honorary
Chairman of AXA.
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.