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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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SUPERVISORY BOARD
Supervisory Board (as of December31, 2010)
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Mr Henri Lachmann
Age: 72
Business address:
Schneider Electric
35, rue Joseph Monier – 92500 Rueil Malmaison – France
28,936(1) Schneider ElectricSA shares
First appointed: 1996 / Term ends: 2012
Other directorships and functions in french or foreign
companies
•Currently:
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Schneider Electric SA;
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Vivendi; member of the
Supervisory Boards of Groupe Norbert Dentressangle; Director
of Carma; Director of AXA Assurances IARD Mutuelle; Non-voting
Director of Fimalac; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Centre
Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue; Chairman of Fondation pour le
Droit Continental; Member of the Steering Committee of Institut
de l’Entreprise; Director of Association Nationale des Sociétés
par Actions; Chairman of Institut Telémaque; Vice Chairman and
Treasurer of Institut Montaigne; member of CODICE; Director of
Solidarités Actives, Planet Finance and Fondation Entreprendre,
Chairman of the Advisory Council of Campus d’Excellence au
Commissariat Général à l’Investissement (Grand Emprunt).
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi veyears:
Chairman and CEO of Schneider Electric SA; Chairman of
Schneider Electric Industries SAS, Member of the Supervisory
Board of AXA, Director of a number of Schneider Electric
Subsidiaries; Director of Finaxa and various AXA subsidiaries;
Member of Conseil des Prélèvements Obligatoires, Non-voting
Director of Tajan.
Expertise and experience
A graduate of Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), Henri Lachmann
began his career in 1963 with Arthur Andersen. In 1970, he joined
Compagnie Industrielle et Financière de Pompey. In 1971 he became
Executive Vice-President of Financière Strafor (later Strafor Facom),
where from 1981 to 1997 he served as Chairman and Executive
Vice-President. He was elected to the Schneider Electric SA Board
of Directors in 1996 and was appointed Chairman on February25,
1999. On May3, 2006, he became Chairman of the Supervisory
Board of Schneider Electric SA.
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Mr Léo Apotheker *
Age: 57
Business address:
Hewlett-Packard Company,
3000 Hanover Street, Palo Alto,
CA 94304-1112 (USA)
250 Schneider Electric SA shares
First appointed: 2007 / Term ends: 2012
Other directorships and functions in french or foreign
companies
•Currently:
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Schneider Electric
SA; CEO and President of Hewlett-Packard; member of the
Board of Directors of Hewlett-Packard.
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi veyears:
CEO of SAP AG; Non-voting Director of Schneider Electric SA;
Director of Ginger SA, GTNexus (USA), 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 SpA (Italy), SAP Hellas
Systems Application and Data Processing SA (Greece) and
SAP (Beijing) Software System Co. Ltd (China), SAP Manage
Ltd (Israel), SAP Finland Oy (Finland) and SAP Denmark A/S
(Denmark).
Expertise and experience
Léo Apotheker began his career in 1978 in management control after
graduating with a degree in international relations and economics
from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He then held management
and executive responsibilities in several IT fi rms including SAP France
and SAP Belgium, where he was Chairman and Executive Vice-
President between 1988 and 1991. MrApotheker was founding
Chairman and Executive Vice-President of ECsoft. In 1995, he came
back to SAP as Chairman of SAP France. After working in SAP as
Director of various geographical regions, he became a member of
the Executive Committee and Chairman of Customer Solutions and
Operations, before being nominated Chairman and CSO and Deputy
CEO of SAP AG in 2007 and CEO of SAP AG in 2008, a position
he held until 2010. In November 2010, he was appointed CEO and
President of Hewlett-Packard.
Note: companies in bold type are those whose securities are listed on a regulated market.
(1) Held directly or through a corporate mutual fund.
* Independant member according to the defi nition contained in the AFEP-MEDEF corporate governance guidelines for listed companies.
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