APC 2010 Annual Report Download - page 111

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
3
SUPERVISORY BOARD
Mr Jérôme Gallot *
Age: 51
Business address:
CDC Group Entreprises
137, rue de l’Université – 75007 Paris, France
250 Schneider Electric SA shares
First appointed: 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, of Icade SA, Caixa
Seguros SA (Brazilian subsidiary of CNP), Plastic Omnium; Non;
voting Director of NRJ Group SA.
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi veyears:
Senior Executive Vice-President of Caisse des Dépôts et
Consignations; Director of Schneider Electric SA, Crédit
Foncier de France, Galaxy Fund, Galaxy Management Services
and Caisse Nationale de Prévoyance (CNP Assurances SA);
Chairman of Sicav Austral; Member of the Supervisory Board of
Compagnie Nationale de Rhône (CNR), Non-voting Director of
OSEO (EPIC).
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
and member of the Management Board 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.
Mr Willy R. Kissling *
Age: 67
Professional address:
Poststrasse n° 4 BP – 8808 Pfaeffi kon (Switzerland)
1,832 Schneider Electric SA shares
First appointed: 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 Cleantech Invest AG;
Member of European Advisory Board of Booz & Co.
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi veyears:
Director of Schneider Electric SA, Director of Kühne + Nagel
International AG (logistics), Director of Holcim Ltd; Chairman of
the Board of Directors of Oerlikon Bührle Holding AG (renamed
OC Oerlikon Corp.); Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Grand Resort Bad Ragaz AG.
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 Executive Vice-President of
Landis & Gyr Corporation, a provider of services, systems and
equipment for building management, electrical contracting and pay
phones. From 1998 to 2005, he was Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Oertikon Bührle Holding AG (since renamed OC Oerlikon
Corp.).
Note: companies in bold type are those whose securities are listed on a regulated market.
* Independant member according to the defi nition contained in the AFEP-MEDEF corporate governance guidelines for listed companies.
2010 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 109