APC 2010 Annual Report Download - page 113

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
3
SUPERVISORY BOARD
Mr G. Richard Thoman*
Age: 66
Business address:
Corporate Perspectives, LLC
126 East 56th Street, 9th Floor – New York NY 10022
(United States)
250 Schneider Electric SA shares
First appointed: 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,
Committee for Economic Development, McGill University
School of Management, the Fletcher School and the heritage
committee of the Institut des Hautes Études Internationales,
“IHEID” (Geneva); 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. He was one of the top
fi ve CEOs for four of the top 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 which resulted from 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-Executive Vice-
President of American Express Travel Related Services. In 1992, he
was appointed Chairman and Executive Vice-President of Nabisco
International. In 1993, he joined IBM as Senior Vice-President,
Personal Systems Group, later becoming Financial Director. In
1997, he rejoined Xerox. He served as Chairman and Executive
Vice-President 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.
Mr Serge Weinberg*
Age: 60
Business address:
Weinberg Capital Partners
20, rue Quentin Bauchart – 75008 Paris – France
500 Schneider Electric SA shares
First appointed: 2005 / Term ends: 2014
Other directorships and functions in french or foreign
companies
•Currently:
Member of the Supervisory Board of Schneider Electric SA;
Chairman of Weinberg Capital Partners, Financière Piasa, Piasa
Holding, Piasa, Team Partners Group, VL Holding, Alret and
Maremma; Member of the Supervisory Board of Amplitude Group
and Financière BFSA; Vice-President and Director of Financière
Poinsétia and Financière Sasa; member of the Supervisory Board
of Alfi na since February16, 2010; Permanent representative of
Weinberg Capital Partners, member of the Board of Alliance
Industrie and Sasa Industrie; Chairman of Corum (Switzerland);
Director of Sanofi -Aventis since December 16, 2009 and
Chairman of the Board of directors of Sanofi-Aventis since
May17, 2010.
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi veyears:
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Schneider Electric
SA (from May 2006 to May2010); Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Accor (January 2006 to February 2009); Director
of Alliance Industrie (from October2006 to November2008), of
Road Holding (from March2007 to May2008) and Rasec (from
February2006 to January2010); Member of the Management
Board of Pharma Omnium International (from June 2006 to
January2010); Director of Schneider Electric SA; Director of
FNAC (from July1995 to May 2010), of Rothschild Concordia
SAS (from March2008 to October2010), of Rothschild & Cie
(from June2005 to October 2010), of the Gucci Group (from
March1999 to April2010).
Expertise and experience
After graduating from France’s École Nationale d’Administration,
Serge Weinberg held several positions in the French civil service
and ministerial offi ces. He then served as Deputy Vice-President
of French television channel FR3, Executive Vice-President and
then Chairman of the Management Board of Havas Tourisme,
and Director of Pallas Finance. In 1990, Serge Weinberg joined
what would become Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR) when he
became Executive Vice-President of CFAO. Within this group,
he served as Chairman of Rexel (formerly CDME), an electrical
equipment distributor. In 1995, he was appointed Chairman of the
PPR Management Board, a position he held until early 2005. In
March2005 he founded Weinberg Capital Partners, a company that
manages an investment fund specialised in leveraged buyouts and
real estate. From 2006 to 2009, he was Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Accor. He has been Chairman of the Board of Directors
of Sanofi -Aventis since May17 2010.
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 111