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1092011 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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SUPERVISORY BOARD
Supervisory Board (as of December31, 2011)
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
MrHenri Lachmann
Age: 73
Business address:
Schneider Electric
35, rue Joseph Monier – 92500 Rueil-Malmaison - France
60,143(1) Schneider ElectricSA shares
First appointed: 1996/Term ends: 2012
Directorships and other functions
•Currently:
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Schneider ElectricSA;
Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Vivendi; member
of the Supervisory Board of Groupe Norbert Dentressangle;
Director of Carmat; 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; Director of 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:
Member of the Supervisory Board of AXA and AXA Assurances
IARD Mutuelle; Director of Finaxa; Non-voting member of Tajan;
member of CODICE; Director of Solidarités Actives.
Experience and qualifi cations
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 CEO.
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: 58
Business address:
72, Ralston Road; Atherton, CA 94027, USA
500 Schneider ElectricSA shares
First appointed: 2007/Term ends: 2012
Directorships and other functions
•Currently:
Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Schneider
ElectricSA;
Director of New E.A (USA); member of the Board and Strategy
Committee of PlanetFinance.
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi veyears:
CEO and President of Hewlett-Packard; member of the Board
of Directors of Hewlett-Packard; CEO of SAP AG; Non-voting
member 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), SAP (Beijing)
Software System Co., Ltd, (China), SAP Manage Ltd (Israel),
SAPFinland Oy (Finland) and SAP Danemark A/S (Denmark).
Experience and qualifi cations
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 CEO
between 1988 and 1991. MrApotheker was founding President
and Chief Operating Offi cer of ECsoft. In 1995, he returned to SAP
as Chairman of SAP France. After various appointments within SAP
as Regional Director, he was appointed in 2002 as a member of
the Executive Committee and President of Customer Solutions &
Operations, then in 2007 as President CSO and Deputy CEO of
SAP AG and in 2008 CEO of SAP AG. In 2010, he became CEO
and President of Hewlett-Packard and served until Autumn 2011.
Nota: in bold type, those companies are listed on a regulated market.
(1) Held directly or through the FCPE.
* An independent member of the Supervisory Board within the meaning of the AFEP/MEDEF code of corporate governance for listed companies.