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2012 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC116
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
3SUPERVISORY BOARD
Mr.Noël Forgeard*
Age: 66
Business address:
ARJIL, 84 Avenue d’Iéna
75116 Paris - France
1,000 Schneider ElectricSA shares
First appointed: 2005/Term ends: 2014
Directorships and other functions
•Currently:
Member of the Supervisory Board of Schneider ElectricSA.
–Other directorships or functions:
Senior Partner at Arjil SAS; member of the Committee
of France Galop; Director of the PMU Economic Interest
Group; Chairman of Manopi SAS (oceanic research
services company).
Experience and qualifi cations
A graduate of École polytechnique and École des Mines in Paris,
Noël Forgeard began his career in the French civil service before
joining Usinor’s subsidiary Compagnie Française des Aciers
Spéciaux. In 1986, he served as an advisor on industrial issues
in Prime Minister Jacques Chirac’s offi ce. In 1987, he joined the
Lagardère Group, where he headed the Defense and Space
divisions of Matra. Five years later, he became CEO of Matra
Haute Technologie and joint Vice-President of the Lagardère
Group. In1998, he was appointed Director and general manager
of GIE Airbus-Industrie, and in2000, CEO of Airbus SAS (an Airbus
consolidated company). From July1, 2005 to July1, 2006 he was
co-Executive Chairman of EADS. In2011, he joined Arjil SAS as a
Senior Partner.
Mr.Antoine Gosset-Grainville*
Age: 46
Business address:
CDC
56 Rue de Lille
75007 Paris - France
1,000 Schneider ElectricSA shares
First appointed: 2012/Term ends: 2016
Directorships and other functions
•Currently:
Member of the Supervisory Board of Schneider ElectricSA.
–Other directorships at a listed company:
Director of CNP Assurances, Compagnie des Alpes, and
Icade.
–Other directorships or functions:
Deputy Managing Director of Caisse des dépôts et
consignations; Director of Fonds Stratégique d’Investissement ,
La Poste and Véolia-Transdev.
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi ve years:
Director of Dexia, Deputy Director in the offi ce of Prime Minister
François Fillon from2007 to March2010.
Experience and qualifi cations
Mr. Gosset-Grainville, 46, is a graduate of the Institut d’études
politiques in Paris and holds a DESS post-graduate degree in
banking and fi nance from University Paris IX Dauphine. After
graduating from France’s École nationale d’administration , he
began his career at the Inspection Générale des Finances (1994-
1997). Then, he became Deputy General Secretary of the European
Monetary Committee and later of the Economic and Financial
Committee of the European Union (1997-1999). He was appointed
Adviser for Economic and Monetary Affairs in the offi ce of the
European Commissioner in charge of Trade (1999-2002). He is a
member of the Paris and Brussels Bars, and was a partner at the
Brussels offi ce of the Gide Loyrette Nouel law fi rm (2002-2007)
before becoming Deputy Director in the offi ce of Prime Minister
François Fillon (2007-2010). He has been Deputy Managing
Director of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations since May2010.
* An independent member of the Supervisory Board within the meaning of the AFEP/MEDEF corporate governance code for listed companies.
Note: bold indicates the names of companies whose securities are listed on a regulated market.