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2012 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC120
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
3SUPERVISORY BOARD
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 joined 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: 61
Business address:
Weinberg Capital Partners
20, rue Quentin Bauchart
75008 Paris – France
1,144 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 at a listed company:
Chairman of the Board of Directors for Sanofi.
–Other directorships or functions:
Chairman of Weinberg Capital Partners, Financière Piasa
and Piasa Holding; Director of Piasa, Director of VL Holding,
manager of Alret and Maremma; member of the Supervisory
Committee of Financière BFSA; Vice-Chairman and Director
of Financière Sasa; Permanent representative of Weinberg
Capital Partners on the Board of Sasa Industrie; Chairman of
Corum (Switzerland).
•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 FNAC (from July1995 to May2010),
Director of Rothschild Concordia SAS (from March 2008 to
October2010), Director of Rothschild&Cie (from June2005 to
October2010), Director of the Gucci Group (from March1999
to April2010), member of the Supervisory Board of Alfi na (from
February2010 to December2011), Permanent Representative
of Weinberg Capital Partners, Director on the Board of Alliance
Industrie (from December 2008 to October 2011), Director of
Financière Poinsétia (from October2006 to October2011).
Experience and qualifi cations
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 FR3, Executive Vice-President and then Chairman of the
Management Board of Havas Tourisme, Director of Pallas Finance.
And then in 1990 joined what is now the Pinault-Printemps-
Redoute Group (PPR) as Executive Vice-Chairman of Compagnie
française de l’Afrique occidentale (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 specialized 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 since May2010.
Non-voting member
Mr.Claude Bébéar
Age: 77
Business address:
GIE AXA
25, avenue Matignon
75008 Paris – France
528 Schneider ElectricSA shares
First appointed: 2004/Term ends: 2014
Directorships and other functions
•Currently:
Non-voting member of Schneider ElectricSA.
–Other functions at a listed company:
Non-voting member of Vivendi.
–Other directorships or functions:
Director of AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle and AXA Assurances
IARD Mutuelle; Chairman of Institut Montaigne and Honorary
Chairman of IMS-Entreprendre pour la Cité.
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi ve years:
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of AXA; Director of BNP
Paribas; member of the Supervisory Board of Vivendi; Chairman
of IMS-Entreprendre pour la Cité.
Experience and qualifi cations
A graduate of École polytechnique, Claude Bébéar joined Groupe
Ancienne Mutuelle in 1958, the mutual insurance company
that would become Mutuelles Unies, then AXA in1985. He was
appointed Chairman and Executive Vice-President of the Company
in1975.
From late 1996, when AXA merged with UAP, until2000, Claude
Bébéar served as Chairman of AXA’s Management Board and
Chairman of its Executive Committee. In2000 he was appointed
Chairman of the AXA Supervisory Board. Mr. Bébéar resigned
as Chairman of the Supervisory Board in April 2008 to become
Honorary Chairman of AXA.
Note: bold indicates the names of companies listed on a regulated market.