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3CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS**
Jeong H.Kim* Willy R. Kissling*
Age: 53 Age: 69
Business address: Business address:
Jurie Holdings LLC Poststrasse n° 4 BP
7735 Old Georgetown Road, Suite 1200 8808 Pfaeffikon, Switzerland
Bethesda, MD 20814, USA 2,000 Schneider ElectricSA shares
1,000 Schneider ElectricSA shares First appointed: December12, 2001/
Term ends: 2014First appointed: 2011/Term ends: 2015
Directorships and other functions Directorships and other functions
Currently:
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Currently:
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Director of Schneider ElectricSA; CEO of Jurie Holdings Director of Schneider ElectricSA.
LLC(USA); Chairman of Kiswe Mobile Inc. (USA) Previous directorships and functions held in the past five years:
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Previous directorships and functions held in the past five years:
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Member of the supervisory board of Schneider ElectricSA;
Non-voting Director of the board of directors of Schneider Member of the board of directors of Cleantech Invest AG;
Electric SA (May2013-October2013); Member of the Director of Kühne +Nagel International AG (logistics); Director
supervisory board of Schneider ElectricSA; President of Bell of Holcim Ltd; Chairman of the board of directors of Grand
Labs and Director of Strategy at Alcatel-Lucent; Member of the Resort Bad Ragaz AG; Member of the European Advisory board
board of Trustees of Johns Hopkins University; Member of the of Booz&Co.
College Park Foundation and Bankinter Foundation of
Experience and qualifications
Innovation; Member of the Nasdaq Listing and Review Council;
Willy Kissling, a Swiss citizen, holds diplomas from the University of
Member of the External Advisory board of the CIA; Member of
Bern and Harvard University. He began his career at Amiantus
the Advisory board of Royal Oak Capital; Director of CINTT;
Corporation and then joined Rigips, a plasterboard manufacturer,
Member of the board of Managers of the Applied Physics Lab;
in1978. He was appointed to the Rigips Executive Committee
Director of GIV Global Private Equity; Professor at the University
in1981 and subsequently became Chairman. From1987 to1996,
of Maryland; Member of the board of directors of Georgetown;
MrKissling served as Chairman and Executive Vice-president of
Member of the board of Visitors at the Stanford Freeman Spogli
Landis&Gyr Corporation, a provider of services, systems and
Institute; Member of the board of Trustees at the University of
equipment for building management, electrical contracting and
Maryland.
payphones. From1998 to2005, he was Chairman of the board of
Experience and qualifications
directors of Oertikon Bührle Holding AG (since renamed OC
Jeong H.Kim holds a doctorate in reliability engineering from the Oerlikon Corp.).
University of Maryland and holds degrees from Johns Hopkins
University in Technical Management, electrical engineering, and
computer sciences.
A businessman, professor, and member of the National Academy
of Engineering, Jeong H.Kim joined Lucent Technologies in1998
when Lucent purchased Yurie Systems, the company he founded
in1992. He supervised Lucent’s Optical Network Group. He then
joined the University of Maryland, where he taught in both the
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department and the
Mechanical Engineering Department. Before that, Jeong H.Kim
held technical and managerial positions in computers, satellite
systems, and data communications, and he spent seven years as
an officer aboard a US Navy nuclear submarine. In 2005, Jeong H.
Kim was appointed Chairman of Bell Laboratories and Director of
Strategy at Alcatel-Lucent, a position he held until February2013.
Note: bold indicates the names of companies listed on a regulated market.
* An Independent Director within the meaning of the AFEP/MEDEF corporate governance code for listed companies.
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