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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Composition of the board of directors at December31, 2014
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Vice-chairman independent lead director
Chiefexectutive officer
Léo Apotheker*
M. Jean-Pascal Tricoire
Age: 61
Age: 51 Business address:
Flat A, 15 Eaton Square
London SW1W 9DD - England
Business adress: Schneider Electric
35, rue Joseph Monier
925000 Rueil Malmaison 1,538 Schneider Electric SE shares
216,613(1) Schneider Electric SE shares
First appointment: 2013/Term ends: 2017
First appointed: 2007/Term ends: 2016
Directorships and other functions
Directorships and other functions
Currently:
l
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Currently:
l
Vice-chairman independent lead director of Schneider Electric
SE and Chairman of the Governance and compensation
Chairman and CEO of Schneider Electric SE; Chairman and committee, member of the Strategy Committee.
CEO of Schneider Electric Industries SAS; Director of DELIXI
Electric Ltd; Director of Schneider Electric USA, Inc.; Director
Other directorships at a listed company:
–
and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Schneider Electric
Director of NICE-Systems Ltd (Israel).
Asia Pacific Ltd.; Chairman of the Board of Directors of
Other directorships or functions:
–
Schneider Electric Holdings, Inc., Chairman of the France-China
Chairman of the board of KMD A/S (Denmark),
Committee.
Vice-Chairman of the board of Unit 4 NV (Netherlands);
Previous directorships and functions held in the past five years:
lDirector of New E.A. (United States) and Intelius (United
States).
Chairman of the Management Board of Schneider Electric SA;
Director of NINGBO Schneider Power Distribution Apparatus Previous directorships and functions held in the past five years:
l
Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Manager of «Efficiency Capital» fund; Vice-Chairman of
Experience and qualifications
Schneider Electric SA’s supervisory board; member of the
supervisory board of Steria, President and CEO of
Hewlett-Packard; member of the board of directors of
Hewlett-Packard; CEO of SAP AG; non-voting member of
After graduating from ESEO Angers and obtaining an MBA from
Schneider Electric SA; director of GTNexus (United States);
EM Lyon, Jean-Pascal Tricoire spent his early career with Alcatel,
member of the board of directors and the Strategy Committee
Schlumberger and Saint-Gobain. He joined the Schneider Electric
of PlanetFinance.
Group (Merlin Gerin) in 1986. From 1988 to 1999 he occupied
occupational functions within Schneider Electric abroad: in Italy
Experience and qualifications
(five years), China (five years) and South Africa (one year). He held
Léo Apotheker began his career in1978 in management control
corporate positions from 1999 to 2001: Director in charge of
after graduating with a degree in international relations and
Strategic Global Accounts and the “Schneider 2000+” strategic
economics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He then held
plan. From January 2002 to the end of 2003, he was Executive
management and executive responsibilities in several IT firms
Vice-President of Schneider Electric’s International Division. In
including SAP France & Belgium, where he was Chairman and
October 2003, he was appointed Deputy CEO, before becoming
CEO between1988 and1991. Mr.Apotheker was founding
Chairman of the management board of Schneider Electric SA on
Chairman and CEO of ECsoft. In 1995, he returned to SAP as
May 3, 2006. On April 25, 2013, following the change in mode of
Chairman of SAP France. After serving in various capacities within
governance of the company, he was appointed Chairman and
SAP as Regional Director, in 2002 he was appointed member of
CEO.
the Executive Committee and President of Customer Solutions &
Operations, and in 2007 President CSO and Deputy CEO of SAP
AG and CEO of SAP AG in 2008. In 2010, he became CEO and
President of Hewlett-Packard, a position he held until the fall of
2011. Member of the Schneider Electric SA board of directors
since 2007, Léo Apotheker was appointed In Vice-chairman
independent lead director in May2014.
Held directly or through a FCPE.(1)
Note: bold indicates the names of companies listed on a regulated market.
* An independent director within the meaning of the AFEP/MEDEF corporate governance guidelines for listed companies
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