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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Willy R. Kissling Linda Knoll*
Age: 70 Age: 54
Business address: Business address:
Poststrasse n° 4 BP CNH Industrial N.V., 6900 Veterans Boulevard,
8808 Pfaeffikon, Switzerland Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527 USA
2,000 Schneider Electric SE shares 1,000 Schneider ElectricSE shares
First appointed: 2001/Term ends: 2016 First appointed: 2014/Term ends: 2018
Directorships and other functions Directorships and other functions
Currently:
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Currently:
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Director of Schneider Electric SE, and member of the Director of Schneider ElectricSE and member of the Human
Governance & remuneration committee and the Human Resources & CSR committee.
Resources and CSR committee.
Other directorships or functions at a listed company:
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Previous directorships and functions held in the past five years:
lChief Human Resources Officer and member of the Group
Executive Council of CNH INDUSTRIAL N.V.
Member of the supervisory board of Schneider ElectricSA;
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Chief Human Resources Officer and member of the Group
member of the board of directors of Cleantech Invest AG;
Executive Council of FIAT CHRYSLER AUTOMOBILES
Chairman of the board of directors of Grand Resort Bad Ragaz
N.V.
AG.
Previous directorships and functions held in the past five years:
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Experience and qualifications
Interim President of CNH Parts & Service.
Willy Kissling, a Swiss citizen, holds diplomas from the University of
Experience and qualifications
Bern (Dr. rer.pol) and Harvard University (P.M.D). He has extensive
experience and proven expertise both as a CEO and a director of After a career in the Land Systems Division of General Dynamics,
multinational companies based in Switzerland and in the following Ms. Knoll joined CNH Industrial N.V. in 1994 (Case Corporation at
areas in particular: construction and energy management the time). She held various positions there, culminating in her
technologies (acquired as CEO of the former Landis&Gyr Ltd), appointment to multiple senior management positions.
information technology and vacuum processing (acquired as In 1999, Ms. Knoll became Vice-President and General Manager of
Chairman of Oerlikon Bührle Ltd, which became OC Oerlikon Ltd), the Group’s Crop Production Global Product Line. From 2003 to
construction materials (Holcim Ltd, Cement, Forbo Ltd, Floring, 2005, she was Vice-President for North America Agricultural
Rigips GmbH, Gypsum), packaging (Chairman of SIG Ltd) and Industrial Operations. She then served as Vice-President for
logistics (acquired at Kühne&Nagel Ltd). Worldwide Agricultural Manufacturing until 2007, managing twenty
He began his career at Amiantus Corporation and then joined plants in ten countries, before being appointed Executive
Rigips, a plasterboard manufacturer, in1978. He was appointed to Vice-President for Development of Agricultural Products. From
the Rigips Executive Committee in1981 and subsequently became 2007 to 2011, she represented CNH as a board member for the
Chairman. From1987 to1996, Mr.Kissling served as Chairman National Association of Manufacturers. Ms. Knoll was appointed
and CEO of Landis&Gyr Corporation, a provider of services, CHRO in CNH Industrial and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in 2007
systems and equipment for building management, electrical and 2011 respectively.
contracting and payphones. From1998 to2005, he was Chairman From 2010 to 2011, Ms. Knoll served as Interim President of CNH
of the board of directors of Oerlikon Bührle Holding AG (since Parts & Service, in addition to her duties as Senior Vice-President
renamed OC Oerlikon Corp.). of Human Resources.
Linda Knoll holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business
Administration from Central Michigan University.
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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