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3CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Non voting members
G.Richard Thoman* Claude Bébéar
Age: 70 Age: 79
Business address: Business address:
Corporate Perspectives, GIE AXA
LLC 485 Park Avenue New York NY 10022, USA 25, Avenue Matignon
75008 Paris
1,000 Schneider Electric SE shares
528 Schneider Electric SA shares
First appointed: 2007/Term ends: 2016
First appointed: 2004/Term ends: 2014
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
Governance and Remuneration Committee. Non-voting member of Schneider Electric SE
Other directorships or functions:
–Other functions at a listed company:
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Managing Partner of Corporate Perspectives (an American Non-voting member of Vivendi.
strategy consulting firm); member of the International Board Other directorships or functions:
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of Advisors of INSEAD, the French American Foundation, Director of AXA Assurances Vie Mutuelle; Chairman of the
the Americas Society, the Council of the Americas, Institut Montaigne and Honorary Chairman of
Committee for Economic Development, McGill University IMS-Entreprendre pour la Cité.
School of Management, the Fletcher School and the
Previous directorships and functions held in the past five years:
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heritage committee of the Institut des Hautes Études
Chairman of the supervisory board of AXA; Director of BNP
Internationales, “IHEID” (Geneva); Adjunct Professor at
Paribas; member of the supervisory board of Vivendi;
Columbia University and the Fletcher School; member of the
Chairman of IMS-Entreprendre pour la Cité, Director AXA
Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations,
Assurances IARD Mutuelle; non-voting member of the
Business Executives for National Security, New York
supervisory board of Schneider Electric SA.
Economics Club; Member of the Board of Directors of China
Experience and qualifications
European International Business School (C.E.I.B.S).
Previous directorships and functions held in the past five years:
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A graduate of the École Polytechnique, Claude Bébéar joined
Member of the supervisory board of Schneider Electric SA. Groupe Ancienne Mutuelle in 1958, the mutual insurance company
that would become Mutuelles Unies, then AXA in 1985. He was
Experience and qualifications
appointed Chairman and CEO of the company in 1975.
G. Richard Thoman has a unique background. He was one of the From late 1996, when AXA merged with UAP, until 2000, Claude
top five CEOs for four of the top Fortune 75 companies, in three Bébéar served as Chairman of AXA’s management board and
different industries: financial services, food and beverage, and Chairman of its Executive Committee. In 2000 he was appointed
technology. Chairman of the AXA supervisory board. He resigned as Chairman
Mr. Thoman began his career at Citibank after receiving his BA of the supervisory board in April 2008 to become Honorary
from McGill University in Montreal and MA, MALD and PhD from Chairman of AXA.
the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (the result of a
partnership between Tufts University and Harvard). He also
graduated from the 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 the Xerox
Group. 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.
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