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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gregory Spierkel Honorary Chairman
Age: 58 Didier Pineau-Valencienne
Business address:
325 Weymouth Place, Newport Beach, USA.
1,000 Schneider Electric SE shares
First appointed: October 2014/Term ends: 2015
Directorships and other functions
Currently:
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Non-voting director of Schneider Electric SE; Member of the
strategy and audit committee.
Other functions at a listed company:
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Director of MGM Resorts International (with audit and
compensation committee membership) and Director of
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PACCAR Inc. (Chair of compensation committee and
member of audit committee)
Other directorships or functions
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Member of the Advisory Board at The Merage School of
Business at the University of California, Irvine.
Previous directorships and functions held in the past five years:
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Chief Executive Officer of Ingram Micro Inc.; President,
Worldwide of Ingram Micro Inc.; Director of Ingram Micro Inc.
Experience and qualifications
Mr. Spierkel holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Carleton
University (Ottawa), a Master's Degree in Business Administration
from Georgetown University. He also attended the Advanced
Manufacturing Program at INSEAD.
Mr. Spierkel began his career working for Bell Canada in sales and
product development, followed by a period with Nortel Inc.. in
market research. For four years, he served as Managing Director of
Mitel Telecom with responsibilities over Europe and Asia. He then
spent 5 years at Mitel Corp where he served as President of North
America and President of Global Sales and Marketing. In August
1997, he joined Ingram Micro as a Senior Vice President and
President of Ingram Micro Asia-Pacific. In June 1999, he was
appointed as Executive Vice President and President of Ingram
Micro Europe where he led the transformation of the region into a
best-in-class performer, delivering sales and operating margins at
historic highs. He was promoted Ingram Micro Inc.'s Corporate
President in 2004. He took over as Chief Executive Officer of
Ingram Micro Inc in 2005, retaining that position and that of a
member of the Board of Directors until his departure in 2012. Since
2012 Mr. Spierkel has been providing advisory and consulting
services to private equity firms with investments in the information
technology sector.
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