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3CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
SENIOR MANAGEMENT
Senior Management 5.
The Senior Management of Schneider Electric SE consists of the
Emmanuel Babeau
Chairman and CEO and a Deputy CEO. The operational
Age: 47
organization of the Senior Management of the Group is supported
by the Executive Committee, which is chaired by the Chairman and
Business address:
Schneider Electric
35, rue Joseph-Monier
92500 Rueil-Malmaison, France
CEO.
The Chairman and CEO
On April25, 2013, the board of directors decided to unify the
43,315 (1) Schneider Electric SE shares
functions of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and to appoint
First appointed: 2009/Term ends: 2015
Jean-Pascal Tricoire as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. On
May6, 2014, the board of directors, which in accordance with its
Directorships and other functions
internal regulation must annually re-discuss the unification of the
functions of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, confirmed its Currently:
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decision for the reasons given on page 122. Member of the Steering Committee at Aster Capital Partners
The Chairman and CEO represents the company in its dealings SAS; Deputy CEO of Schneider Electric SE; Director of Samos
with third parties. He is vested with the broadest authority to act in acquisition Company Ltd, Schneider Electric (China) Co. Ltd,
any and all circumstances in the name and on behalf of the Schneider Electric Holdings, Inc. Invensys Ltd; Director of
Company. He exercises this authority within the limits of the Schneider Electric Industries SAS and Schneider Electric USA
corporate purpose, except for those matters that are reserved by Inc.; Member of the Supervisory Board of Custom Sensors &
law expressly to the Shareholders’ Meetings or the board of Technology SAS, Schneider Electric Energy Access
directors. In addition, the internal regulations of the board of representing Schneider Electric Industries SAS.
directors stipulate that the Chairman and CEO must submit for Previous directorships and functions held in the past five years:
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approval to the board any acquisition transactions or disposal of Member of the Management Board of Schneider Electric SA;
assets amounting to more than EUR250million as well as any Director of Schneider Electric Taiwan, Telvent GIT SA and
strategic partnership agreement. Transformateurs SAS, Chairman of the Board of Directors of
The Deputy CEO
Schneider Electric Services International Sprl.
Experience and qualifications
On April25, 2013, on the proposal of Jean-Pascal Tricoire, the Emmanuel Babeau graduated from ESCP and began his career at
board of directors appointed Emmanuel Babeau as Deputy CEO in Arthur Andersen in 1990. In1993, he joined the Pernod Ricard
charge of Finance and Legal Affairs. group as an internal auditor. He was appointed head of Internal
Audit, the Corporate Treasury center and consolidation in 1996.
He subsequently held several executive positions at Pernod Ricard,
notably outside France, before becoming Vice-President of
Development in 2001, CFO in June2003 and Group Deputy
Managing Director in charge of Finance in 2006. He joined
Schneider Electric in the first half of 2009.
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Held directly or through the FCPE.(1)
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