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2015 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 127
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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1. The board of directors
This section is part of the Chairman of the board of directors’ report.
1.1 Membership of the board of directors (by 31st December 2015)
The board of directors must have at least three and up to 18
members, all of whom must be natural persons elected by the
Shareholders’ Meeting. However, in case of death or resignation of
a member, the board may co-opt a new member. This appointment
is then subject to ratifi cation by the next Shareholders’ Meeting.
Throughout their term, pursuant to the internal regulations, each
director must hold at least 1,000Schneider ElectricSE shares.
Directors are appointed for four-year terms (renewable). However,
from the age of 70, directors are re-elected or appointed for a
period of two years. No more than one- third of the directors may
be aged 70 or over.
As of December31, 2015, the board of directors had 16directors
and one non-voting member, Cécile Cabanis.
Director Year fi rst term began Year current term expires Independent under AFEP/MEDEF criteria
Jean- Pascal Tricoire
Chairman
2013 2017 NO (assumes an executive role at the
head of the Group)
Léo Apotheker
Vice-Chairman Independent Lead Director
2007 2016 YES
Betsy Atkins 2011 2019 YES
Xavier Fontanet 2011 2016 YES
Noël Forgeard 2005 2016 YES
Antoine Gosset-Grainville 2012 2016 YES
Magali Herbaut 2012 2017 NO (bound by a work contract
with the company)
Jeong Kim 2011 2019 YES
Willy Kissling 2001 2016 NO (board member
for more than 12years)
Linda Knoll 2014 2018 YES
Cathy Kopp 2005 2018 YES
Henri Lachmann 1996 2016 NO (board member
for more than 12years)
Gérard de La Martinière 1998 2017 NO (board member for more
than 12years)
Lone Fønss Schrøder 2014 2018 YES
Greg Spierkel 2015 2019 YES
Richard Thoman 2007 2016 YES