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2015 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 131
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Betsy Atkins*
Age: 62 years
Business address:
BAJACORP10 Edgewater Drive,
Ste 10A Coral Gables, FL 33133, United States
1,000 Schneider ElectricSE shares
First appointed: 2011/Term ends: 2019
Directorships and other functions
•Currently:
Director of Schneider ElectricSE and member of the Strategy
Committee.
–Other directorships or functions at a listed company:
Chairman of the Compensation Committee and member of the
board of directors of Polycom Inc. (United States); member
of the board of directors of Volvo Cars AB (Sweden) (since
January2016); member of the board of directors of HD Supply
Holdings,Inc. (United States); Chairman of the advisory board
of SAP, member of the Audit Committee and member of the
board of directors of SL GREEN REALTY CORP (United States )
(since April2015.)
–Other directorships or functions:
Chairman and CEO of Baja LLC; member of ZocDoc advisory
board.
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi ve years:
Member of the supervisory board of Schneider Electric SA;
member of the board of directors of Chico’s FAS Inc. (United
States), of SunPower Corp. (United States), of Vonage (United
States), of Wix (Israel) and of Ciber (United States); Chairman
and CEO of Clear Standards, Inc. (United States), Chairman
of the Governance Committee and member of the board of
directors of Darden (United States ).
Experience and qualifi cations
After graduating from the University of Massachusetts, Betsy
Atkins began her career co-founding several successful high-tech
and consumer companies, including Ascend Communications. In
addition, she served as Chairman and CEO of Clear Standards from
2008-2009, Chairman and CEO of NCI from 1991 to 1993 and as
CEO of Key Supercomputer from 1987 to 1989.
Xavier Fontanet*
Age: 67 years
Business address:
3,rue Charles-Lamoureux
75016 Paris, France
1,000 Schneider ElectricSE shares
First appointed: 2011/Term ends: 2016
Directorships and other functions
•Currently:
Director of Schneider ElectricSE and Chairman of the Strategy
Committee.
–Other directorships at a listed company:
Director of Essilor, and L’Oréal.
–Other directorships or functions:
Associate professor at HEC; member of the board of directors
and of ANSA (French National Association of Joint-Stock
Companies).
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi ve years:
Member of the supervisory board of Schneider Electric SA;
Chairman and CEO of Essilor International; Chairman of the
board of directors of Essilor International; Director of Crédit
AgricoleSA and of the Fonds stratégique d’Investissement (FSI);
Chairman of EOA Holding Co.Inc. (USA), Nikon and Essilor Joint
Research Center CoLtd (Japan); Director of Nikon-Essilor Co.Ltd
(Japan), Nikon and Essilor Joint Research Center CoLtd (Japan),
Essilor of America,Inc. (USA), Transitions OpticalInc. (USA), EOA
Holding Co.,Inc. (USA), Shanghai Essilor Optical CompanyLtd
(China), Transitions Optical Holdings B.V. (Netherlands), Essilor
Manufacturing India Private Ltd (India), Essilor India PVT Ltd
(India), Essilor Amico LLC (United Arab Emirates); Permanent
representative of Essilor International on the board of directors of
the Association Nationale des Sociétés par Actions (Ansa).
Experience and qualifi cations
A graduate of the Écol e nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Xavier Fontanet began his
career as a Vice-President at the Boston Consulting Group. He was
CEO for Bénéteau beginning in1981. Between 1986 and 1991, he
was in charge of central management of catering for the Wagons-
Lits group. In 1991, he joined Essilor as Executive Vice-President
and then served as Chairman and CEO from 1996 to 2009 and
Chairman of the board of directors until the beginning of 2012.
Note: bold indicates the names of companies whose securities are listed on a regulated market.
* An independent director within the meaning of the AFEP/MEDEF Corporate Governance Code for listed companies.