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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
3THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Noël Forgeard*
Age: 69 years
Business address:
Financière de Courcelles
63, avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt
75008 Paris, France
1,000 Schneider ElectricSE shares
First appointed: 2005/Term ends: 2016
Directorships and other functions
•Currently:
Director of S chneider ElectricSE, Member of the Audit and Risk
Committee and the Strategy Committee.
–Other directorships or functions:
Associate Partner, Financière de Courcelles SA; Member of
the committee of France Galop; Chairman of the supervisory
board of ASCOMETALSA.
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi ve years:
Member of the supervisory board of Schneider Electric SA;
Chairman of ManopiSAS (oceanic research services company);
Senior Associate, Arjil SAS; Director of the PMU Economic
interest group.
Experience and qualifi cations
A graduate of the École Polyt echnique and the École des Mines
in Paris, Noël Forgeard began his career in the French civil service
before joining Usinor’s subsidiary Compagnie Française des Aciers
Spéciaux. In 1986, he served as an advisor on industrial issues
in Prime Minister Jacques Chirac’s offi ce. In 1987, he joined the
Lagardère Group, where he headed the Defense and Space
divisions of Matra. Five years later, he became Chairman and
CEO of Matra Haute Technologie and joint Vice-President of the
Lagardère Group. In 1998, he was appointed director and general
manager of GIE Airbus-Industrie, and in 2000, CEO of AirbusSAS
(an Airbus consolidated company). From July1, 2005 to July 1,
2006 he was co-Executive Chairman of EADS. In 2015, he joined
La Financière de Courcelles (FdC) as an Associate Partner.
Antoine Gosset-Grainville*
Age: 49 years
Business address:
BDGS Associés
44, Avenue des Champs-Élysées
75008 Paris , France
1,000 Schneider ElectricSE shares
First appointed: 2012/Term ends: 2016
Directorships and other functions
•Currently:
Director of Schneider ElectricSE and member of the Audit and
Risk Committee.
–Other directorships at a listed company:
Director of the FNAC Group; and director and Chairman of the
Audit Committee of Compagnie des Alpes.
–Other directorships or functions:
Partner at BDGS Associés law fi rm.
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi ve years:
Member of the supervisory board of Schneider Electric SA;
Director of CNP Assurances and Icade; Deputy Managing
Director of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations; Director of
the Fonds Stratégique d’Investissement, La Poste and Véolia-
Transdev; Director of Dexia.
Experience and qualifi cations
Antoine Gosset-Grainville, is a graduate of the Insti tut d’études
politiques in Paris and holds a DESS post-graduate degree in banking
and fi nance from University Paris IX Dauphine. After graduating from
France’s École nationale d’administration, he began his career at the
Inspection Générale des Finances (1994-1997). Then, he became
Deputy General Secretary of the European Monetary Committee
and later of the Economic and Financial Committee of the European
Union (1997-1999). He was appointed Adviser for Economic and
Monetary Affairs in the offi ce of the European Commissioner in
charge of Trade (1999-2002). He is a member of the Paris and
Brussels Bars, and was a partner at the Brussels offi ce of the Gide
Loyrette Nouel law fi rm (2002-2007) before becoming Deputy
Director in the offi ce of Prime Minister François Fillon (2007-2010).
From May2010 to May2013, he was Deputy Managing Director of
the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations. In June2013, hebecame
a partner at BDGS Associés law fi rm.
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.