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2015 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 135
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Cathy Kopp*
Age: 66 years
Business address:
22, square de l’Alboni
75016 Paris, France
1,024 Schneider ElectricSE shares
First appointed: 2005/Term ends: 2018
Directorships and other functions
•Currently:
Director of Schneider ElectricSE and member of the Human
Resources and CSR committee.
–Other directorships or functions:
Director and chair of the Compensation and Appointments
Committee of SFIL; member of the board of the SNCF
Foundation.
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi ve years:
Member of the supervisory board of Schneider Electric SA;
Director of Dexia; member of board of the École Normale
Supérieure de la rue d’Ulm in Paris; member of the Haut Conseil
à l’Intégration.
Experience and qualifi cations
After studying mathematics, Cathy Kopp joined IBM France in 1973.
In 1992, she became Human Resources Director at IBM France
before being appointed Vice-President of Human Resources in the
storage systems division of IBM Corp in 1996. In 2000, Cathy Kopp
became Chairman and CEO of IBM France. In2002 she joined the
Accor group as HR Director and served until2009. Cathy Kopp was
Chairman of the Social Committee of the Service Providers Group
at MEDEF until 2009. She headed up the cross-sector negotiations
on diversity at MEDEF in 2006, and the negotiations on modernizing
the labor market in 2007.
Gérard de La Martinière
Age: 72 years
Business address:
18, allée du Cloître
78170 La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France
6,856 Schneider ElectricSE shares
First appointed: 1998/Term ends: 2017
Directorships and ot her functions
•Currently:
Director of Schneider ElectricSE and Chairman of the Audit
and Risk Committee.
–Other directorships at a listed company:
–Other directorships or functions:
Director of Monfi nancier; Chairman of the Managing
Committee of the Charte du Don en Confi ance (a charity within
the meaning of the 1901 French law); member of the Haut
Conseil de la Vie Associative.
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi ve years:
Director of Air Liquide; Director of the simplifi ed joint-stock
company Standard & Poor’s Credit Market Services France;
Member of the supervisory board of Schneider ElectricSA.
Experience and quali fi cations
A graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École Nationale
d’Administration, Gérard de La Martinière held several positions in
the French Finance Ministry before serving as General Secretary of
the Commission des Opérations de Bourse and General Manager of
the Société des Bourses Françaises. In 1989, he joined AXA, where
he was appointed Executive Vice-President for Holding Companies
and Corporate Functions in 1993, member of the management
board in 1997 and Executive Vice-President of Finance, Budget
Control and Strategy in 2000. He left the AXA group in 2003 to
become Chairman of the French Insurance Companies Federation
(FFSA), a post he held until October2008.
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.