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2015 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC136
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
3THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Henri Lachmann
Age: 77 years
Business address:
Schneider Electric
35,rue Joseph-Monier
92500 Rueil-Malmaison, France
108,940 (1) Schneider ElectricSE shares
First appointed: 1996/Term ends: 2016
Directorships and other functions
•Currently:
Director of Schneider ElectricSE and Chairman of the Human
Resources and CSR committee.
–Other directorships or functions at a listed company:
Honorary Vice-Chairman of the supervisory board of Vivendi;
Member of the supervisory board of the XPO Logistics group;
Director of Carmat; Non-voting member of Fimalac.
–Other directorships or functions:
Chairman of the board of directors of Centre Chirurgical Marie
Lannelongue; member of the Steering Committee of the
Institut de l’Entreprise; Director of the Association Nationale
des Sociétés par Actions; Chairman of the Institut Telémaque;
Director of Planet Finance and Fondation Entreprendre;
Chairman of the Advisory Council of Campus d’Excellence au
Commissariat Général à l’Investissement (Grand Emprunt).
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi ve years:
Vice-Chairman Lead Director of Schneider Electric SA,
Chairman of the supervisory board of Schneider ElectricSA;
Vice-Chairman of the supervisory board of Vivendi; Chairman
of the Fondation pour le Droit Continental; Member of CODICE;
Director of Solidarités Actives; Director of the Steering Committee
of Proxinvest.
Experience and qualifi cations
A gradu ate of Hautes études commerciales (HEC), Henri Lachmann
began his career in 1963 with Arthur Andersen. In 1970, he joined
Compagnie I ndustrielle et F inancière de Pompey. In 1971, he
became Executive Vice-President of Financière Strafor, where
from 1981 to 1997 he served as Chairman and CEO. He was
elected to the Schneider ElectricSA board of directors in 1996
and was appointed Chairman on February25, 1999. On May3,
2006, he became Chairman of the supervisory board of Schneider
ElectricSA. On April25, 2013, following the change in mode of
governance of the Company, he was appointed Vice-Chairman
lead director, a function he held until May2014.
Lone Fønss Schrøder*
Age: 55 years
Business address:
Klosterrisvej
63100 Hornbæk, Denmark
1,000 Schneider ElectricSE shares
First appointed: 2014/Term ends: 2018
Directorships and other functions
•Currently:
Director of Schneider ElectricSE and member of the Audit and
Risk Committee.
–Other directorships or functions at a listed company:
Vice-Chairman of the board of directors of Akastor (Norway),
director of BilfingerSE (Germany), Valmet Oy (Finland), NKT
Holding A/S (Denmark), and Senior advisor to the Nordic
Region for Credit Suisse.
–Other directorships or functions:
Vice-Chairman of Saxo Bank A/S and Director of Volvo Cars
(Sweden).
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi ve years:
Director of Heidelberg AG (Germany), of Handelsbanken, of Volvo
and Vattenfall AB (Sweden), of Yara ASA (Norway); Chairman and
CEO of Wallenius Lines (Sweden); Director and Chairman of the
Audit Committee of Kvaerner ASA (Norway).
Experience and qualifi cations
Ms.Lone Fønss Schrøder, 54 years old and of Danish nationality,
possesses a law degree from Copenhagen University and a
Master’s degree in economics at the Copenhagen Business
School. Ms.Schrøder has broad international experience acquired
during 21 years (1982-2004) in senior management positions at
A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S. In 2005, she became Chairman and CEO
of Wallenius Lines, a company specializing in sea RORO, terminals
and logistics, offi ces that she held until 2010. At present, she is a
company director.
Note: bold indicates the name s of companies whose securities are listed on a regulated market.
(1) Held directly or through the FCPE.