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2015 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 149
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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SENIOR MANAGEMENT
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5. Senior Management
The Senior Management of Schneider Electric SE consists of
the Chairman and CEO and a Deputy CEO. The operational
organization of the Senior Management of the Group is supported
by the Executive Committee, which is chaired by the Chairman and
CEO.
The Chairman and CEO
On April 25, 2013, the board of directors decided to unify the
functions of Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer, and to appoint
Jean-Pascal Tricoire as Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer. On
April21, 2015, the board of directors, which in accordance with
its internal regulation must annually re-discuss the unifi cation of the
functions of Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer, confi rmed its
decision for the reasons given on page126 .
The Chairman and CEO represents the company in its dealings with
third parties. He is vested with the broadest authority to act in any
and all circumstances in the name and on behalf of the Company.
He exercises this authority within the limits of the corporate purpose,
except for those matters that are reserved by law expressly to
the Shareholders’ Meetings or the board of directors. In addition,
the internal regulations of the board of directors stipulate that the
Chairman and CEO must submit for approval to the board any
acquisition transactions or disposal of assets amounting to more
than EUR250million as well as any strategic partnership agreement.
The Deputy CEO
On April 25, 2013, on the proposal of Jean-Pascal Tricoire, the
board of directors appointed Emmanuel Babeau as Deputy CEO in
charge of Finance and Legal Affairs.
Emmanuel Babeau
Age: 48 years
Business address:
Schneider Electric
35,rue Joseph-Monier
92500 Rueil-Malmaison, France
47,155 (1) Schneider ElectricSE shares
First appointed:2013
Note: bold indicates the names of companies whose securities are listed on a regulated market.
(1) Held directly or through the FCPE.
Directorships and other functions
•Currently:
Chief Executive Offi cer of Schneider Electric SE; Director of
Sodexo (January 2016), Schneider Electric Industries SAS,
Schneider Electric USA, Schneider Electric (China) CoLtd, Samos
Acquisition Company Ltd, Schneider Electric Holdings Inc.,
Invensys Ltd; Innovista Sensors Topco  Inc.; Member of the
supervisory board of Custom Sensors & Technologies SAS,
representative of Schneider Electric Industries SAS on the
supervisory board of Schneider Electric Energy Acces; Member
of the Steering Committee of Aster Capital Partners.
•Previous directorships and functions held in the past fi ve years:
Member of the management board of Schneider Electric SA;
Director of Schneider Electric Taiwan, Telvent GIT SA and
Transformateurs SAS, Chairman of the board of directors of
Schneider Electric Services International Sprl.
Experience and qualifi cations
Emmanuel Babeau graduated from ESCP and began his career
at Arthur Andersen in late1990. In 1993, he joined the Pernod
Ricard group as an internal auditor. He was appointed head of
Internal Audit, the Corporate Treasury C enter and C onsolidation in
1996. Mr. Babeau subsequently held several executive positions
at Pernod Ricard, notably outside France, before becoming Vice-
President, Development in 2001, CFO in June 2003 and Group
Deputy Managing Director in charge of Finance in2006. He joined
Schneider Electric in the fi rst half of 2009.