The Supervisory Board appoints the Chairman and members of the Management Board and supervises executive management.
The Supervisory Board has twelve members and one non-voting member. Nine qualify as independent Supervisory Board members, as defined in the Bouton report on corporate governance. Five members are foreign nationals. One member represents employee shareholders.
As of April 21, 2008, the Supervisory Board members are:
*Independent Supervisory Board member, as defined in the Bouton report on corporate governance.
Henri Lachmann
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Schneider Electric SA
- Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Schneider Electric
- 69 years old
Serge Weinberg*
Vice Chairman of Supervisory Board of Schneider Electric SA
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of Accor
- 57 year old
Noël Forgeard*
Corporate Director
- 61 years old
Jérôme Gallot*
Chairman of CDC Entreprises
- 48 years old
Cathy Kopp*
Human Resources General Manager, Accor
- 58 years old
Willy R. Kissling*
Corporate Director
- 63 years old
Gérard de La Martinière*
Chairman of Fédération Française des Sociétés d’Assurances (F.F.S.A) and Chairman of the European Insurance Committee (CEA)
- 64 years old
Gordon Richard Thoman*
Corporate Director
- 63 years old
James Ross*
Corporate Director
- 69 years old
Piero Sierra*
Director of international Pirelli Group Companies (Milan)
- 73 years old
Léo Apotheker
President CSO & Deputy CEO de SAP AG
- 54 years old
Claude Briquet
Member of the Supervisory Board of the "Schneider Actionnariat" corporate mutual fund
- 47 years old
Non-voting Director
Claude Bébéar Chairman of the Supervisory Board of AXA
- 72 years old