Rueil-Malmaison (France), May 7, 2014 - Meeting on May 6, 2014 and after having decided to maintain the unification of the roles of Chairman and CEO for Mr. Jean-Pascal TRICOIRE, the Board of Directors of Schneider Electric SA has appointed Mr. Léo APOTHEKER in the role of Vice-chairman and independent Lead Director. He will take over from Mr. Henri LACHMANN who had only accepted this function for a duration of one year.

The Board of Directors has selected the new members of its committees after reviewing the names and competencies of the committees.

The name of the Governance committee is changing to the Governance and remunerations committee to reflect that it will now deal with questions relating to executives directors' remunerations. Those questions were previously handled by the Remunerations, human resources and social responsibility committee, which now becomes Human resources and CSR committee.

The composition of the committees is the following:

Governance and remunerations committee:
 Mr. Léo APOTHEKER, Chairman
Mr. Claude BEBEAR
Mr. Willy KISSLING
Mr. Richard THOMAN

 Audit and risk committee:
 Mr. Gérard de La MARTINIERE, Chairman
Mr. Noël FORGEARD
Mr. Antoine GOSSET-GRAINVILLE
Ms. LONE FØNSS SCHRØDER

Human resources and CSR committee:
 Mr. Henri LACHMANN, Chairman
Ms. Magali HERBAUT
Mr. Willy KISSLING
Ms. Linda KNOLL
Ms. Cathy KOPP 		Strategy committee:
 Mr. Xavier FONTANET, Chairman
Mr. Léo APOTHEKER
Ms. Betsy ATKINS
Mr. Noël FORGEARD
Mr. Jeong KIM

Mr. WEINBERG, having elected not to be renewed in his director's mandate, the Board of Directors has paid a particular tribute to his important role within the Board of Directors as well as his contribution to the development of Schneider Electric. Mr. WEINBERG joined the Board of Directors in May 2005.



About Schneider Electric
As a global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in energy and infrastructure, industrial processes, building automation, and data centres/networks, as well as a broad presence in residential applications. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green, the company's 150,000 plus employees achieved sales of 24 billion euros in 2013, through an active commitment to help individuals and organizations "Make the most of their energy."
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