273 Life Is On | Schneider Electric www.se.com Chapter 4 – Corporate Governance Report Corporate Governance 4. Experience and qualifications Fred Kindle, who currently is the Vice-Chairman & Lead Independent Director of Schneider Electric SE, is the former CEO of ABB. He began his career in the Marketing Department of Hilti AG in Liechtenstein from 1984 to 1986. From 1988 to 1992, he worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company in New York and Zurich. He then joined Sulzer AG in Switzerland where he held various management positions. In 1999, he was appointed CEO of Sulzer Industries and in 2001, he became CEO of Sulzer AG. After joining ABB Ltd in 2004, Fred Kindle was appointed CEO of the ABB Group, a position which he held until 2008. He then became a partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC, a private equity fund based in London and New York. He is now an independent consultant and Director at several companies. Board member of Schneider Electric SE since 2016, he was appointed Vice-Chairman & Lead Independent Director in April 2020. Fred Kindle graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich and holds an MBA from Northwestern University, Evanston, USA. Fred Kindle* Vice-Chairman & Lead Independent Director of Schneider Electric SE Age: 62 years Nationality: Swiss Business address: Schneider Electric 35, rue Joseph Monier, 92500 Rueil- Malmaison, France 40,000 Schneider Electric SE shares Board committees C Attendance rate at: Board meetings 100% Committee meetings 83.5% Term of office First appointed: 2016/Term ends: 2024 Current external directorships Other directorships at listed companies: Chairman of the Board of Directors of VZ Holding AG (Switzerland) and Director of Stadler Rail AG (Switzerland). Other directorships: None. Previous directorships Previous directorships held in the past five years: Director of Exova Plc. (United Kingdom); Partner of Clayton Dubilier & Rice Llc. (USA); Chairman of the Board of Directors of Exova Group Plc. (United Kingdom); Chairman of the Board of Directors of BCA Marketplace Plc. (United Kingdom); Director of Rexel SA (France); Member of the Development committee of the Royal Academy of Engineering (London); Vice-Chairman of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd. (Switzerland); Chief Executive Officer of Kinon AG (Switzerland). Skills Experience and qualifications Léo Apotheker, former CEO of SAP and Hewlett-Packard, began his career in 1978 in Management Control. He then held management and executive responsibilities in several firms specializing in information systems including SAP France & Belgium, where he was Chairman and CEO between 1988 and 1991. Léo Apotheker was founding Chairman and CEO of ECsoft. In 1995, he returned to SAP and, after various appointments within SAP as Regional Director, he was appointed in 2002 as a member of the Executive Committee and President of Customer Solutions & Operations, then in 2007 as Deputy CEO of SAP AG and in 2008 CEO of SAP AG. In 2010, he became CEO and Chairman of Hewlett-Packard, a position he held until the fall of 2011. Board member of Schneider Electric SE since 2008, Léo Apotheker served as Vice-Chairman & Lead Independent Director from 2014 to April 2020. In 2020, he launched a SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company) called Burgundy Technology Acquisition Corporation, listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market, which intends to focus on public and private opportunities in the technology sector, particularly companies in enterprise software or technology-enabled services. Léo Apotheker graduated with a degree in International Relations and Economics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Léo Apotheker Company Director Age: 68 years Nationality: French/German Business address: Schneider Electric, 35, rue Joseph Monier, 92500 Rueil- Malmaison, France 3,093 Schneider Electric SE shares Board committees C Attendance rate at: Board meetings 100% Committee meetings 100% Term of office First appointed: 2008/Term ends: 2023 Current external directorships Other directorships at listed companies: Director of NICE-Systems Ltd (Israel); Chairman and Co-CEO of Burgundy Technology Acquisition Corporation (USA). Other directorships: Chairman of the Board of Directors of Unit 4 NV (Netherlands); Chairman of Syncron International AB (Sweden); Director of P2 Energy Solutions (USA); Director of Taulia (USA), Director of MercuryGate (USA). Previous directorships Previous directorships held in the past five years: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Signavio GmbH (Germany); Director and Chairman of the Board of KMD A.S. (Denmark), Member of the Supervisory Board of Steria (France). Skills * An independent Director within the meaning of the AFEP-MEDEF Corporate Governance Code. Note: bold indicates the names of companies whose securities are listed on a regulated market. Skills Public Company Management Corporate Finance International Markets Industry Knowledge Sustainability Law, Governance, Ethics & Compliance Digital & Technology Accounting, Audit & Risk Employee perspective and knowledge of the Group