People: Legrand SA (LEGD.PA)

Mr. Gilles Schnepp is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Management Committee of Legrand SA as of March 17, 2006. He is also a Member of the Company’s Strategy Committee. He previously served as Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Management Committee of the Company since 2004. He graduated from Hautes Etudes Commerciales. Mr. Schnepp began his career at Merrill Lynch France, where he successively held the positions of Account Executive (1983-86), Vice President (1986-89) and Senior Vice President (1989). He joined the Company in 1989 as Assistant Finance Director, and then took the post of General Secretary in 1993 before serving as Finance Director from 1996 until 2000 and Deputy Chief Executive Officer from 2000 until 2003, serving also as Director and Member of the Management Committee of the Company from 2001. He currently holds several other mandates, within Legrand SA subsidiaries and is Director of Saint-Gobain.