Jean-Pascal Tricoire

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Jean-Pascal Tricoire
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Born11 May 1963  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Beaupréau-en-Mauges (France)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Education diplôme d'Ingénieur, Master of Business Administration   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
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Website https://blog.se.com/author/jean-pascal-tricoire/   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Jean-Pascal Tricoire (born 1963) is a French business executive. Tricoire is the chairman of Schneider Electric, and served as the company's CEO from 2006 to 2023. [1]

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Career

Early career

After working at Alcatel, Schlumberger and Saint-Gobain between 1985 and 1986, Tricoire joined Merlin Gerin in 1986. [2] In 1992, Merlin Gerin was acquired by Schneider Electric. [3]

From 1988 to 1999, Tricoire developed the company's activity abroad, working in Italy for five years (1989-1994). Then, he worked in China for other five years (1994-1999) before managing operations in South Africa. [4]

He then served in corporate functions as Head of Schneider Electric's Global Strategic Accounts and of the Schneider 2000+ program. From January 2002 to the end of 2003, he became Executive Vice President of the International Division, covering the company's business outside of North America and Europe. [2]

Leadership of Schneider Electric

In May 2013, Tricoire was appointed Chairman and CEO of Schneider Electric, following a change in the governance of the company. [5] In May 2023, Tricoire stepped down as CEO of the company but remained its chairman. [1]

Boards and organizations

Tricoire is a director of the worldwide board of the UN Global Compact. [6]

Tricoire also represents Schneider as a UN HeForShe Corporate IMPACT champion working with other heads of state, universities and companies to advance gender equality. Under his leadership, Schneider has gone from 3% representation of women in leadership 15 years ago, to 20% representation today, with a goal to make that at least 30% by 2020. [7]

Since 2019, he has been a member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum. [8]

He is a member of the International Advisory Council of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). [9]

He has represented Schneider Electric in Russia's Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC). [10]

He has been member of the board of director of Qualcomm since 2020. [11]

Recognition

In 2019, Jean-Pascal Tricoire was named one of the top 100 Top Performing Chief Executives by the Harvard Business Review (HBR), ranking at #48. [12]

In 2007, Tricoire became a Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour (Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur). [13]

Personal life

Jean-Pascal Tricoire is married and has three children.[ citation needed ] He speaks French, English, Italian and Chinese. [4]

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References

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Business positions
Preceded by Chairman and CEO of Schneider Electric
2006–
Succeeded by
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