Jean-Pascal Tricoire

Jean-Pascal Tricoire
Born11 May 1963 Edit this on Wikidata
Beaupréau-en-Mauges (France) Edit this on Wikidata
Educationdiplôme d'Ingénieur, Master of Business Administration Edit this on Wikidata
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Awards
Websitehttps://blog.se.com/author/jean-pascal-tricoire/ Edit this on Wikidata

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]

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]

References

  1. ^ a b White, Sarah (February 16, 2023). "Schneider Electric boss to step down after two decades". Financial Times. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "People - Schneider Electric SE (SCHN.PA) - Tricoire, Jean-Pascal". in.reuters.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  3. ^ "L'histoire de Merlin Gerin". www.se.com. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Jean-Pascal Tricoire, le patron-voyageur de Schneider". Les Echos. 3 May 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Universal Registration Document 2019: Financial and Sustainable Development Report" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Board Members | UN Global Compact". www.unglobalcompact.org. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  7. ^ "Schneider Electric's Action Plan for Gender Diversity and Inclusion | International Women's Day 2019". YouTube. 7 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Profile: Jean-Pascal Tricoire". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  9. ^ "International Advisory Council". www.edb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  10. ^ "The Foreign Investment Advisory Council (FIAC)". fiac.ru. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  11. ^ "Qualcomm's Board of Directors Appoints Jean-Pascal Tricoire to Board". Qualcomm. 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  12. ^ "The CEO 100, 2019 Edition". Harvard Business Review. 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  13. ^ "Décret du 6 avril 2007 portant promotion et nomination". Légifrance. 6 April 2007. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
Business positions
Preceded by Chairman and CEO of Schneider Electric
2006– 		Succeeded by
Incumbent