Jean-Pascal Tricoire

Jean-Pascal Tricoire
Born	11 May 1963  Beaupréau-en-Mauges (France)
Education	diplôme d'Ingénieur, Master of Business Administration
Alma mater	École supérieure d'électronique de l'Ouest EM Lyon Business School
Awards	Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (2007) Officer of the National Order of Merit (2022)
Website	https://blog.se.com/author/jean-pascal-tricoire/

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]

External links

• Schneider Electric
• Davos 2022 & 2023 panels
• Jean-Pascal Tricoire Blogs

References

1. White, Sarah (February 16, 2023). "Schneider Electric boss to step down after two decades". Financial Times. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
2. "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. "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 Henri Lachmann	Chairman and CEO of Schneider Electric 2006–	Succeeded by Incumbent