Isabelle Boccon-Gibod

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Independent Director of Legrand since 2016, Chairwoman of the Audit Committee and member of the Commitments and CSR Committee

French citizen
Isabelle Boccon-Gibod started her career in 1991 in the International Paper group as an engineer for the Cardboard division in the United States. She then joined and managed the same division in the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2001. She was then Head of Strategic Development for Europe until 2004.
In 2008, she was appointed as Executive Vice President of the Sequana Group and Executive Director of the Arjowiggings Group in 2009. She is also a photographer and a writer.
Isabelle Boccon-Gibod is a director of Arkema and Constellium. She is the Chair of Arc Holdings’ Board of Directors. She is also Chair of Observatoire Conseil. Lastly, she chairs Demeter on a voluntary basis and is a member of ORT France’s board of directors.

Sophie Bourdais

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Director representing employees since 2020, and member of the Compensation Committee

French citizen
Sophie Bourdais joined Legrand in 1991. Until 2019, she held various positions at Legrand, particularly in the Sales Department. Sophie Bourdais is currently national delegate for relations with the technical education sector. Sophie Bourdais took up her role as director representing employees within the Legrand Board of Directors, on September 30, 2020.

Philippe Bourdolle

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Director representing employees since 2024

French citizen
Philippe Bourdolle joined Legrand in a 1999. Until 2020, he held various positions within the supply chain. Since 2020, he has worked on pricing and reporting within the Marketing department of the User Interface SBU.
Philippe Bourdolle took office as director representing employees within Legrand’s Board of Directors on May 29, 2024.

Jean-Marc Chéry

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Independent Director of Legrand since 2021, and Chairman of the Commitments and CSR Committee

French citizen
Jean-Marc Chéry has been President of the Managing Board and Chief Executive Officer of STMicroelectronics since May 31, 2018. He is the sole member of the Managing Board and is Chairman of STMicroelectronics’s Executive Committee.
He began his career in French group Matra’s quality teams. In 1986, he joined Thomson Semiconducteurs (which later became STMicroelectronics) and held various management positions in product scheduling and production, rising to lead STMicroelectronics’ different fabs. In 2008, he was promoted to Chief Technology Officer. In 2014, he was appointed as Chief Operating Officer with responsibility for production and technology. In 2017, he was appointed Deputy CEO.
Jean-Marc Chéry has also been President of the Council of France-Malaysia Business Leaders of Medef International since 2018, a member of the Board of Directors at the Global Semiconductor Alliance since 2022 and President since 2024, and a member of the Board of Directors at Capgemini since May 2025.

Valérie Chort

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Independent Director of Legrand since 2023 and member of the Audit Committee, the Commitments and CSR Committee, and the Compensation Committee
Canadian citizen
Valérie Chort joined the Canadian Ministry of Environment from 1989 to 1991.
In 1991, she was hired by Arthur D. Little, a leading consulting firm in the development of management
and audit executives, which was looking to create Environment Health & Safety (EHS) audit frameworks to help clients anticipate significant hazards. In 1994, she joined Husky Injection Molding Systems where she became Vice-President EHS and Product Safety.
From 2001 to 2015, Valérie Chort worked with Deloitte as Americas Leader for Sustainability & Climate Change, and was a Partner with Deloitte Canada’s Enterprise Risk Services.
From 2015 to 2023, she served as Vice President Corporate Citizenship & Sustainability for the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). She was also Executive Director of the RBC Foundation.
Valérie Chort serves on the Boards of Directors of Transat A.T (listed company) since 2022, of North West Rubber Ltd since 2023, and of BNP Paribas since May 2025. 

Benoît Coquart

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Director of Legrand since 2020

French citizen
Benoît Coquart joined Legrand in 1997 to manage the Group's activities in South Korea. Continuing his career with the Group, he held several positions, including Executive Vice President Investor Relations, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development (M&A), Executive Vice President Strategy and Development, and Executive Vice President France. Benoît Coquart was appointed Chief Executive Officer on February 8, 2018. He has been a Director of Legrand since May 27, 2020.

Patrick Koller

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Independent Director of Legrand since 2018, member of the Nomination and Governance Committee and member of the Compensation Committee

French and German citizen
Patrick Koller served as Chief Executive Officer of Forvia SE from 2016 to February 28, 2025. He also served as member of the Board of Directors of Forvia SE from 2017 to May 28, 2025.
In 2006, he joined Faurecia Group (now called Forvia) as Executive Vice President of the Faurecia Automotive Seating Business Group a position he held until February 2015. During this period, he held many executive roles in Faurecia group subsidiaries, including Faurecia (China) Holding Co., Ltd., Faurecia Components Pisek, S.r.o. (Czech Republic), Faurecia Automotive GmbH (Germany), and Faurecia NHK Co., Ltd. (Japan). On February 2, 2015, he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer, a position he held until June 30, 2016.
He has also held senior management positions in several other major industrial companies: he was Chief Executive Officer of Rhodia Polyamide Intermediates until 2003 and then Group Industrial and Purchasing Director until 2006. He was also Managing Director of the Engine Cooling Europe Division at Valeo until 2000.

Michel Landel

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Independent Director of Legrand since 2019, Lead Director, Chairman of the Nomination and Governance Committee, and Chairman of the Compensation Committee

French citizen
Michel Landel began his career at Chase Manhattan Bank in 1977. In 1980, he became plant manager at Poliet. In 1984, he joined Sodexo group as Operations Manager for East Africa, then for Africa. In 2000, he became Vice-Chairman of the group’s Executive Committee and, in 2003, Deputy Chief Executive Officer. Between 2005 and January 2018, he was Chief Executive Officer of Sodexo and Chairman of the Executive Committee.
Since 2018, Michel Landel has been Chairman of Astrolabe Services.

Rekha Mehrotra Menon

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Independent Director of Legrand since 2024 and member of the Nomination and Governance Committee

Indian citizen
Rekha Mehrotra Menon (Rekha M. Menon) began her career in human resources in the manufacturing industry before becoming an independent consultant for companies setting up in India.
In 2004, Rekha M. Menon joined Accenture as Associate Partner to build and manage the company's corporate functions, first in India, then in the ASEAN region, the Philippines and China. She took on the role of Senior Managing Director and Chair of Accenture in India in 2016, functions she held until 2023.
Rekha M. Menon is a member of the Executive Council of NASSCOM since 2016, member of the Board of Directors of XLRI Xavier School of Management since 2017, and of Invest India since 2021.
Rekha M. Menon is also a Director of Biocon (listed company) since 2023.

Florent Menegaux

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Independent Director of Legrand since 2022 and member of the Audit Committee

French citizen
Florent Menegaux has been Managing General Partner of the Michelin Group since 2018 and Managing Chairman since 2019.
Florent Menegaux first joined the Michelin Group in 1997. He held international responsibilities, such as at the Truck Sales division, North America department in 2000, then in South America in 2003. In 2008, he was appointed as Global Head of the Light Truck/Passenger Vehicle product line. He joined the Group’s Executive Committee in 2008, going on to become Chief Operating Officer in 2014.
Before joining Michelin, Florent Menegaux held management and executive roles at Price Waterhouse, Exel Logistics and Norbert Dentressangle.

Stéphane Pallez

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Independent Director of Legrand since May 27, 2025

French citizen
Stéphane Pallez has been Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of FDJ UNITED (listed company) since November 2014. During these 10 years, she led a profound transformation of the group, notably through digitalization of the traditional lottery, product innovation, development of online sports betting, and creation of new business activities (payment and services, international B2B services, etc.). 
She was previously Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of CCR, a reinsurance group from 2011 to 2014, and deputy Chief Financial Officer at France Télécom-Orange (listed company) telecommunications group from 2004 to 2011. 
From 1984 to 2004, she held various positions in the Executive Management of the Treasury at the Ministry of Economy and Finance. She was in charge of the Insurance subdirectorate (1995-1998), managed a portfolio of French State investments (Air France, TMM, Bull, Eramet, Cogema, Gaz de France…) between 1998 and 2000, then Head of the European and International Affairs Department from 2000 to 2004. 
She took on the role of member of the Supervisory Board at Eurazeo (listed company) in 2013, functions she held until May 7, 2025.
Stéphane Pallez is a member of the Board of Directors of l’Alliance pour l’Éducation since 2018, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris since 2020, and member of the Board of Institut Pasteur since 2024.

Clare Scherrer

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Independent Director of Legrand since 2023 and member of the Audit Committee

American and British citizen
Clare Scherrer was a consultant at McKinsey & Company from 1992 to 1994. She then joined Goldman Sachs Group Inc in 1996. In 2006 she was named as a partner. In 2011 she moved to London and became Head of EMEA Industrials. In 2013, she became Co-Head of the Global Industrials Investment Banking division. She was also Chair of the Investment Banking Diversity Committee between 2010 and 2013, and Chair of the Firmwide Commitments Committee between 2017 and 2022.
In 2022 she joined Smiths Group as Chief Financial Officer and was a director until February 2025. For the same period, she was also a member of Smiths Group’s Executive Committee.