Jean-Pascal Tricoire is a French business executive. Since 2006, Tricoire has served as chairman and CEO of Schneider Electric, a company specializing in energy management and industrial automation, with €25.7bn in revenues in 2018, more than 137,000 employees worldwide and a presence in over 100 countries.
Early Life and education
Born in Beaupréau, Maine-et-Loire, in a family of farmers, Tricoire studies at the :fr:École supérieure d'électronique de l'Ouest|Ecole Supérieure d'Electronique de l'Ouest, where he receives a Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering. In 1986, he obtains an MBA from the EM LYON Business School Business School.
Career
Early career
After working at Alcatel, Schlumberger and Saint-Gobain between 1985 and 1986, Tricoire joins Merlin Gerin in 1986. In 1992, Merlin Gerin is acquired by Schneider Electric. From 1988 to 1999, Tricoire develops the company's activity abroad, working in Italy for five years, then in China for an additional five years before managing operations in South Africa.. He then serves 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. In October 2003, he is appointed Deputy CEO and COO of Schneider Electric.
Leadership of Schneider Electric
In May 2006, he becomes President and CEO of the management board of Schneider Electric SA. In May 2013, Tricoire is appointed Chairman and CEO of Schneider Electric, following a change in the governance of the Company, and is re-elected to the position on April 25, 2017. Through organic growth and acquisitions, Tricoire transforms Schneider into a global group and extends the scope of the company's activities, from vendor of electrical products to a supplier of digital systems. He also ensures that the company's leadership is distributed across multiple continents, relocating himself from Paris to Hong Kong to that effect.
Boards and organizations
He is the co-chair of the Sino-French Business Council, created by France President Emmanuel Macron and China President Xi Jinping, in January 2018. Tricoire was President of the for ten years. Tricoire sits on China President Xi Jinping's Global CEO Council since 2018 and China Premier Li Keqiang's Global CEO Council since 2014. Tricoire is a member of the International Business Advisory Board of the Mayors of Beijing and Shanghai, and was also a member of the Chong Qing Mayor's International Economic Advisory Council from 2012 to 2015. He was co-chair of the China Development Forum in 2015. He has been a Member of the Foreign Investment Advisory Council under the Russian government from 2014. He is Director and co-founder of the Alliance for from 2014. Tricoire is a director of the worldwide board of the UN Global Compact and was President of the Global Compact France from 2014 to 2019. 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.
Jean-Pascal Tricoire is married and has three children. Tricoire is a fan of whitewater sports and outdoor sports. He is a strong supporter of sustainable development and is committed to tackling the issues of climate change and gender equality. Tricoire speaks French, English, Italian and Chinese.
