Gilles Schnepp is a French businessperson who has been the head of 27 different companies and holds the position of Non-Executive Chairman of Danone SA, Chairman at Compagnie Franco Européenne d'Electricité, Chairman at Préfatech, Chairman at Appareillage Electrique Chessy, Chairman for Pammelec SAS, Chairman at Fidelec, Chairman at Legrand China Holding Pte Ltd, Chairman of Tenby Electrical Accessories Ltd., President for Fédération des Industries Electriques, Electroniques, Chairman for TCL Low Voltage Electrical (Wuxi) Co. Ltd., Chairman of Alpes Technologies SA, Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer at Legrand Electric Ltd., Chairman at S2S SAS, Chairman of Distrasa SA, Chairman at BTICINO Philippines, Inc., Chairman of LEGRAND Magyarország Villamossági Rendszerek Zrt., Chairman for Simapel and Chairman for Legrand (S) Pte Ltd. Mr. Schnepp is also Manager of Legrand SNC and Manager of Planet-Wattohm SNC and on the board of 23 other companies.

In his past career Gilles Schnepp occupied the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Legrand France SA, Chairman of BTicino SpA, Chairman of ICM Group SA, Chairman at INTERVOX Systèmes SA, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Chateaudun Développement III SAS, Chairman for URA SAS, Chairman of Groupe Arnould SAS, Chairman at Sarlam, Vice President for Merrill Lynch Finance SA and Director & Manager at Legrand SLV doo.

He received an undergraduate degree from École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris.