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Mr. Schnepp is the former chairman and CEO of Legrand SA. Under his leadership from 2006 through 2018, Legrand grew revenue from approximately 3.7 billion euro to 6 billion euro and net profit from 255 million euro to 772 million euro.
During this period, Mr. Schnepp broadened Legrand’s product offering from primarily European markets to a global portfolio of electrical and digital infrastructure solutions, drove Legrand’s expansion into the US as well as into emerging markets, including China, Brazil, and India, as well as an acquisition strategy which added approximately $2 billion in revenue.
He serves as a director of Saint-Gobain and Sanofi and is a member of the supervisory board of PSA. Mr. Schnepp began his career at Merrill Lynch before serving as Legrand’s deputy chief financial officer and later chief financial officer.
He was twice awarded “Manager of the Year” by Challenges magazine and thrice among the “Best 100 CEOs” by Harvard Business Review.
Mr. Schnepp is a member of the executive committee of the employer association MEDEF, chairman of the French Federation of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Industries (FIEEC), chairman of the ESG Commission, a recipient of The Order of Légion d’Honneur, and was awarded the National Order of Merit in 2012.
Mr. Schnepp attended the HEC Paris.

Clotilde Schnepp is currently working as an Associate Director at ArchiMed SAS.

Bill Schnepp currently works in the marketing department of Travel + Leisure Co. as an Executive Vice President for their Vacation Clubs.