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]
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]
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]
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]
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] The list analyzes companies listed in the S&P Global 1200, based on financial data, total shareholder return, and change in market capitalization.[citation needed]
In 2007, Tricoire became a Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour (Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur).[13]
