Hervé COUREIL

Hervé Coureil joined Schneider Electric in 1993. Since June 2020, he has been serving as Chief Governance Officer & Secretary General. He is a member of the Executive Committee since 2009.

Herve's role evolves around Schneider Electric’s three Trust themes: Integrity with the establishment of an end-to-end governance framework, Transparency with the deployment of a data-backed strategic execution system, and Resilience with the implementation of an integrated risk management and security model, notably on cyber.

From 2017 – 2020, Hervé served as Chief Digital Officer where his responsibilities included among others, Enterprise IT, Digital Engineering, IoT and Digital Platforms. Prior to that, from 2009 – 2017, he held the position of Chief Information Officer. In this role, he was responsible for information technology, processes, and organization globally.

Previous to that, he was the Chief Financial Officer for the Critical Power and Cooling Services (CPCS) Business Unit of Schneider Electric which was formed in early 2007 following the acquisition of APC Corp and its merger with MGE-UPS Systems. Hervé’s responsibilities included overseeing Legal, IT, and Strategy.

In addition, he held a variety of finance and business development positions within the group including Senior Vice President Finance, Control, and Business Development for the Asia Pacific Operating Division of Schneider Electric, Vice President Financial Control for the International Division, and Corporate Officer for Mergers and Acquisitions. He also held Financial Controller positions in various other organizations.

Hervé holds a Master’s Degree in Management from Reims Management School in France and a Graduado en Ciencias Empresariales Europeas from ICADE in Spain.