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Jean-pascal Tricoire

Chairman of the Board, Schneider Electric Se

Search every verified Jean-pascal Tricoire interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman of the Board at Schneider Electric, appeared on the Russell Reynolds Associates podcast "Redefiners" in September 2026 to discuss his approach to leading corporate transformation. During the conversation, Tricoire reflected on his tenure as CEO, noting that he was appointed at age 40 with concerns about the company's future, describing Schneider Electric at the time as "too small" and "one-tenth of our largest competitor," with no digital presence and a strong reliance on slower-growing regions like Europe and France. He also discussed his practice of hiring what he called "pains in the neck" to build a leadership team for tension and friction rather than consensus, and he emphasized the importance of creating urgency before a crisis forces change. Tricoire shared his view that organizations must continuously adapt, stating that leaders should "not be happy with the stability" during calmer periods and should push changes proactively. He also highlighted themes such as "power to customer," "power to people," and "fast beating big" as central to his transformation strategy at Schneider Electric. The podcast episode coincided with the upcoming book "The Catalyst CEO" by Constantine Alexandrakis, which features Tricoire's contributions.

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“I was appointed when I was 40 and I had pretty strong concerns for the future of the company. So I would say we are doing well but we are not future proof. We are too small far too small. We are one-tenth of our largest competitor. We are not a leader anywhere really. We were a player in multiple places. We had no digital which for me is an electronic software engineer I've seen the internet revolutioning our lives w”

“I came to the leadership of the company with one very strong conviction that energy is a fundamental human right. And that truly energy access to energy is a passport to a decent life. It's actually the passport to progress.”

“Schneider is the world leader in energy tech, and I can tell you that Africa will be the epicenter of energy for the next 25 years. 600 million people don't have access today to energy. The next 1 billion people will be born in Africa. That is both challenge and an opportunity.”

“The world will move from this historical stable 20% of electrification to 50% of electrification. That's not in the next 50 or 100 years. It's in the next 20 years. It's the challenge of our generation.”

“We would say 30 to 50%. On on we have no choice, right? If you take the big picture of energy, energy is your passport to a decent life. For anybody who's had power breakdowns or energy shortages, you know that life becomes miserable. Today we have only five billion people on earth of of the total 8 billion who have a decent access to energy. We're going to have two more billion joining us people joining us in the ne”

“L'énergie est la base de tout développement. L'énergie, j'ai envie de dire, c'est le passeport pour tous à une vie décente et c'est un passeport pour le progrès.”

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