Elisabeth Servais

Area of business in positive developpment • management of teams in Germany and Austria and different legal entities: controlling - sales and industrial, accounting, legal and tax • responsible for the reporting in UGB, HGB and IFRS of the different legal entities and consolidation; constant update to the headquarter through steering committees and budget • leading of transversal projects for the constant improvement of the performance of the area • docking of new acquired companies • Chief Compliance Officer • personal management and payroll through direct reporting line

• organisation of the Boards and specialized Committees of Legrand SA and Legrand France: agenda, guide, press release, strategical orientation, support of meeting and minutes • in charge of the declaration to the French securities regulator (AMF) when buy-back of shares and delcaration of voting rights • interlocutor for the banking institution in charge of management of the shares and for the proxys • benchmark • project management for the registration document 2014 (internal departments and service providers) • active member for the organisation of the General assembly of shareholders: Q&A, presentation, logistics

• conducted general reviews of internal control • participated in fraud audits • reviewed of SOX 404 • provided guidance to subsidiaries (old and new acquisitions) • up-dated the Group exposition according to the risk mapping and preparation of the risk management committees

• provided accurate and timely indicators on the evolution of Costs & Selling Prices • analysed and communicated monthly reports on production variances, gross margins and the company's productivity • controlled the stock and provisioned slow-moving/obsolete inventories • provided appropriate insight to management on high/low margin families, customers, etc. • worked on the budget preparation

• participated in an evaluation of Goethe Institutes in Italy • implemented an accounting program and management instruments

• participated in audits for clients in Infrastructure – Government – Healthcare • Sox