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Hilary Maxson

Captain · DISC type DS
Non Executive Director at Anglo American
📍 France

Hilary Maxson is the EVP and Group CFO at Schneider Electric, leading a global team of over 4, 000. She is passionate about driving business transformation through digitalization, AI, and both organic and inorganic growth strategies. She holds an MBA and a bachelors degree from Cornell University.

Outside of her demanding finance role, she is a proponent for sustainability, teaching her children simple energy-saving habits at home. She enjoys activities unrelated to business, such as watching blockbuster movies and reading mystery and detective novels, to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

She serves as the Non-Executive Director and Audit Chair for the global mining company Anglo American.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Non Executive Director
Job Level
Senior
Location
France
Personality Overview

How Hilary shows up

Consummate Professional
Long-Term Thinker
Output-Driven

They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily. Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them.

Priorities

Topics Hilary cares about

Business Transformation
Passionate about creating value through organic and inorganic strategies, accelerated by digitalization and AI.
Energy Transition
Focuses on corporate investments aligned with SDGs to support the global shift to more electric, digital, and decarbonized energy.
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Career

Work history

6-2021
Non Executive Director
Anglo American
5-2020
EVP and Group CFO at Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric
1-2019 - 4-2020
SVP and CFO Energy Management
Schneider Electric
5-2017 - 1-2019
SVP Finance & CFO Building and IT
Schneider Electric
11-2014 - 5-2017
CFO Asia
The AES Corporation
In the press

Media appearances

Anglo American appoints Hilary Maxson to the Board. Featured in Anglo American (official press release)
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Anglo American announces Hilary Maxson to its Board as upcoming Non-Executive Director. Featured in Talent4Boards
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Education
2003 - 2005
MBA
Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management
1995 - 1999
Applied Economics & Management
Cornell University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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