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Schneider Electric SA Chief Executive Officer Jean-Pascal Tricoire said the French industrial company would review whether to keep London as the base for its finance executives should the U.K. vote to leave the European Union.
“I would have to look at the relevance of my financial guys being based in London, if London loses its role," Tricoire said Thursday in an interview on Bloomberg TV. “I’m a very convinced European, I think the U.K. has a fundamental role in Europe, pushing it to more business friendly rules.”