Board of Directors

Atos is incorporated in France as a “Société Anonyme” (Joint Stock Corporation) with a Board of Directors chaired by a Chairman and CEO.

Thirteen members of the Board of Directors:


Director Background/Directorships

 

 

 Thierry BRETON

Thierry Breton 










Number of shares : 5 000
Date of birth : 15/01/1955
Nationality : French
Date of appointment : 10 February 2009
Term expires on : AGM ruling on the accounts of the 2011 financial year

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Atos

Background

Graduate of the Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité “Supelec” of Paris and of the Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale (IHEDN)


Other directorships and positions on 31 December 2011

France :
General Manager : Atos International SAS
Director : Carrefour


Positions held during the last five years

Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry (France)

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René ABATE*
Number of shares : 1 000
Date of birth : 27/08/1948
Nationality : French
Date of appointment : 10 February 2009
Term expires on : AGM ruling on the accounts of the 2011 financial year

 

 

Managing partner of Delphen SARL
Senior advisor of The Boston Consulting Group

Background

Graduate of the “Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées” and of the Harvard Business School


Other directorships and positions on 31 December 2011

France :
Director : Carrefour, Laboratoire Français du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies (LFB), « L’ENVOL pour les enfants européens » (charity)


Positions held during the last five years

Director : Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées

 

Nicolas BAZIRE*
Chairman of the Appointments and Remunerations Committee
Number of shares : 1 000
Date of birth : 13/07/1957
Nationality : French
Date of appointment : 10 February 2009
Term expires on : AGM ruling on the accounts of the 2011 financial year

 

General Manager Groupe Arnault SAS

Background

Degree from Ecole Navale and from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP)
Former student at the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA)


Other directorships and positions on 31 December 2011

France :
Member of the Supervisory Board : Montaigne Finance SAS, Semyrhamis SAS, Rothschild and Cie Bank
Vice-President of the Supervisory Board : Les Echos SAS
Deputy General Manager and Permanent Representative : Groupe Arnault SAS
Director : Financière Agache SA, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, Agache Développement SA, Europatweb SA, Financière Agache Private Equity SA, Groupe les Echos SA, LVMH Fashion Group SA, Suez Environnement Company, Carrefour, Fondation Louis Vuitton pour la Création (foundation)


Positions held during the last five years

President : Invry SAS, La Tour du Pin SAS, Société Financière Saint-Nivard SAS
President of the Supervisory Board : LVMH Fashion Group SA
Member of the Supervisory Board : Lyparis SAS, Sifanor SAS
Deputy General Manager: Montaigne Participations and Gestion SA
Director : Amec, Ipsos SA, Marignan Investissements SA, Tajan SA and Go Invest SA (Belgium)
Permanent Representative :

♦ of Sifanor SA as director of Agache Développement SA
♦ of Eurofinweb as director of Europatweb France SA
♦ of Montaigne Participations et Gestion SA as President of Gasa Developpement SAS
♦ of Montaigne Participations and Gestion SA as member of the Supervisory Board of Paul Doumer Automobiles SAS

 

Jean-Paul BECHAT*
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Number of shares : 1 000
Date of birth : 02/09/1942
Nationality : French
Date of appointment : 10 February 2009
Term expires on : AGM ruling on the accounts of the 2011 financial year

 

 

Manager of SARL ARSCO

Background

Degree from Ecole Polytechnique – Master in Science from Stanford University (USA)


Other directorships and positions on 31 December 2011

France :
Director : Alstom, Sogepa
Honorary President and member of the Board: Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales (GIFAS)


Positions held during the last five years

Chairman of the Management Board : Safran
Member of the Supervisory Board : IMS

 

Roland BUSCH
Member of the Audit Committee
Number of shares : 1 000
Date of birth : 22/11/1964
Nationality : German
Date of appointment : 1st July 2011
Term expires on : AGM ruling on the accounts of the 2013 financial year

 

Director of Siemens AG (Germany)

Background

Baccalaureate
Studied physics at the Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany) and at the University of Grenoble (France), Doctorate from the Friedrich Alexander University (Germany)


Other directorships and positions on 31 December 2011

Abroad
Chief Executive Officer : Sector Infrastructure & Cities and Cluster Asia-Pacific, Siemens (Germany)


Positions held during the last five years

President and Chief Executive Officer: de Siemens VDO Automotive Asia Pacific Co. Ltd., Shanghai (China)
Head: Mass Transit Division, Transportation Systems Group (TS) and
Corporate Strategies, Corporate Development Department of Siemens (Germany)

 

Jean FLEMING
Director representing the employee shareholders
Number of shares : 640
Date of birth : 04/03/1969
Nationality : British
Date of appointment : 26 May 2009
Term expires on : AGM ruling on the accounts of the 2012 financial year

 

Human Resources Director at Atos (United Kingdom)

Background

MSc Human resources (South Bank University, London)
BA (Hons) in Brunnel University (United Kingdom)


Other directorships and positions on 31 December 2011

None


Positions held during the last five years

None

 

Bertrand MEUNIER*
Member of the Appointments and Remunerations Committee
Number of shares : 1 000
Date of birth : 10/03/1956
Nationality : French
Date of appointment : 10 February 2009
Term expires on : AGM ruling on the accounts of the 2011 financial year

 

Chairman of M&M Capital SAS

Background

Graduate from Ecole Polytechnique
Master degree in Mathematics


Other directorships and positions on 31 December 2011

France
Chairman : Financière Le Play SAS


Positions held during the last five years

Director : Chr. Hansen (Denmark), Gruppo Coin, Saeco (Italy), Kaufman & Broad, Spie and Yoplait (France), Monier, Xella (Germany), PAI Europe III General Partner, PAI Europe IV General Partner, PAI Europe V General Partner, PAI Syndication GP (Guernsey), PAI Partners (Spain), Perstorp (Sweden), PAI Europe IV UK, United Biscuits (United Kingdom)

 

Aminata NIANE*
Member of the Audit Committee
Number of shares : 1 000
Date of birth : 09/12/1956
Nationality : Senegalese
Date of appointment : 27 May 2010
Term expires on : AGM ruling on the accounts of the 2012 financial year

 

Managing Director of the National Agency for the Promotion of Investment and Large-scale Infrastructure (APIX) renamed APIX SA (Senegal)

Background

MBA from Birmingham Business School (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Engineer in Sciences and Technologies for the Food Industry (Institut des Sciences de l’Ingénieur ; Université des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc)
Master degree in Chemistry


Other directorships and positions on 31 December 2011

Abroad
Chairman of the Board of Directors : Société Aéroport International Blaise Diagne (ABID SA, Senegal)
Director : Association « Partenariat pour le Retrait et la Réinsertion des Enfants de la Rue »


Positions held during the last five years

Chairman of the Board of Directors : Société Aéroport International Blaise Diagne (ABID SA, Senegal)
Director : Association « Partenariat pour le Retrait et la Réinsertion des Enfants de la Rue »

 

Michel PARIS
Member of the Audit Committee
Number of shares : 1 000
Date of birth : 09/09/1957
Nationality : French
Date of appointment : 10 February 2009
Term expires on : AGM ruling on the accounts of the 2011 financial year

 

Managing Director of PAI Partners

Background

Graduate from Ecole Centrale of Lyon and from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce of Reims


Other directorships and positions on 31 December 2011

France
Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director: PAI Partners
Director : Kiloutou
Abroad
Director : Xella (Germany), Cortefiel (Spain), Hunkemöller (the Netherlands), Perstorp (Sweden), Swissport and The Nuance Group (Switzerland)


Positions held during the last five years

Director : Monier (Germany) Saur, Vivarte, Elis, Kaufman & Broad (France), Gruppo Coin (Italy), Speedy 1 Ltd (United Kingdom)

 

Pasquale PISTORIO*
Member of the Appointments and Remunerations Committee
Number of shares : 1 000
Date of birth : 06/01/1936
Nationality : Italian
Date of appointment : 10 February 2009
Term expires on : AGM ruling on the accounts of the 2011 financial year

 

Chairman of the Pistorio foundation (Switzerland) (charity)

Background

Graduate in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic School of Torino


Other directorships and positions on 31 December 2011

Abroad
Honorary Chairman : STMicroelectronics Corporation (Switzerland), ST Foundation and of the Kyoto Club (Italy) (charities)
Independent director : Fiat S.p.A.et Brembo S.p.A. (Italy)
Director : Accent (Luxembourg)


Positions held during the last five years

Director, then President : Telecom Italia (Italy)
President, then independent director : Sagem Wireless (now Mobiwire-up)
Vice-president : Confindustria pour l’Innovation et la Recherche (Italy)
Director: Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd (Singapore)

 

Vernon SANKEY*
Member of the Audit Committee
Number of shares : 1 000
Date of birth : 09/05/1949
Nationality : British
Date of appointment : 10 February 2009
Term expires on : AGM ruling on the accounts of the 2011 financial year

 

Président de Firmenich SA (Suisse)

Background

Master of Arts in Modern Languages, Oriel College, Oxford (United Kingdom)


Other directorships and positions on 31 December 2011

Abroad
Chairman, former director: Harrow School Enterprises Ltd (United Kingdom)
Director : Zurich Financial Services AG (Suisse)
Advisory Board member: GLP Llp (United Kingdom)
Member : Pi Capital (private equity investment group) (United Kingdom)


Positions held during the last five years

Chairman : Photo-Me International plc (United Kingdom)
Director : Firmenich (Switzerland), Zurich Financial Services AG (Switzerland), Cofra AG (Switzerland), Taylor Woodrow Plc (United Kingdom), Vividas Group Plc (United Kingdom)
Advisory Board member: Proudfoot UK (United Kingdom)

   

 * Independent director

 

Censor

Background/Directorships

 

Colette NEUVILLE
Number of shares : 500
Date of birth : 21/01/1937
Nationality : French
Date of appointment : 1st June
2011
Term expires on : AGM ruling on the accounts of the 2011 financial year

 

Chairman (founder) of ADAM

Background

Graduate from law school with honors, Master degree in Political Economy and Economics. Graduate from Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (public service section)


Other directorships and positions on 31 December 2011

France
Director : Groupe Eurotunnel, ARCAF (association des fonctionnaires épargnants pour la retraite)
Member : European Forum for Corporate Governance, with the Euriopean Commission, of the consultative committee « Epargnants et actionnaires minoritaires » of the ’AMF, of the Conseil de Gouvernance de l’Ecole de Droit & Management de Paris


Positions held during the last five years

Member of the Supervisory Board : Atos SA
Director : Euroshareholders (European federation of shareholders’ associations)