Elie Girard, Chief Executive Officer, Atos
Elie Girard is a graduate of the École Centrale de Paris and of Harvard University. He began his career as auditor at Andersen, before joining the Ministry for the Economy, Finance and Industry in the Treasury department.
Between 2004 and 2007, Elie Girard worked for the Office of the Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry in France.
He joined Orange in 2007 and was appointed Chief of Staff to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. From 2010 to 2014, he was Senior Executive Vice-President in charge of Strategy & Development of the Orange group, member of the Group Executive Committee.
In April 2014, Elie Girard joined Atos as Deputy Chief Financial Officer of Atos Group. He was appointed Group Chief Financial Officer in February 2015 and Group Senior Executive Vice President in February 2018. In March 2019, Elie was appointed Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer. He became Chief Executive Officer of Atos in November of the same year.
The Purpose of Atos
The purpose of Atos is to help design the future of the information space. Its expertise and services support the development of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural approach and contribute to the development of scientific and technological excellence. Across the world, the Group enables its customers and employees, and members of societies at large to live, work and develop sustainably, in a safe and secure information space.
Group Management Committee
The role of the Atos General Management Committee is to develop and execute the Group strategy and to ensure value is delivered to clients, shareholders, partners and employees. The General Management Committee, led by Elie Girard, Chief Executive Officer, is in charge of the global Group Management.
Elie Girard
Chief Executive Officer
Eric Grall
Head of Manufacturing and Chief Operating Officer
Pierre Barnabé
Head of Public Sector & Defense and Head of Big Data & Cybersecurity
Jean-Philippe Poirault
Head of Telecom, Media & Technology
Giuseppe Di Franco
Head of Resources & Services
Robert Vassoyan
Head of Healthcare & Life Sciences and Head of Unified Communications & Collaboration
Bryan Ireton
Head of North America
Ursula Morgenstern
Head of Central Europe
Peter ‘t Jong
Head of Northern Europe
Yannick Tricaud
Head of Southern Europe
Nourdine Bihmane
Head of Growing Markets and Head of Public & Regional
Jo Debecker
Head of Infrastructure & Data Management
Enguerrand de Pontevès
Head of Performance
Uwe Stelter
Chief Financial Officer
Philippe Mareine
Chief Digital & Transformation Officer and Head of CSR
Paul Peterson
Head of Human Resources
Sophie Proust
Chief Technology Officer
Alexandre Menais
General Secretary
The Board of Directors
The Board of Directors determines the strategy and trends of the Company’s activity and oversees their implementation.
Vivek Badrinath
Member of the Audit Committee. CEO Vantage Towers GmbH (French)
Farès Louis
Employee Director. Business Developer Cybersecurity Products (French)
Cedrik Neike
Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and CEO of Digital Industries (German/French)
Colette Neuville
Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. Chairman & Founder of the ADAM (French)
Aminata Niane
Lead Independent Director. International Consultant (Senegalese)
Vernon Sankey
Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the CSR Committee. Officer in companies (British)