Thierry Breton, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, Atos
Thierry Breton has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Atos SE since 2009.
Prior to that, he held several global leadership positions, including CEO of electronics multinational company Thomson (1997-2002) and CEO of Europe’s largest telecommunications company France Telecom (2002-2005).
He served as France’s Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry (2005-2007) before becoming a professor at Harvard University (2007-2008).
Thierry Breton has been named one of The 100 Best-Performing CEOs in the World (2010 and 2017) by the Harvard Business Review and has been granted the Montgelas Prize (2015) for outstanding actions in favor of French-German cooperation.
He has been elected President of the French National Association for Research and Technology (2015) and member of the French Academy of Technologies (2016).
A Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour, Thierry Breton graduated from the Paris École Supérieure d’Électricité (Supelec), and the Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale (IHEDN, 46th class).
The General 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 Thierry Breton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is in charge of the global Group Management.
Thierry Breton
Atos Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Worldline Chairman
Elie Girard
Senior Executive Vice-President. Chief Financial Officer
Gilles Grapinet
Senior Executive Vice-President. Worldline Chief Executive Officer, Global Functions
Eric Grall
Senior Executive Vice-President. Global Operations and TOP Program
Michel-Alain Proch
Senior Executive Vice-President & Group Chief Digital Officer. Global IT, Security, Quality & Digital Transformation
Robert Vassoyan
Senior Executive Vice-President. Group Chief Commercial Officer
Adrian Gregory
Senior Executive Vice-President, CEO UK&I
The Executive Commitee
Composed of the General Management Committee and:
Group functions
Philippe Mareine
Head of Human Resources, Logistics, Housing and Head of Siemens Global Alliance
Marc Meyer
Head of Executive & Talent Management, Communications
Alexandre Menais
General secretary, Head of M&A and Corporate Development, Legal, Compliance and Contract Management
Gilles Arditti
Head of Investor Relations & Financial Communications
Olivier Cuny
Special Advisor to the Chairman & CEO, Secretary of the Board of Directors & Head of Group Corporate and Social Responsibility
Global Divisions
Eric Grall
Head of Infrastructure & Data Management (which includes BPO)
Sean Narayanan
Head of Business & Platform Solutions
Rakesh Khanna
Atos Syntel CEO
Philippe Vannier
Group Advisor for Technology
Pierre Barnabé
Chief Operating Officer Big Data & Cybersecurity
Patrick Adiba
Head of Unified Communication & Collaboration and CEO Olympics & Major Events
Worldline
Marc-Henri Desportes
General Manager
Sales & Markets
Robert Vassoyan
Head of Telcos, Media & Utilities (acting)
Kari Kupila
Head of Siemens Account
Geographic Business Units
Simon Walsh
Head of North America Operations
Adrian Gregory
Head of UK & Ireland
Ursula Morgenstern
Head of Germany
Jean-Marie Simon
Head of France
Peter ‘t Jong
Head of Benelux & the Nordics
Giuseppe Di Franco
Head of Central & Eastern Europe
Ivan Lozano
Head of Iberia
Herbert Leung
Head of Asia-Pacific
Francis Meston
Head of GBU Middle East and Africa
The Board of Directors
The Board of Directors determines the strategy and trends of the Company’s activity and oversees their implementation.
Thierry Breton
Atos Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Worldline Chairman (French)
Nicolas Bazire
Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. General Manager of Groupe Arnault SAS (French)
Valérie Bernis
Vice-President of Engie Foundation (French)
Roland Busch
Member of the Audit Committee. Member of The Management Board of Siemens AG (German)
Jean Fleming
Director representing the employee shareholders. Client Executive, Business Transformation Services at Atos IT Services UK Ltd (United Kingdom) and Chief Diversity Officer (British)
Marie-Christine Lebert
Director representing the employees. Project Leader, Worldline SA (French)
Bertrand Meunier
Member of the Audit Committee and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. Managing Partner of CVC Capital Partners Ltd (French)
Colette Neuville
Chairman & Founder of ADAM (French)
Aminata Niane
International Consultant (Senegalese)
Lynn Paine
Member of the Audit Committee. John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, Senior Associate Dean for International Development (American)
Pasquale Pistorio
Lead Independent Director and Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. Chairman of the Pistorio foundation (Italian)
Vernon Sankey
Chairman of the Audit Committe. Officer in companies (British)