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).
Atos’ raison d’etre
Atos is the first company of the CAC40 to anchor its sense of purpose in its Articles of Association, emphasizing the identity, the mission and the core values of the company and, at the same time, strengthening the company’s leadership towards its stakeholders.
“Atos’s mission is to help design the future of the information technology space. Its services and competences are underpinned by excellence in the advance of scientific and technological knowledge and research and in its commitment to learning and education. Across the world Atos enables its customers and all who live and work in the industry, to grow and prosper in a safe, secure and sustainable environment.”
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
Deputy CEO. Chief Financial Officer
Eric Grall
Senior Executive Vice-President. Global Operations and RACE Program
Robert Vassoyan
Senior Executive Vice-President. Group Chief Commercial Officer. Head of Unified Communication & Collaboration
Adrian Gregory
Senior Executive Vice-President.
CEO UK&I
Pierre Barnabé
Senior Executive Vice-President. Head of Big Data & Cybersecurity
Philippe Mareine
Senior Executive Vice-President. Head of Group Human Resources, CSR, Chief Digital & Transformation Officer
Sean Narayanan
Senior Executive Vice-President. Head of Business & Platform Solutions
The Executive Committee
Composed of the General Management Committee and:
Group functions
Philippe Mareine
Head of Human Resources, Logistics, Housing, Head of Siemens Global Alliance, Head of Group Corporate and Social Responsibility and Chief Digital & Transformation Officer
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
Sophie Proust
Chief Technology Officer
Uwe Stelter
Group Deputy CFO
Jean-Marie Simon
Group Head of Institutional Relations
Global Divisions
Eric Grall
Head of Infrastructure & Data Management (which includes BPO)
Sean Narayanan
Head of Business & Platform Solutions
Rakesh Khanna
Atos Syntel CEO
Pierre Barnabé
Head of Big Data & Cybersecurity
Robert Vassoyan
Head of Unified Communication & Collaboration
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-Philippe Poirault
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 Middle-East, Africa & Turkey
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)
Vivek Badrinath
Chief Executive Officer of Africa, Middle East Asia and Pacific, Vodafone (French)
Nicolas Bazire
Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. General Manager of Groupe Arnault SAS (French)
Valérie Bernis
Chairman of the CSR Committee. 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 and member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. Client Executive and Business Transformation Services at Atos IT Services UK Ltd (United Kingdom) (British)
Jean-Louis Georgelin
Censeur. French Army General (French)
Farès Louis
Director representing the employees. Business Developer Cybersecurity Products (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
Lead Independent Director. 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)
Vernon Sankey
Chairman of the Audit Committe and member of the CSR Committee. Officer in companies (British)