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Appointment of two Chief Operating Officers
Paris, October 12, 2017 - As proposed by Paul Hermelin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and upon recommendation of the Ethics and Governance Committee, the Capgemini SE Board of Directors decided on October 11, 2017, to appoint Thierry Delaporte and Aiman Ezzat as Chief Operating Officers and Capgemini SE executive corporate officers. Their primary role within the Office of the CEO will be of Group transformation for Thierry and Group performance for Aiman.
"Thierry and Aiman are both seasoned and talented executives with remarkable international track records, notably in the United States, one of the Group`s key markets and the prime location for technological innovations, a customer-centric approach, complemented by a focus on performance and transformation," confirmed Paul Hermelin, Chairman and CEO of the Capgemini Group. "They have all the qualities required to support me in implementing the Group`s priorities: reinvigorating our portfolio of offers to support our customers in all aspects of their transformation, strengthening our customer centricity and increasing our competitiveness."
These appointments, effective on January 1, 2018, are part of the preparation of the management transition announced by Paul Hermelin at the 2017 Shareholder`s Meeting.
Biographies:
Thierry Delaporte has been Head of Capgemini`s Financial Services Strategic Business Unit since 2012, as well as overseeing Capgemini`s operations in Latin America since 2016. He is a member of the Group Executive Board.
Having spent most of his career with Capgemini, Thierry has driven Capgemini`s operations and strategic planning in several of its key businesses, based in various countries, and has participated in number of key transformation programs.
Thierry has held various positions at Capgemini: he was COO and Head of Sales for Application Services One (UK, Asia Pacific and North America) in 2011, CFO for the Global Outsourcing Business Unit (2009-2010), CFO for North America (2005-2008), CFO of Southern Europe (2003-2005), CFO and COO for Australia and New Zealand (2002-2003), CFO for the Asia-Pacific Telecom business following the integration of Ernst & Young operations (2000-2002), CFO for Switzerland and Austria (1997-2000). Thierry joined the Capgemini Group in 1995 working for its subsidiary Sogeti, as the Group Internal Auditor.
Thierry began his career in 1992 as a Senior Auditor at Arthur Andersen in Paris and London.
He holds a Masters in Law from the Paris La Sorbonne University and a Masters in Political Sciences from SciencesPo Paris. He is also Co-founder and President of a Non-Profit Organization (Life Project 4 Youth, Alliance & USA).