PARIS--(Marketwired - Jun 10, 2013) - CGG announces the appointment of Arnaud Surpas as Executive Vice President, Global Operations, Sercel, CGG's equipment division. This appointment took effect on May 1(st) 2013.

Based in Nantes, France, Arnaud Surpas is in charge of Sercel operations worldwide including site management, manufacturing, quality, the supply chain and sales & marketing. He remains in charge of Health, Security and Environment (HSE), information technology (IT) and special projects. Arnaud is a member of Sercel's and CGG's Management Committees.

Since 2008, he has been Senior Vice President, Global Operations, within the Equipment division and led the company's HSE and IT strategies as well as its operations in France, UK and North America. Prior to this appointment, Arnaud served with Sercel as Vice President, Special Projects.

Arnaud began his career in 1993 by managing a manufacturing restructuring project for Schneider Electric in the UK for two years. Back in France, he worked for the strategy consulting firm A.T. Kearney for five years. In 2000, he joined a website development and hosting company, Integra, where he led the integration of 15 newly acquired European affiliates before managing the company's Web Design division in France. Before joining CGG in 2006, Arnaud was a partner in a management consulting firm proposing business turnaround services.

Arnaud Surpas, 44, is a graduate of the Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne and holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from INSEAD.

Pascal ROUILLER, Senior Executive Vice President, Equipment Division, CGG, said: "Arnaud has been a major contributor to Sercel's success over the past six years in his different roles especially in HSE, IT and Operations. The new position of Executive Vice president, Global Operations will ensure a tighter coordination of our operations to better serve our customers and meet our market and financial goals. I'm confident that Arnaud will continue to excel in this new role and will be instrumental in Sercel's performance."

About CGG

CGG (www.cgg.com) is a fully integrated Geoscience company providing leading geological, geophysical and reservoir capabilities to its broad base of customers primarily from the global oil and gas industry. Through its three complementary business divisions of Equipment, Acquisition and Geology, Geophysics & Reservoir (GGR), CGG brings value across all aspects of natural resource exploration and exploitation. CGG employs over 9,800 people around the world, all with a Passion for Geoscience and working together to deliver the best solutions to its customers.

CGG is listed on the Euronext Paris SA (ISIN:0000120164) and the New York Stock Exchange (in the form of American Depositary Shares. NYSE: CGG).

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