Atos strengthens its governance to deliver on its strategic project
July 13 2022 - 12:00PM
Atos strengthens its governance to deliver on its strategic project
Paris, July
13, 2022 - Atos announces today
that the Group is strengthening its governance to ensure the
successful execution of its operational performance improvement
plan and its strategic transformation project in order to create
value for all its stakeholders, in particular its customers,
employees and shareholders:
1. At the level of the
management team
Following the announcement of Rodolphe Belmer’s
departure on June 14, the Board of Directors has decided to put in
place a new management team as of today. It is responsible for
implementing the Group’s operational performance improvement plan
and its strategic transformation project. Rodolphe Belmer leaves
his position at Atos upon the announcement.
This management team will be composed of:
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Nourdine Bihmane, Group CEO (effective
immediately) and co-CEO in charge of the Tech Foundations business,
operational performance improvement and in particular cash
generation.
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Diane Galbe, Senior Executive Vice President
(Directrice Générale Adjointe) of the Group in charge of strategic
projects and all support functions of the Group.
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Philippe Oliva, co-CEO in charge of Digital, Big
Data and Security activities, as well as the acceleration and
innovation plan for these growth activities. Philippe Oliva will
retain his position as Group Deputy CEO.
They will carry out their respective missions
under the supervision of the Board of Directors and, as far as the
strategic project is concerned, of the ad hoc Committee formed
within it.
Bertrand Meunier, Chairman of the Board
of Directors, thanked Rodolphe Belmer: “He has played an
essential role in putting Atos in a position to define the solid,
realistic and value-creating strategic plan that the company needs
and is taking forward.”
He added: “I am very happy that we have a very
strong management team which is fully committed to the success of
this important project. Nourdine Bihmane and Philippe Oliva will be
particularly focused on the development of the activities of the
entities for which they will be CEOs, respectively the new Atos and
Evidian, when the separation project can be implemented. Diane
Galbe will be in charge of the management of this strategic project
and the concrete execution of the business separation. They will
carry out their respective missions under the supervision of the ad
hoc committee and the Board of Directors.”
The Board of Directors has full confidence in
the new management team, which combines, on the one hand, the
required operational skills with Nourdine Bihmane and Philippe
Oliva, each with more than twenty years of experience in their
respective sectors, and, on the other hand, the necessary
experience to execute this project with Diane Galbe, thanks to her
successful track record in transformation and M&A
transactions.
2. The evolution of the
Board of Directors and its committees:
Atos Group reminds that the composition of the Board of
Directors has evolved following the General Meeting held in May
2022 with the addition of:
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Kat Hopkins, Director of Talent, Career Management
and Training at Atos, a human resources specialist, who brings to
the Board her vision in terms of talent management and attraction
and training, as well as her knowledge of the Group’s
businesses;
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René Proglio, former partner of
Arthur Andersen and investment banker, whose experience is
recognized in audit, accounting and financial transactions;
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Astrid Stange, former Chief
Operating Officer of the Axa group and Senior Partner and Managing
Director of the Boston Consulting Group, who brings to the Board
her operational experience of large-scale digital and operational
transformations on the client side and her intimate knowledge of
the financial and insurance sector, one of the Group’s key
verticals;
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Elizabeth Tinkham, former Senior
Managing Director at Accenture, who brings to the Board extensive
experience in the cloud and IT industries and a deep understanding
of hyperscalers.
The strengthened Board has the necessary skills
to oversee the transformation of the Group. In addition, the Board
intends to continue to enrich its skills.
The chairs of the Audit Committee, the
Nomination and Governance Committee and the Remuneration Committee
have also changed, with the appointment of:
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René Proglio as Chair of the
Audit Committee;
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Elizabeth Tinkham as Chair of the
Nomination and Governance Committee;
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Astrid Stange as Chair of the
Remuneration Committee.
The composition of the Board Committees to date is therefore as
follows:
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Audit Committee: René Proglio (Chair), Vivek
Badrinath and Vernon Sankey;
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Nomination and Governance
Committee: Elizabeth Tinkham (Chair), Lynn Paine, Édouard
Philippe and Vernon Sankey;
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Remuneration Committee: Astrid Stange (Chair),
Vesela Asparuhova and Valérie Bernis;
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CSR Committee: Valérie Bernis (Chair), Farès Louis
and Astrid Stange.
Finally, as noted earlier, a consultative ad hoc
Committee in charge of overseeing the study and implementation of
the strategic project by the management team has been formed within
the Board of Directors. This committee is composed of a majority of
independent directors and is chaired by René Proglio.
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The Group's transformation project was presented
at its Capital Markets Day on June 14.
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Nourdine Bihmane brings over 20 years of
proven tech expertise, driving change management, growth and
P&L performance. Nourdine served in several global management
roles across Europe, North America, and emerging markets and drove
successful transformation and turnaround programs for the Atos
Group. He was most recently Executive Vice President, Head of
Global Delivery, and CEO of Growing Markets. He has extensive
commercial and operational knowledge of Atos, especially in the
fields of managed services and decarbonization.
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Philippe Oliva joined Atos in April this year
as Chief Commercial Officer, bringing strong international
experience in the digital sector, from almost 20 years at IBM where
he managed Integrated technologies, Cloud services and Hybrid
Services.
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Diane Galbe is recognized for her unique
experience and successful track-record in terms of company
transformation and carve-outs. She joined the Atos Group in March
2022, as General Secretary and Chief Strategy & Sustainability
Officer, also in charge of Mergers & Acquisitions. Previously,
she had spent 15 years in various management positions at Suez. In
particular, she was a member of the Executive Committee and Deputy
General Manager of the Group, in charge of strategy, transformation
and the global Smart & Environmental Solutions Business
Unit.
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About Atos
Atos is a global leader in digital
transformation with 111,000 employees and annual revenue of c. € 11
billion. European number one in cybersecurity, cloud and
high-performance computing, the Group provides tailored end-to-end
solutions for all industries in 71 countries. A pioneer in
decarbonization services and products, Atos is committed to a
secure and decarbonized digital for its clients. Atos is a SE
(Societas Europaea), listed on Euronext Paris and included in the
CAC 40 ESG and Next 20 indexes.
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.
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