Ariel Investments Vice Chairman Charles
Bobrinskoy brings sophisticated shareholder mindset and extensive
knowledge of the financial services industry
Former IDEMIA France CEO Didier Lamouche brings
substantial global leadership and governance experience in
technology and adjacent industries
ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of
real-time digital payment software and solutions, today announced
the appointments of two new independent directors, Charles
“Charlie” Bobrinskoy and Didier Lamouche. They join the Board as
ACI strengthens its focus on delivering continuous profitable
growth and significant value creation.
Mr. Bobrinskoy, vice chairman, Head of Investment Group and
Portfolio Manager of Ariel Investments, LLC, an investment firm
with over $13 billion in assets under management, has more than 30
years of leadership experience with public equity and global
financial institutions. Prior to Ariel Investments, Mr. Bobrinskoy
held positions of increasing responsibility at Citigroup, Inc. and
its predecessor Salomon Brothers, leading to his appointment as
managing director, Head of North American Investment Bank
Branches.
Mr. Lamouche, former president and CEO of Oberthur Technologies
Group SAS (now IDEMIA France), has more than 35 years of global
operational and sales management experience in the technology and
adjacent industries, including semiconductors, information
technology services, telecommunications and cybersecurity. He has
previously worked for ST-Microelectronics and Bull SA, and spent
the majority of his early career with IBM.
“We are delighted to add two highly accomplished and
knowledgeable directors following a thorough search process that
included input from an independent search firm,” said David A. Poe,
chairman, ACI Worldwide. “Charlie and Didier each bring skills,
experiences and insights that will strengthen our position as the
payments provider of choice leading digital transformation
globally. A recognized thought leader in the financial services
space, Charlie offers a sophisticated shareholder mindset as well
as a valuable perspective on financial strategies and corporate
governance. Didier brings to ACI significant operating experience
in international growth markets in various technology and adjacent
sectors. He also has a proven record of strategically repositioning
and transforming organizations for substantial and accelerated
growth. They join a board that possesses deep expertise from
companies of varying sizes and industries, including several
directors who are current or former CEOs. The Board welcomes them
both and looks forward to benefiting from their global perspectives
and financial, operating and governance expertise.”
“Since I joined the company in the first quarter, we have made
significant progress in developing and implementing our
three-pillar strategy to better position the Company for continuous
profitable growth,” added Odilon Almeida, president and CEO, ACI
Worldwide. “The additions of Didier and Charlie to our Board
further cement our commitment across our organization to continue
building on our strong foundation, executing on our strategic
priorities and driving sustainable, long-term value for customers,
partners, and shareholders alike.”
About Charlie Bobrinskoy
“ACI Worldwide is an industry leader with an unmatched portfolio
of digital payments solutions, and I am pleased to join this group
of innovators to build on the Company’s unique value proposition
and accelerate growth opportunities for both the medium and
long-term,” Mr. Bobrinskoy said.
Mr. Bobrinskoy is vice chairman, Head of Investment Group and
Portfolio Manager, and a member of the Board of Directors, at Ariel
Investments, a Chicago-based global financial institution with over
$13 billion in assets under management. Prior to joining Ariel in
2004, Mr. Bobrinskoy spent 21 years as an investment banker at
Salomon Brothers (now Citigroup), where he held various leadership
positions of increasing responsibility including managing director
and head of North American Investment Banking Branch Offices.
During his time there, Mr. Bobrinskoy developed a reputation as a
premier client relationship manager in the investment banking world
and handled many of the bank’s marquee accounts, including
McDonald’s and Abbott Laboratories. Mr. Bobrinskoy previously
served on the board of InnerWorkings, Inc. (NASDAQ: INWK), a $1.2
billion global marketing execution firm, where he also chaired the
Audit Committee. In addition to his public board experience, since
2019, Mr. Bobrinskoy has been on the board of privately-held State
Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, one of the United States’
largest auto and home insurers with over $150 billion in total
assets.
Mr. Bobrinskoy received his M.B.A. from The University of
Chicago and his bachelor’s degree in economics from Duke
University.
About Didier Lamouche
“I am thrilled to join the Board of ACI during this important
chapter of the Company’s transformation, and look forward to
supporting my fellow Board members, along with the executive team
and entire organization, to reinforce the Company’s leadership
position in this exciting and evolving market,” Mr. Lamouche
said.
Mr. Lamouche most recently served as president and CEO of
Oberthur Technologies from 2013 until his 2018 retirement, where he
played a major role in transforming the global financial payments
industry by helping define the technologies behind the transition
to digital payments and establishing new security standards for
credit and debit cards. In 2017, he led the acquisition of Morpho,
a transaction that established the new company, IDEMIA, as a global
leader in digital identity and security. During his tenure at
IDEMIA, the company’s revenues expanded by 2.5x to nearly $3.0
billion and EBITDA increased by 3.5x. Prior to his time at IDEMIA,
Mr. Lamouche served as COO of ST-Microelectronics, and led
ST-Ericsson, a joint venture with Ericsson focused on developing
and selling semiconductor system software to the smartphone
industry. His executive experience in transforming organizations
and yielding profitable growth extends to his time at Bull Société
Anonyme, a publicly-traded $1 billion-plus information technology
and services company, and IBM, where he established and led a joint
venture between the company and Siemens, Altis Semiconductor, to
usher massive growth in the European cellular phone and computer
manufacturing industries. He currently serves on the board of ASM
International, Quadient, and Adecco Group.
Mr. Lamouche received his doctorate in semiconductor
technologies as well as his bachelor’s degree in engineering from
École Centrale de Lyon.
About ACI Worldwide
ACI Worldwide powers digital payments for more than 6,000
organizations around the world. More than 1,000 of the largest
financial institutions and intermediaries, as well as thousands of
global merchants, rely on ACI to execute $14 trillion each day in
payments and securities. In addition, myriad organizations utilize
our bill presentment and payment services. Through our
comprehensive suite of software solutions delivered on customers’
premises, through the public cloud or through ACI’s private cloud,
we provide real-time payment capabilities and enable the industry’s
most complete omni-channel payments experience.
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