NEW YORK, March 10, 2015
/PRNewswire/ -- Michel-Alain
Proch has been appointed Senior Executive Vice
President. He joins the two other Senior Executive Vice
Presidents in charge of the global group management coordination
and led by Thierry Breton, Chairman
and CEO. In his new role, he will oversee the planned acquisition
and integration of Xerox ITO, which is expected to be closed during
Q2 2015. After closing the company will have 100,000 employees in
72 countries and annual revenue of circa € 11 billion on a
pro-forma basis.
Elie Girard, who joined
Atos in April 2014 as Deputy Chief
Financial Officer, will replace Michel-Alain as CFO.
Michel-Alain Proch
Michel-Alain Proch joined Atos
Origin in 2006 as Group Senior Vice-President responsible for
Internal Audit and Risk Management and was promoted in June 2007 to Chief Financial Officer. He is a
graduate of l'Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Toulouse and holds a
degree of Etudes Supérieures Comptables et Financières. After six
years spent at Deloitte & Touche in Paris and London, Michel-Alain
Proch held different management positions at Hermès, first
in Internal Audit and Controlling, then prior to joining Atos
Origin as Chief Financial Officer for North and South America, based in New York.
Elie Girard
Elie Girard is a graduate of the
Ecole Centrale de Paris and
Harvard University. He began his career
at Arthur Andersen, before joining the Ministry of the Economy,
Finance and Industry and working for the Office of Thierry Breton, the Minister for the Economy,
Finance and Industry in France. He
joined Orange in 2007 and was appointed in 2010, Senior Executive
Vice President in charge of Strategy & Development of the
Orange Group, member of the Executive committee. Elie joined Atos
in March 2014 as Group Deputy CFO and
member of the Executive Committee.
About Atos
Atos SE (Societas Europaea) is a leader in digital services with
2014 pro forma annual revenue of €10 billion and 86,000 employees
in 66 countries. The Group is the Worldwide Information Technology
Partner for the Olympic & Paralympic Games and is listed on the
Euronext Paris market. Atos operates under the brands Atos, Atos
Consulting, Atos Worldgrid, Bull, Canopy, and Worldline.
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