Executive Vice-President, Chief Marketing Officer, Chairman and CEO Thales International.

Born July 5, 1945, he is a graduate from the French Ecole des Mines of Paris and from the Institut Auguste Comte . He also holds a Doctor's degree in Corporate Management.

He joined Thomson-CSF's Avionics Division where he held successively the positions of Production Engineer, Financial Controller, Head of Data Processing and Production Director.

In 1984, he was appointed Director of the Logistic Support and Customer Assistance Department of the Electronics Systems Division of Thomson-CSF. In 1986, he became General Manager of the Electronics Systems Division of Thomson-CSF.

From 1991 to 1994, he was Executive Vice-President of the Missile Systems Group. In 1994, he was appointed Executive Vice-President International Business of Thomson-CSF, and then named Chairman and CEO of Thomson-CSF International, now called Thales International. He was promoted Executive Vice-President, Chief Marketing Officer, responsible for Thales International, in July 2002.

With acknowledgement to the Thales group website.