(Paris, 14 May 2012) - Assystem, an international Engineering and Innovation Consultancy, announced today that Jean-Louis Ricaud has been appointed Vice-President in charge of Strategy and Innovation. He will be reporting to the Chairman of Assystem's Management Board, Dominique Louis.
In his new position, Mr Ricaud will be tasked with overseeing the preparation and implementation of the Group's strategy, strengthening the Assystem innovation process and fostering the emergence of new business development projects.
Mr Ricaud has in-depth experience in the world of manufacturing. He started his career in 1978 at Cogema, where he led operations at the company's La Hague nuclear fuel reprocessing plant. He then successively served as Managing Director of the SGN-Krebs Group (1988-1991), Chief Executive Officer of the Cogema Group's Reprocessing and Industrial Divisions (1992-1998) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Transnucléaire Group (1994-1998.
He became Executive Vice President of the Usinor Group in 2000, before joining Renault in 2002, first as Senior Vice President, Quality then, in 2005, as Executive Vice President in charge of Engineering, Quality and IT. In 2009, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Alstom Transport.
Mr Ricaud is a graduate of the Ecole des Mines de Paris and the Ecole Normale Supérieure. He also holds an advanced degree (Agrégation) in mathematics.
Assystem is an international Engineering and Innovation Consultancy. As a key participant in the industry for more than 45 years, Assystem supports its customers in developing their products and managing their capital expenditure throughout the product life cycle. Assystem employs more than 10,200 people worldwide and reported nearly €850 million in pro forma revenue in 2011. The Company is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris - Compartment B - Code ISIN: FR0000074148 - ASY. For more information: www.assystem.com
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