Dominique Cerutti to Become Chairman and CEO of Altran

Paris (ots/PRNewswire) -

On the recommendation of its Appointment and Remuneration
committee, the Board of Directors of Altran has approved the upcoming
appointment of Dominique Cerutti as Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of the Altran group. Mr Cerutti will begin his duties on 29
July 2015.

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An Extraordinary General Meeting will be called in the near future
so that Dominique Cerutti can be elected to the Board of Directors
and can fully exercise his new duties as of 29 July 2015.

Dominique Cerutti is currently the Chairman of the Managing Board
and Chief Executive Officer of Euronext, a multinational company he
successfully led to its Initial Public Offering.

An engineer by training, he will join Altran with solid
international management experience. Dominique Cerutti spent over 20
years at IBM where he contributed, from the United States, to the
company's strategic transformation. He served as Chief Executive
Officer of IBM Global Services for Europe Middle East Africa (60,000
staff and EUR12bn revenues), then of IBM in Europe. He served as
Chief Operating Officer and was a member of the Board of Directors of
the NYSE Euronext group, before becoming Chairman of the Managing
Board of the Euronext group, which is now independent.

Dominique Cerutti has a comprehensive global vision with a proven
track record of achieving transformation and growth. He is a seasoned
veteran in the management of large-scale service organisations.

The Board of Directors of Altran is pleased to announce the
arrival of Dominique Cerutti as Chairman and CEO of a growing group
that has been successfully repositioned. Dominique Cerutti has a
strategic vision that will bring a new dynamic to Altran. This new
ambition will be reflected in the 2016-2020 strategic plan, which
will be defined and implemented under his leadership. This plan will
aim at strengthening the position of Altran as the global leader in
innovation and R&D.

Dominique Cerutti says: "This appointment is an honour for me, and
I am eager to join the great team at Altran and its 23,000 Innovation
Makers[1], who have made the Group the leading consultancy for
innovation and high-tech engineering. Altran boasts a unique position
in serving companies well-known for their innovation and development
processes. It is a remarkable asset that will be leveraged in order
to define and execute an ambitious 2016-2020 strategic plan
worldwide."

To ensure the most effective transition until the arrival of
Dominique Cerutti, the Board of Directors of the Altran group has
asked Olivier Aldrin, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial
Officer, to serve as the Group's interim CEO, and Gilles Rigal, a
current member of the Board, to serve as Chairman.

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Contact:
Press contacts: Appointment of Dominique Cerutti: Guillaume
Foucault, guillaume.foucault@corpcom.fr, +33-6-52-11-37-65; Altran
press
office: +33-1-46-41-72-10, press@altran.com