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Dominique LOUIS
President


After obtaining his engineering degree at the ENSEM, Dominique LOUIS started working as test engineer for ATEM. A few years later, he created his own company, R'data, and subsequently Alphatem, a joint subsidiary with COGEMA.
 
ATEM, R'data and Alphatem were merged to form Assystem, which Dominique LOUIS steered to a stock exchange listing in 1995.
 
Leaving the nuclear sector at the end of the nineties was the prelude to a complete rethinking of the Assystem project. His ambition is to make Assystem a European engineering company of international standing, present in Europe, Asia and the
                                                      Americas.

Stéphane AUBARBIER
Executive Vice-President

An engineering graduate of the Lyon INSA (National Institute for the Applied Sciences) holding an MBA from the ESCP-EAP (European School of Management in Paris), Stéphane AUBARBIER started his career in the Assystem group where, after some time in operational positions, he took over the development of the Automotive sector.
 
Subsequently, Stéphane turned his talents to marketing the service offers within the ABB group. He successively occupied the positions of Director of the maintenance contracts division for France, then for South Europe, finally taking over ABB Service's Marketing and Business Development Management for South Europe.
 
In June 2002, Stéphane joined Assystem's Executive Committee to steer the Process Business Unit in the development of the engineering activities. Since January 2005, Stéphane is Executive Vice-President of the Assystem group, with a seat on the Management Board

David BRADLEY
Executive Vice-President


A Chartered Engineer, member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and holder of an MBA from Warwick University. David BRADLEY started his career in commercial vehicle design before joining the predecessor of Inbis where he worked in the advanced robotics and automation division (Taylor Hitec).
 

Following a merger with Ricardo International, David was appointed Deputy MD of Ricardo Hitec expanding his responsibilities to cover the company’s Aerospace and Nuclear activities.
 
In 1997 David was one of the principal investing Directors in the foundation of Inbis Groupe Plc that completed the acquisition of both Ricardo Hitec and Ricardo Technology in 1997. As CEO of Inbis since 2002 David became a member of the Assystem Executive Committee following the acquisition of Inbis by Assystem. David is today Chief Executive of Assystem UK Ltd and was appointed as a member of Assystem’s Management Board in December 2007.

Gérard BRESCON
Executive Vice-President

Engineer of the Arts & Métiers Higher Education Institute, Gérard BRESCON joined the Assystem group in 1983, where he first worked in the Nuclear Energy sector as Test Engineer. Later he was named Project Manager for the Automotive sector. He took on managerial responsibilities, and participated actively in developing the branch, before being named Operations Director for the group.
 
Gérard became CEO of Assystem Services in 2000. He created responsive local structures close to the customers, pooling the resources of many of the company's subsidiaries. In 2002, he became Deputy CEO for Industry. He steered the integration of the Group's new structures, defined new commercial goals and is focused on developing human resources.
 
Invited to join the Management Board in January 2004, Gérard is now focusing on the industrialization of methods and expertise within the engineering and human resources fields. On 1st July 2005, he was named Chairman of Assystem France, retaining his duties within the Board.

Martine GRIFFON-FOUCO 
Executive Vice-President

Engineering graduate from the ENSMA (Mechanical and aerotechnical engineering school) in Poitiers, Martine GRIFFON-FOUCO has started her career as research officer at the Commission for Atomic Energy and she then pursued it at EDF for 20 years, primarily in the nuclear energy sector. The first female manager of a nuclear power plant, Martine occupied the position of Director of the Blayais nuclear production centre from 1994 to 1998, and then became a member of the Group's Executive Committee. She left EDF to join CEGELEC as Director of the Non-Destructive Testing BU and Sales Director.


In 2007, Martine joined the Assystem group to become Chairman of Assystem Facilities, whose mission consists in developing exploitation and maintenance activities in all industrial sectors in France and around the world. Since January 2010, Martine is Executive Vice-President of the Assystem group and member of the Management Board.

Gilbert VIDAL
Executive Vice-President

With an MA in Economics and as a graduate of the Ecole Nationale des Impôts (French national tax school), Gilbert VIDAL started his career in 1977 at the General Tax Division of the Ministry of Finance where he was in charge of inspecting several international groups operating in various sectors like aeronautics, defence or pharmaceuticals.
 
In 1991, Gilbert joined Framatome, contributing his extensive know-how and experience. There, for ten years, he worked as Tax Director, Director of Financial Services, then Financial Director and, for the last five years, Assistant Financial Director in charge of Financial Control and Taxation for the whole AREVA group.
 
In December 2006, Gilbert joined the Assystem group as Financial Director and member of the Management Board. He is in charge of company cash and finance, management control, consolidation and financial analysis as well as taxation.