Capgemini has decided to appoint Thierry Delaporte and Aiman Ezzat as chief operating officers to enhance transformation and performance – in line with the transition of CEO Paul Hermelin.
Capgemini said the appointment of two COOs, effective on January 1, 2018, is part of the preparation of the management transition announced by Paul Hermelin at the 2017 Shareholder’s Meeting.
Thierry Delaporte will be responsible for transformation and Aiman Ezzat will look after performance of Capgemini.
Capgemini said Thierry Delaporte and Aiman Ezzat have international track records, notably in the United States, one of the Group’s key markets and the prime location for technological innovations, a customer-centric approach, complemented by a focus on performance and transformation.
“They have qualities required to support me in implementing the Group’s priorities: reinvigorating our portfolio of offers to support our customers in all aspects of their transformation, strengthening our customer centricity and increasing our competitiveness,” Paul Hermelin, chairman and CEO of Capgemini, said.
Thierry Delaporte has been Head of Capgemini’s Financial Services Strategic Business Unit since 2012, as well as overseeing Capgemini’s operations in Latin America since 2016.He is a member of the Group Executive Board.
Thierry Delaporte spent most of his career with Capgemini. Thierry Delaporte has driven Capgemini’s operations and strategic planning in several of its key businesses, based in various countries, and has participated in number of key transformation programs.
Thierry Delaporte holds a Masters in Law from the Paris La Sorbonne University and a Masters in Political Sciences from SciencesPo Paris. He is also Co-founder and President of a Non-Profit Organization (Life Project 4 Youth, Alliance & USA).
Aiman Ezzat has held the role of chief financial officer at Capgemini since December 2012. He is a member of the Group Executive Board.
In November 2007, Aiman was appointed as COO of the Financial Services Global Business Unit (GBU) and later became its Global Head in December 2008.
Aiman Ezzat has served as Capgemini’s deputy director of Strategy from 2005 to 2007, and he played a key role in the development of the Booster turnaround plan of the Group’s activities in the United States, as well as in the development of the Group’s offshore strategy.
Aiman Ezzat was part of the acquisition and integration team of Kanbay, a global IT services firm focused on the financial services industry, acquired by Capgemini in 2006.
Before joining Capgemini, from 2000 to 2004, Aiman Ezzat served as MD of International Operations at Headstrong, a business and technology consultancy, where he worked with financial services clients in Asia, North America and Europe.
Aiman Ezzat holds a MSc (Master of Science) in chemical engineering from Ecole Superieure de Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon in France and an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.
