Atos simplifies its governance to accelerate return to growth

The Team structures its functions all-around 3 distinct Company Lines and four Regions

Paris, February 10th, 2022

In the context of a rapidly transforming IT current market, Atos clarifies its governance to speed up transformation cadence, resume its development trajectory, optimize financial effectiveness and finally generate benefit for all its stakeholders.

The IT products and services sector continues to establish huge regions of chances: the digital shell out of consumers is speedily growing, big electronic & transformational buyer discounts are driving expansion, and partnerships and alliances – notably with hyperscalers – are becoming extra strategic. Towards the backdrop of an intensifying war for talent, Atos evolves its governance to harness these opportunities and increase its commitments to client- and staff- pleasure and to push earnings growth.

The new governance will be simplified and structured close to 3 Small business Strains and 4 Areas, served by a Industrial Heart of Excellence and Corporate Functions:

Just about every Business Line will regroup the actions that fall under the identical business design and function in the exact same competitive landscape:

  • Tech Foundations bundles Atos’ asset-intense functions and will regroup things to do achieving maturity such as Data Centre & Hosting, Digital Workplace, Unified Conversation & Collaboration (UCC) as effectively as Enterprise Procedure Outsourcing (BPO). It will be less than the obligation of Nourdine Bihmane.
  • Digital is a techniques & capabilities-pushed provider enterprise and will serve Atos’ shoppers in Digital, Cloud and Decarbonization and support them realize success in their digital transformation owing to increase considerably. It will be under the accountability of Rakesh Khanna.
  • Significant Facts & Protection (BDS) is a large-advancement, R&D-intensive business enterprise and will focus on Cybersecurity goods & products and services, High general performance & Edge computing and Mission vital units, under the ongoing duty of Pierre Barnabé.

The four Locations will have possession of accounts, regional means and total P&L, in get to make certain best purchaser centricity and accelerated operational cadence:

  • Northern Europe & APAC, below the accountability of Adrian Gregory
  • Central Europe, less than the duty of Clay van Doren
  • Southern Europe, under the ongoing duty of Yannick Tricaud
  • And the Americas, including North and South America, under the continued obligation of Dave Seybold

To enhance Atos’ unwavering determination to client centricity the Group has altered the solution by Industries:

  • individuals that are much more community in nature or in practice (Community Sector & Defense, Manufacturing and Resources & Products and services) will be redeployed across the Locations,
  • even though those Industries with world-wide relevance and homogeneity (Monetary Products and services & Insurance coverage, Tech, Media & Telecom, Health care & Lifetime Sciences) are taken care of at Team amount (as component of a freshly international created Commercial Heart of Excellence).

The freshly established purpose of Chief Business Officer (CCO) is a Heart of Excellence that will generate standardized greatest tactics across the group, target on massive global gross sales shoppers, revenue operations, alliances, partnerships and sector technique.

The managerial governance of the company will be streamlined in order to enrich collegiality and to accelerate selection-making and accountability. It will be structured all-around a freshly made Govt Board of 12 associates.

Rodolphe Belmer, CEO of Atos, comments: “The new governance we announce now is designed as a vital enabler of the Group’s turnaround and represents a important move in the rebound of the Group. I am certain that Atos has all belongings at hand to get back on observe, and to start with and foremost its hugely committed and talented persons all over the entire world. The Team retains primary positions in cyber protection, high-effectiveness computing, cloud, decarbonization and digital transformation which are the advancement engines of today and tomorrow.

This simplified Team governance close to 3 Company Lines and four Locations is the first move of our turnaround system, as it is built to speed up the enterprise cadence and transformation pace of the business. The solitary most important go-to-current market axis for consumer and P&L ownership will make it possible for us to focus on enterprise results at the account amount, and elevate speed of decision-building for shopper acquisition, experience, and retention. The crystal clear target on three unique small business lines will optimize their financial efficiency and benefit development. The improved notice on significant buyers & tectonic hyperscalers, empowered centers of excellence to travel standardized most effective techniques across the group as nicely as a tightened govt committee more concur to the increase of accountability and speed of conclusion-building.

Thanks to this evolution of the Team governance, we will create an empowered and motion-oriented workforce to foster a purchaser-centric tradition concentrating on exceptional comprehension of clients’ requirements and the highest requirements of purchaser gratification.”

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About Atos

Atos is a world leader in electronic transformation with 107,000 staff and annual earnings of in excess of €11 billion. European number a person in cybersecurity, cloud and significant-general performance computing, the Team delivers personalized finish-to-close solutions for all industries in 71 nations around the world. A pioneer in decarbonization companies and products, Atos is dedicated to a protected and sustainable digital for its purchasers. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), mentioned on Euronext Paris and incorporated in the CAC 40 ESG and Upcoming 20 indexes.

The goal of Atos is to assistance style and design the long term of the facts house. Its knowledge and expert services support the development of expertise, instruction and study in a multicultural tactic and lead to the enhancement of scientific and technological excellence. Across the globe, the Group permits its customers and employees, and users of societies at significant to reside, perform and create sustainably, in a harmless and safe info area.

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