Corporate CEO
After starting his career at Arthur Andersen Consulting Department and the industrial unit of Schlumberger Limited, Alain Sourisseau was invited to join the senior management team at Groupe Les Echos and then the listed companies Bis SA and Berger-Levrault, among others. He then worked as a director or consultant to solve business transformation and restructuring issues for small and medium size businesses, helping them with handovers, governance, operations management and steering. During this period, he worked in a wide variety of industries including business services, manufacturing, media, healthcare, financial services and specialized distribution. He works closely with family-led groups and has served as a director for Compagnie Lebon and Groupe Sud-Ouest. He is currently a director for Faïenceries de Gien, textile company Le Minor and start-up Histovery, among others. He’s also a director of the Green Link foundation. He’s the author of Les leviers de la performance durable, Médecine et architecture des organisations, published by Eyrolles in 1974.
He graduated from Essec business school and Sciences Po Paris, has a DEA degree in public law and is a former IHEDN auditor (40th national session).
Thierry Drilhon has 35 years of experience in the fields of technology, digital transformation, and innovation acquired as an international director for companies like Microsoft, where he was Deputy General Manager, and Cisco Systems, where he became CEO France in 2000, EMEA President, then Senior Vice President based in Paris and San Francisco, and member of the Global Executive Committee. In 2012, [...]
A business school (Sup. de Co.) graduate, Alain Sivan is an advertiser by trade and by passion. From 1985 to 1993, he held successive positions for FCA (Publicis) as head of advertising, client director and sales director. He held the position of BCRC managing director from 1994 to 1997 and sales director at DDB Paris the following three years. After gaining expertise in consumer goods marketing in [...]
Anne Guillaumat de Blignières holds a master's degree in business law and is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris. Her main areas of focus have been relations with public authorities (government and parliament), women's professional networks (founder and honorary member of Financi'Elles, Co-Chair France of the Global Summit of Women) and mediation. A former auditor of the IHEDN (39th session), she was [...]