Overview

Gender

male

Olivier Piou conducted the merger of Gemplus and Axalto which formed Gemalto in 2006, and has been its CEO and a member of the Board of Directors since then.

Before that he was CEO and a Board member of Axalto (2004-2006), a company which he had introduced to the stock market in 2004.

He previously held a number of positions with Schlumberger across technology, marketing and operations in France and the US (1981-2004), including heading its Smart Cards division (1998-2004).

He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Alcatel-Lucent (2008-2016), a Board member of INRIA, the French national institute for research in computer science and control (2003-2010), and President of Eurosmart, the international organization representing the chip card industry (2003-2006). He is a Knight of the Legion of Honor in France. ​

Olivier Piou graduated in Engineering from École Centrale de Lyon (ECL, 1980).