Capgemini Financial Services Names Thierry Delaporte As New CEO

Capgemini Financial Services Global Business Unit, a major technology outsourcing and consulting firm for financial services organizations, announced it has new CEO, Thierry Delaporte, today. Delaporte has been serving as the company's COO since early 2011, and will be replacing Aiman Ezzat, who was named the CFO for the Capgemini Group last year.

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Delaporte has been working at Capgemini for more than 17 years. Some of his previous positions with the company include CFO for the Global Outsourcing Business Unit, CFO for its operations in North America and CFO for its Southern Europe arm. He was also the CFO for Capgemini's Asia-Pacific Business Unit from 2000-2002 after the integration of Ernst and Young operations.

Delaporte started his career in 1992 as a senior auditor for Arthur Andersen in Paris and London after obtaining masters degrees in law and political science from La Sorbonne University and L'Institut d'Etudes Politiques of Paris. He currently works in Capgemini's New York office.

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