The Accenture and Atos groups have followed radically different trajectories. During its 2021 financial year, the consulting and technology services giant crossed the $50 billion revenue milestone.
It has continued its development since. Atos, on the other hand, went through turbulence and initiated a long restructuring process. In August, the split of its activities ended with the sale of the Tech Foundations activities (or even Unify to Mitel).
Yves Bernaert, a history of Accenture since 1992
However, there was still one step missing from the reconstruction of Atos: the appointment of a new staff. This has now been achieved with the arrival of a new general director, Yves Bernaert.
In a press release, the Atos group announces that the Board of Directors, meeting on October 3, 2023, has ratified its decision and that Yves Bernaert’s taking office is effective today. His LinkedIn profile has not yet been updated.
The new CEO of Atos thus still appears as the CEO of Accenture Technology Europe. It is true that the manager has held positions within the company for a very long time. He joined Accenture in 1992.
For 9 years, and after positions in France and internationally within Accenture, Yves Bernaert has managed the group’s European entity. And his record caught the attention of the Atos board of directors.
“Under his leadership, Accenture Technology Europe has experienced double-digit growth by focusing on new digital technologies (Cloud, Data & AI and Security) with its teams and all partners in the ecosystem,” underlines the Frenchman. .
An experienced CEO to accelerate recovery and sell
To relaunch itself, Atos intends to rely on these major technological pillars. The “Council has chosen a leader with recognized skills in the technology and digital transformation industry,” justifies the group.
Yves Bernaert’s experience will be essential for him to “carry out the next stages of the transformation plan” and “accelerate the recovery of activities”, his first mission as general manager.
The effective split, “he would then be exclusively in charge of developing the new Eviden group.” Before that, Yves Bernaert and financial director Paul Saleh will lead negotiations with EPEI for the takeover of Tech Foundations.
“I am convinced that we will face the significant challenges that await us and will succeed in the transformation undertaken to return to success,” declares the new CEO, who will be associated with Nourdine Bihmane, appointed Deputy CEO of Atos.