Business Management: structure and Executive Committee members
The global Retail Business Unit will help large retailers and e-merchants follow consumers across sales channels, expand their cross-border sales and increase their conversion rate. It is uniquely positioned to provide a unified customer experience across channels with a combination of payment terminals, in-store and online payments services and omnichannel payment solutions. The Retail Business Unit holds global end-to-end responsibility for designing, building, selling and operating its in-store, online and omnichannel payment solutions. It will expand its global sales through its regional commercial teams.
- Pierre-Antoine Vacheron is named EVP, Retail Business Unit. A seasoned executive, he previously was leading the ePayments business and has been instrumental in creating rapid growth in this area. Jacques Behr is named EVP, Deputy for the Retail Business Unit. In particular, Jacques will focus on developing a global go-to-market strategy across the SBU’s product lines. Jacques has a strong track record of expanding Ingenico’s terminals and in-store gateways’ commercial footprint. Chloé Mayenobe is named SVP, In-store EMEA, in charge of all commercial operations for physical retailers in the region.
- Patrice Le Marre is appointed EVP, Banks & Acquirers Business Unit. He will return from Singapore where he has spent the last 5 years leading and tremendously growing the APAC & China region. Jose Luis Arias, EVP Latin America, John Tait, SVP APAC, and Luciano Cavazzana, SVP EMEA will lead the commercial operations in their respective regions.
Corporate Functions: structure and Executive Committee members
Acquisitions Integration Management: acquisitions form an integral part of Ingenico’s growth agenda. Ensuring their fast and efficient integration into the company is essential to the realization of their contribution to Ingenico’s strategic and long term objectives. Jacques Guérin is appointed EVP, Acquisitions Integration Management. This role will be effective in July, as Jacques will initially focus on leading North America until Jennifer Miles joins the Group.
All other Corporate Functions are unchanged.
Michel Léger, as EVP Innovation, Nathalie Lomon, as EVP Finance & Legal, and Martine Birot, as EVP Human Resources & Communications complete the Executive Committee membership.
I am tremendously proud of our ability to develop leaders from within and attract highly talented executives from the industry who want be to part of our strategic growth agenda”, commented Philippe Lazare, Ingenico Group Chairman & CEO. “This new operating model supports perfectly our ambitions to become the indisputable global leader in omnichannel payment acceptance. Customer-centric BUs that integrate offer management, delivery and sales will help us deliver the most relevant, innovative and cost effective products & solutions to our customers in a timely fashion, whilst securing our profitability.”
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