Georges Picard
President, Chairman of the Board
Senior Management
IFP Technologies
France
Biography
Mr. Picard holds an MBA from ESSEC in France. He joined IFP as a comptroller in 1981, and then became Assistant to the Budget Director in 1987. From 1989 to 1992, he was with SYSECA (a Thomson group computer services company). He returned to IFP in 1992 as assistant to the Secretary General. He was appointed Deputy Secretary General in 1995, and became Financial Director in 1997. He was appointed Executive Vice-President of IFP in 2001. Mr. Picard has been Vice-President of the Company since 2000 and was appointed President in 2002. He is also a director of Axens SA, President of IFP Investissements, and member of the Supervisory Board of Beicip Franlab.
Research Interest
Geology (oil &gas)