Philippe Gire

Philippe Gire has over 25 years of operating and financial experience with IT services and software in France, mainly at Accenture. Philippe spent the first years of his carreer at Accenture, in charge of implementing IT services solutions for the R&D departments of industrial groups such as European Space Agency and Alcatel. He became Managing Partner in 1989, responsible for the High Technologies sectors and managed the enterprise software business lines in France. Appointed Senior Partner for outsourcing services accross Europe, he was also developping “New Business Models” within the IT and Communications Industries. In 2000, he moved to Valeo, a French automotive parts manufacturer, as VP Strategy and e-Business. He also launched Valeo Ventures and completed 5 investments.