Philippe Geyres, 55, a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique (1973), started his career with IBM before joining Schlumberger in 1980. He subsequently worked for the subsidiary of the group, Fairchild Semiconductors in the USA.
In 1983, he joined Thomson Semiconducteurs, (which became SGS-Thomson and then STMicroelectronics), where he managed business units and later Group Products. He also spent several years at corporate strategy when he also held direct responsibility for legal matters and public relations.
In 2004, he was appointed Executive Vice President Home Personal Communication Group, in which capacity he was responsible for Group Products in the areas of telecommunications applications (infrastructure and equipment) and consumer electronics. He was directly responsible for 4000 employees and a turnover of over 2.5 billion euros.
In January 2007, Philippe Geyres became CEO of Oberthur Card Systems which became Oberthur Technologies, Card Systems.
Philippe Geyres is married and has two children.