Atos, an international IT services company, today announced it has appointed Marc Kassis CEO for Atos in the Middle East. In his new role, Marc will be responsible for leading further growth for Atos in this important market.
Francis Meston, Executive Vice President Consulting and System Integration, Atos, said: “We are delighted to welcome Marc to Atos. His experience will be invaluable as we extend our innovative offerings in the Middle East especially in the Public Sector, Retail and Telecom markets, using the new expertise and technology from the recent acquisition of Bull.”
Marc Kassis, CEO of Atos in the Middle East, said: “I am delighted to join Atos and look forward to working with the team in the Middle East to build on recent business successes and further grow Atos in this important and growing market.
Before joining Atos, Marc was the Managing Director of Dassault Systemes for the Middle East. Prior to that he held a number of roles at Alcatel and Alcatel-Lucent including Middle East CEO where he led the Qatari unit of Alcatel-Lucent during the Vodafone Qatar initiative.
Marc is French Foreign Trade Advisor to the Ambassador in Dubai (Conseiller du Commerce Extérieur de la France) and Board Member of the prestigious Qatari-French Business Club that he co-founded. Marc holds an MSc. (Eng) diploma in Electricity and Electronics from Supélec,a leading French university. He also has a Masters degree of Science from Nice-Sophia Antipolis University in France.
In the Middle East, Atos, headquartered in Dubai, has 250 employees providing on and off-shore services from offices in Cairo in Egypt; Doha in Qatar; Riyadh in Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Atos is servicing clients in all of these countries across Telco, Manufacturing, Finance, Public Sector and Healthcare. In addition, there are business development efforts in Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman. Our global partners include EMC, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP.
