Jean-Pierre Barbéris joins Bull as General Manager of the services activities.

Paris, March  14, 2005 -  

Effective May 17th, 2005, Jean-Pierre Barbéris joins Bull as General Manager in charge of the services activities.

Jean-Pierre Barbéris, 48, is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications.

Former associate of Unilog where he started his career in 1982, Jean-Pierre Barbéris has held several managing positions in the industry, technology and small and medium enterprises before he became general manager of the Consulting activities.

In 1995, he joined Sema Group as Consulting and Technology Director and then Development Director within Sema Group Business Systems, France.

In 2001, Jean-Pierre Barbéris is appointed Vice-President in charge of SchlumbergerSema world-wide public sector activities.

Since 2004, he was Atos Origin Vice-President in charge of the public sector and large accounts in France, thus highly contributing to the integration of Sema within Atos as well as to the success of the new company in this arena.

Didier Lamouche, President and CEO of Bull, stated: "I am delighted to welcome Jean-Pierre Barbéris whose professionalism is recognised. He will contribute to make services activities a growth engine for Bull".