Appointment: Béatrice Bacconnet has been appointed as Director of the Security Solutions Business Line

Paris, June  7, 2011 -

Béatrice Bacconnet has been appointed as Director of the Security Solutions Business Line and joins the Bull Executive Committee from July 1st

Béatrice Bacconnet (48) - a graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Paris and a former student of the Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale (IHEDN) - was previously Managing Director of RISK&CO, the leading French consulting firm specialized in risk management and international security. From 2004 to 2008, Béatrice was Chairman and CEO of the Martec group, which is specialized in designing critical systems and electronic security solutions for the defense, industry and transport sectors. Béatrice was previously Chairman and CEO of Thales Security & Supervision and Vice-President, Public and Private Infrastructures, at Thales Security Systems, responsible for sites security and information systems security activities.

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Bull is a leader in secure mission-critical digital systems. The Group is dedicated to developing and implementing solutions where computing power and security serve to optimize its customers' information systems, to support their business.

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