SOITEC : SOITEC APPOINTS GREGOIRE DUBAN AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO LEAD ITS STRATEGIC REFOCUSING AND THIERRY TRON AS DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
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SOITEC APPOINTS GREGOIRE DUBAN AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO LEAD ITS STRATEGIC
REFOCUSING AND THIERRY TRON AS DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Bernin (Grenoble), France, July 10, 2015 - Soitec, a world leader in generating
and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials, today announced the
appointment of Grégoire Duban as Chief Financial Officer. This recruitment
supports the ongoing strategic refocusing of the Group's activities on its core
electronics business, as Soitec announced on January 19.
Grégoire Duban, who will report to Paul Boudre, Soitec's Chief Executive
Officer, will also oversee the restructuring of the Group. In this role, he will
work closely with Thierry Tron, who has been appointed as Soitec's Deputy Chief
Financial Officer after having led the management control department for four
years, then joining the team supervising treasury, financial consolidation and
subsidiary accounting from 2009.
Grégoire Duban will focus on executive management's and the administrative
affairs and finance division's plans to restructure the Group, finalize the
divestment of the solar systems division's assets, cut costs and boost its
financial performance.
Grégoire Duban, a graduate in law (Université d'Assas, Paris) and the holder of
a diploma in financial analysis (American Institute of Banking, New York), also
gained a PMD master's degree in finance from Harvard Business School (Boston).
Grégoire Duban is also a Senior Advisor at Grant Thornton Executive. Before
joining Soitec, Grégoire Duban was Senior Director of Finance at Alvarez &
Marsal France. Previously, he held CFO/CEO positions at DEKRA Automotive, Diana
Ingredients, Gravograph and Sediver, after investment banking roles with
Indosuez and the Crédit Agricole group in the United States.
"Grégoire Duban possesses over 18 years' experience in leading change under
corporate restructuring programs at groups in the energy, digital and automotive
sectors. His expertise is focused on improving operating performance,
implementing new business models, restructuring operations and refocusing
businesses to increase the profitability of groups in transition, such as ours.
I am delighted to welcome him on board", stated Paul Boudre.
"I would also like to express my gratitude to Olivier Brice, who is leaving his
position as Chief Financial Officer to move on to new responsibilities, after
supporting Soitec in recent years with tremendous professionalism and
outstanding commitment", concluded Paul Boudre.
About Soitec:
Soitec (Euronext, Paris) is a world leader in designing and manufacturing high-
performance semiconductor materials. The company uses its unique technologies
and semiconductor expertise to serve the electronics and energy markets. With
3,600 patents worldwide, Soitec's strategy is based on disruptive innovation to
answer its customers' needs for high performance, energy efficiency and cost
competitiveness. Soitec has manufacturing facilities, R&D centers and offices in
Europe, the U.S. and Asia. For more information, please visit www.soitec.com and
follow us on Twitter: (at)Soitec_EN and (at)Soitec_FR.
Media Contacts: Investor Relations:
Trade Press : Steve Babureck
Camille Dufour +1 858 519 6230
+33 (0)6 79 49 51 43 +33 (0)6 16 38 56 27
camille.dufour(at)soitec.com steve.babureck(at)soitec.com
Business Press:
Barbara Coumaros
ComCorp
+33 (0)1 58 18 32 47
+33 (0)6 82 92 94 43
bcoumaros(at)comcorp.fr
Soitec Press release in PDF:
http://hugin.info/143589/R/1936608/698113.pdf
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