Philippe Lazare
Philippe Lazare[1] (born October 30, 1956) is a French businessman. He is a non-executive advisor of Groupe FDJ.[2] He was previously the Chief Executive Officer of Ingenico, an electronic payment solutions company.[3]
Education
[edit]Lazare trained as an architect at Ecole Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-La Défense. He left the university with a diploma in Architecture.
Career
[edit]Lazare was appointed Managing Director of Ingenico on July 17, 2007, after working as a director since 2005. He became Chief Executive Officer following the decision by the company's Board of Directors on January 20, 2010.
Decoration
[edit]He is a Knight of the French Legion of Honour.
Quotes
[edit]In December 2012, the magazine Challenges[4] rated him number one in the Top 10 most successful business leaders (excluding CAC40 businesses). This rating concerns companies with over 1 billion Euros in sales, based on average annual and relative results between 2009 and 2011 in terms of growth, profitability, and stock market performance.
Interest
[edit]Philippe Lazare has been frequently involved in promoting culture and innovation in business through conferences[citation needed] (employer organization MEDEF conferences, Rencontres Economiques d'Aix en Provence[5]).
In June 2013, Mr. Lazare was rated second in the "Telecom/IT/hardware" European Extel Survey. This survey, conducted in March and May 2013 among managers and financial analysts, rates the quality of financial communication among listed European companies.
References
[edit]- ^ Who's Who in France : Philippe Lazare
- ^ "FDJ appoints M&A expert Philippe Lazare to its board". SBC News. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Ingenico Calls Time on CEO Lazare in Major Management Shakeup". Bloomberg.com. 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ Challenges #325 12/13/2012 : Le Top 10 des patrons les plus performants (hors CAC40)
- ^ Les Rencontres économiques in Aix-en-Provence 2013 : The global economy, from emergencies to the long term