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
editLazare trained as an architect at Ecole Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-La Défense. He left the university with a diploma in Architecture.
Career
editLazare 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
editHe is a Knight of the French Legion of Honour.
Quotes
editIn 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
editPhilippe 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