Pascale Sourisse
Senior Vice President, Defence & Security C4I Systems and member of the Executive Committee, Thales
Director since: 2007
Current appointment ends: 2015 General Meeting
Age: 50
Appointments in listed companies: Director and member of the Accounts and Audit Committee of Renault.
Other appointments: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thales Communications & Security SA; Chairman of Thales Services SAS; member of the Supervisory Board of Thales Alenia Space SAS; Director of DCNS and Thales USA, Inc.; member of the Board of Directors of Institut Télécom (Minefi); President of the Board of Telecom ParisTech and member of the Board of Administrators of Gifas.
Appointments that have expired during the last five financial years: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alcatel Cyber Satellite and Thales Communications SA; Chairman of 181 Centelec SAS, Thales Security & Solutions SAS and Eurospace; Director and Chairman of Skybridge Satellite Operations; Director of Skybridge LLC, Skybridge 2 LLC, Skybridge Operations France, Skybridge Communications par Satellites and Satlynx; Chairman of Thales Alenia Space France SAS, Alcatel Spacecom and SkyBridge GP, Inc.; and Director of Thales North America, Inc. (USA), Thales Alenia Space Italia SpA, Telespazio Holding SRL, Galileo Industries SA, Galileo Industries SpA and EuropeStar Ltd.
Background: A graduate of the École Polytechnique, Pascale Sourisse is a telecommunications engineer. She worked as an engineer at Compagnie Générale des Eaux from 1984 to 1985, as an engineer in the telecommunications division of Jeumont-Schneider from 1985 to 1986, and as head of the enterprise network division at France Telecom from 1987 to 1990. From 1990 to 1994, Ms Sourisse worked in the French Ministry for Industry, as assistant deputy manager, then deputy manager, of the Consumer Electronics and Audiovisual Communication department. She then joined the Alcatel Group, where she held the positions of Director, Planning and Strategy from 1995 to 1997, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Skybridge from 1997 to 2001, Chief Operating Officer and then President and Chief Executive Officer of Alcatel Space from 2001 to 2005. She was President of Alcatel Alenia Space (now Thales Alenia Space) from 2005 to 2008. Since April 2007, she has been a member of the Executive Committee of Thales. From May 2008 until early 2010, Ms Sourisse was Senior Vice President of Thales’ Land & Joint Systems Division. In early 2010, she was named Managing Director, then Senior Vice President for Defence & Security C4I Systems at Thales.