Following the appointment of Maria João Borges Carioca Rodrigues as the new Chief Executive Officer of Euronext Lisbon and member of the Managing Board, Euronext has appointed three new members of its Executive Committee.
Amaury Houdart joins Euronext as Chief Talent Officer. Houdart will lead both the Human Resources function and strategic initiatives related to talent development and organisational changes across Euronext. Previously Group Human Resources Director at Steria, a leading European IT services company, Houdart has developed extensive international experience managing teams in a multicultural environment. In his earlier roles, Amaury was Business Consulting Manager, M&A Director and then Human Resources Director at Unilog LogicaCMG, a leading international IT services company. Houdart graduated from Paris Dauphine University in International Affairs.
Nicolas Rivard joins Euronext as Chief Innovation Officer. Rivard will lead Euronext’s efforts to anticipate technology changes affecting the market infrastructure sector, to assess disruptive evolutions and position Euronext in the most relevant projects, and to strengthen internal innovation processes and innovation culture. Formerly Principal at The Boston Consulting Group where he spent the last six years, Rivard contributed to the development of innovative digital offers in financial services. He was previously project manager at Total. Nicolas holds an engineering degree from Ecole Centrale de Paris and an MBA from INSEAD.
Pauline Bucaille will join Euronext as Chief Communication Officer later in April. Bucaille will lead all external and internal communication efforts to position Euronext as the leading pan-European platform to power capital markets in the financing of the real economy. Bucaille joins from Assystem, a global engineering and technology company, where she was Vice-President for Communication. Previously, Pauline held several senior communications management roles at Boeing, Accor and Nortel Networks. She started as a consultant in the public relations agency, now known as i&e Burson-Marsteller. Bucaille is a graduate of Sciences-Po Paris.
Stéphane Boujnah (pictured), Euronext CEO and Chairman of the Managing Board, says: “We are delighted to welcome great professionals like Maria João Carioca Rodrigues, Amaury Houdart, Nicolas Rivard and Pauline Bucaille within our senior management team. Euronext is entering into a new phase of its development with continuous focus on strong profitability, robust management of our resilient core business, relentless cost discipline and development of growth projects. Maria João, Amaury, Nicolas and Pauline are joining the great Euronext management team that has achieved so much since the IPO in June 2014. Our best asset is our people and we are absolutely certain that this new enlarged team will have the best impact to take Euronext to the next level.”
