Regional Leadership
VP of
EMEA
Yoann Poizeau
VP & GM of
North America
Ray Fitzgerald
VP of
Latin America
Ezio Sanchez
VP of
Asia Pacific
Gautier Vandomme
Corporate Leadership
Ateme’s executive team brings decades of experience and leadership that guide the company’s direction. Since the founding of Ateme the company has been led by an experienced management team that combines engineering talent with business talent and commitment to customers proven in the broadcast and broadband industry.
Co-founder, President, CEO
Michel Artières
VP Human Ressources
Stéphanie Pignal
Chief Technology Officer
Mickaël Raulet
Chief Finance Officer
Fabrice Sana
Chief Operations Officer
Joseph Soueidi
Chief Strategy Officer
Rémi Beaudouin
Chief Product Officer
Damien Lucas
CEO of Anevia
Laurent Lafarge
Board Members
Ateme’s Board of Directors is working closely with the corporate leadership to define and execute a profitable growth strategy. The board is led by Ateme’s founder and CEO, and independent members with complementary knowledge of strategy, finance and communication.
Joanna Darlington
Independent Board member since 06/2015
Joanna Darlington is Head of Financial Communications/Chief Transformation Officer of the satellite operator, Eutelsat Communications. Prior to joining Eutelsat Joanna was a partner at the capital markets consultancy, Makinson Cowell (part of the Corporate Advisory Group of KPMG) and before that head of European equity research at BNP Paribas and head of Pan-European research at ABN AMRO.
Joanna is a British National and a graduate of the University of Cambridge.
Michel Artières
Co-founder, President, CEO
Michel Artières is a co-founder, President and CEO of Ateme. Previously, Michel had directed R&D in Image Processing and Compression at the French Ministry of Defence. He specifically directed research works in the field of progressive lossless compression for very high definition images, and blurred image restoration in noisy environments. Michel received his engineering degree from Supelec, Paris, with a specialization in signal processing.
Jacques Galloy
Independent Board Member since 01/2015
Jacques Galloy is founder and Managing Partner of Gaudeto, an Advisory and Investment Company focused on small to mid-size technology and media companies. He is also a board member of 6 companies. He has 20 years of business leadership experience and active participation in successful international expansions in both business and equity capital markets. He served 12 years, until 2014, as Board member and CFO of EVS, a world leader in a TV technology niche, and top-30 Belgian listed company. He co-founded and chaired the Board of dcinex (European leader in digital cinema) for 8 years, until 2013.
Benoit Fouchard
Independent Board Member since 12/2005
Benoit Fouchard is in charge of the automotive market for simulation software editor MSC Software since 2016. At Ateme between 2001 and 2015, Benoit was first head of sales and – from 2010 – in charge of the company’s growth strategy. Before joining Ateme, Benoit held international business development positions with IT supply chain specialist ModusLink, spearheading the group’s expansion in Southern and Eastern Europe. Benoit graduated from HEC, Paris and CEMS.
Laurent Cadieu
Observer since 03/2010
Laurent Cadieu is Founding Managing Partner of Largam, an investment boutique located in Luxembourg. Laurent served as Head of European Equities of BNP Paribas, and managed BNP Paribas entities in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Japan. He served as Member of the board of Nasdaq Europe and Easdaq from 2001 to 2007, and as a Director of small technology companies in Europe.
Laurent graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and ENST.