Atos appoints Marc Kassis as CEO for the Middle East

Atos, an international IT services company, has appointed Marc Kassis CEO for Atos in the Middle East.
Marc will be responsible for leading further growth for Atos in this important market in his new role, says a company statement.
Francis Meston, executive vice president consulting and system integration, Atos, said: “We are delighted to welcome Marc to Atos. His experience will be invaluable as we extend our innovative offerings in the Middle East especially in the public sector, retail and telecom markets, using the new expertise and technology from the recent acquisition of Bull.”
Marc Kassis, CEO of Atos in the Middle East, said: “I am delighted to join Atos and look forward to working with the team in the Middle East to build on recent business successes and further grow Atos in this important and growing market.”
Before joining Atos, Marc was the managing director of Dassault Systemes for the Middle East.
Prior to that he held a number of roles at Alcatel and Alcatel-Lucent including Middle East CEO where he led the Qatari unit of Alcatel-Lucent during the Vodafone Qatar initiative.
Marc is French foreign trade adviser to the ambassador in Dubai (Conseiller du Commerce Extérieur de la France) and board member of the Qatari-French Business Club that he co-founded.
Marc holds an MSc. (Eng) diploma in electricity and electronics from Supélec, a leading French university.
He also has a Masters degree of Science from Nice-Sophia Antipolis University in France.
In the Middle East, Atos, headquartered in Dubai, has 250 employees providing on and off-shore services from offices in Cairo, Doha, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
Atos is servicing clients in all of these countries across telco, manufacturing, finance, public sector and health care.
In addition, there are business development efforts in Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman. Its global partners include EMC, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP.
Atos is focused on business technology that powers progress and helps organizations to create their firm of the future.