Steria has appointed Olivier Vallet as CEO of Steria France. Vallet will work to speed up the process of bringing Steria France into line with the Group's overall performance objectives and providing Steria's customers with a high level of added value and quality.

Olivier Vallet, a member of the Steria Group's Executive Committee, joined the company in 2006 as Director of Industrial Operations. He has contributed to the development of a global industrial production model offering offshore and nearshore capacities in Poland, India and Morocco. In addition, he has served as CEO of the Spain and Scandinavia entities for the past year.

From 2000 to 2006, Olivier Vallet occupied a number of different positions at the Alcatel group and in 2003 was appointed Chairman and CEO of Alcanet, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Alcatel Group. He also managed Alcatel's IT and telecommunications activities.Prior to joining Alcatel, he held the position of Vice President in charge of Finance and Outsourcing with the NCR group from 1999 to 2000.

Olivier Vallet has also chaired the European Outsourcing Association in France. The goal of this association is to evaluate the consequences of outsourcing (managed services, BPO) on the industrial, legal, managerial and human aspects of a company. The EOA is open to all market players, users, and consulting and IT service providers.