Chairman and CEO since 28, January 1991.

Founder of ESI Group Company, Alain de Rouvray has been the General Manager since its creation. He holds an engineering degree from Ecole Centrale de Paris (1967), a degree from La Sorbonne (Economic sciences (1967), and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley (1971). Alain de Rouvray started his career as Research Engineer at Ecole Polytechnique (Solid Mechanics Laboratory) in 1972; he then became Director of the Advanced Mechanics Department for the international software subsidiary of CISI Group from 1972 to 1976. In 1973, he founded ESI S.A. and was the CEO and Commercial Director from 1973 to 1990. 

ESI Group Product Operations President & COO. Board member since July 1st, 2004

Vincent Chaillou holds a PhD in civil engineering from the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées (1973) and an engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique (1971). Before joining ESI Group in 1994, he was General Manager of the AEC business unit of Computervision for worldwide operations (which has now merged with PTC). During his 16 years with Computervision, he served several management positions in sales, marketing and general management, specifically of Asia-Pacific. From 1994-1998, he was Regional Vice-President for the American territory within ESI Group, and since May 2004 CEO of ESI Software India and ESI US R&D.

Executive Vice President for Global Projects and Engineering Services of ESI Group.

He is also CEO of ESI Group subsidiaries: Nihon ESI in Japan, Hankook ESI in Korea and Zhong Guo ESI in China. Graduated Engineer of the University of Liège (1974) and Doctor in Mechanical Engineering of Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Metiers (1985), Dr. Kisielewicz joined ESI S.A. in 1988 after having held positions of Project Engineer and Project Manager in Venezuela with the company Sybetra, in Belgium with the company Electrobel, in France with the companies Framatome and Impell Inc., and in the USA for the company EDS Nuclear. Tom Kisielewicz is a co-founder of Nihon ESI in Japan.

Human Resources Director

Graduated in Civil Engineering from the ESTP (Cachan - France – 1984) and holds a Master of Science in Civil Engineering and Transportation from the Florida Institute of Technology (USA - 1986), Laurence Blanchard joined ESI Group in 2007, after holding various positions related to human resources in Europe within companies such as Lucent Technologies and Corus.

Chief Financial Officer

An HEC Paris graduate and a CFA charterholder, Eric Müller-Borle spent a large part of his career within the Axa group, where he was Head of Strategic Planning at Axa Assurances France, then CFO of several subsidiaries and finally CEO of Maxis, a joint venture between Axa and Metlife, the US leader in group insurance. Leaving the insurance world, in 2003 Eric Müller-Borle became CFO and Corporate Secretary of Kneip Communication (Luxembourg), the world leader in industrialised financial communication.

Executive Vice President Sales & Marketing, Worldwide Operations

Haluk Menderes has a Masters in Aerospace engineering and worked for MBB and IABG (German Aerospace Industry) during 6 years in the engineering CAE department before joining MARC in 1988. Haluk Menderes joined ESI Group in 2007 with more than 20 years of experience in Sales and Marketing and General Management in the CAE and enterprise simulation software industries. Before this, Haluk Menderes served in several executive roles at MSC.Software, including Senior Director of European Services, Vice President and General Manager of EMEA Field Operations and Vice President of Automotive Industry. Prior to the acquisition by MSC.Software in 1999, Haluk Menderes was the European Vice President of MARC Analysis Research Corporation.

Operational Vice President for Product Development

Dr. Shah holds a Ph.D. in Computational Mechanics from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Before joining ESI Group in 2006, Dr. Shah has worked with a number of technology companies in a consulting capacity including ESI Group to assist them to enhance their technical offerings to the market. Dr. Shah brings over 20 years research and working experience in computational modeling, simulation, and large-scale numerical analysis of complex systems. Dr. Shah has developed breakthrough methods in numerical discretization, error estimation, and adaptive computational solution techniques. He is best known in the industry for his long tenure as a Corporate Officer and Technology Executive at Ansys Corporation.

Scientific Director

Dr Argiris Kamoulakos has of a BSc (Honours) degree in Aeronautics from The City University, London in 1980 and two MS, one in Aeronautics and Astronautics and the second in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, Boston in 1982. In 1987 he obtained a Ph.D. in Aeronautical Structures from Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine in London.  Dr Argiris Kamoulakos joined ESI Group in 1994 bringing more than 20 years of industrial experience in the applications of the Finite Element Method. His expertise covers linear/non linear as well as static/dynamic industrial application developments. He worked for WS Atkins R&D, ZENTEC (MARC UK), SAMTECH and SONACA. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS) and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).