EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT, CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER

Francis Griffiths is a long-standing executive with more than thirty years of experience in the realms of business and technology. He has a long history of success in the global marketplace with technical and scientific software solutions and has experience with the type of transformation we are driving at ESI. He brings to ESI an impressive track record of growth in Test & Measurement, Simulation and Industrial Automation in various industries including Automotive, Aerospace, Heavy Machinery, Communications, Energy, and Electronics. Prior to joining ESI, Francis held several roles within NI (NATI: NASDAQ) for 29 years, among them European Vice President of Sales and Senior Vice President of Global Sales, Field Marketing and Operations. More recently he founded Maiple, a start-up company focusing on Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning solutions in manufacturing and sustainable energy.

Francis holds a BEng (Hons) degree from Cardiff University in Electrical Engineering and is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering Technology (FIET). He was awarded an Honorary Professorship at Cardiff University in 2019. Francis sits on the advisory board of FLEXIS (Smart Energy Systems Project) and is an advisor on the Cardiff University Strategic Oversight Board. He served as non-executive director of VERV, makers of the Home Energy Assistant.

GENERAL MANAGER, EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT, CHIEF PRODUCT & TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

Emmanuel Leroy is EVP, Chief Product and Technology Officer, in charge of industry strategy, partnerships, product management, go-to-market, innovation and R&D. He joined ESI Group in April 2020 as EVP Industry Solutions in charge of industry strategy and GtM and in 2021 his scope was extended to product management and innovation. Mid-2022, he was appointed head of both Product and R&D organizations (CP&TO). Over the last decade prior to ESI, Emmanuel held different positions of increasing responsibility in the automotive industry, with strong focus on the CAE domain. At Gestamp, after starting in 2012 as CAE/product team leader, he became Manager of the Paris R&D center in 2014, focusing on vehicle design to cost/manufacturing, light-weighting and safety through BIW co-development. Emmanuel then expanded this successful approach, based on advanced CAE activities, globally (Europe, Japan, India, USA, and China). In 2017, he was appointed Global Co-development Director.

Emmanuel graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique and from the Ecole des Mines de Paris with a double MSc. in mechanical engineering and materials sciences.

SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT HR

Yannick, 46, joined ESI Group in 2020 as Corporate HR Director France & Headquarters. Previously, he was Director of Human Resources for one of the largest subsidiaries of SAS, an American software publisher specializing in data analysis, employing nearly 14,000 people. In a highly international context, he contributed to accompany the phases of its transformation into a global company and obtained several labels acknowledging the good practices implemented with this company in terms of human resources.

Yannick Charron holds a DEA (Degree of in-Depth Studies) in Business Law from the Paris Cergy University (France). He began his career as a corporate lawyer, before moving into the human resources field, where he explored many aspects as his career evolved.

SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT GENERAL SECRETARY & GOVERNANCE

Corinne Romefort-Régnier is Corporate Governance and oversees all practices and principles that guide ESI business and ensures its accountability to its stakeholders and facilitates the flow of information. In her role, she is also the secretary of the Board of directors and the Group Executive Committee. 

She holds a Master in corporate communication from La Sorbonne - Paris and a Master in economics from Dauphine – Paris. Prior to joining ESI in 1991, she spent some years in Polaroid company, in charge of marketing and communication for the Export Operations.