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Vincent Chaillou holds a PhD in civil engineering from the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussees (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.

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).

Dr Christopher St.John holds a Ph.D. in civil engineering from Imperial College in London, England. Prior to joining ESI Group in July 2008, Dr Christopher St.John served in several executive roles at MSC.Software, including head of their Operations in Europe and later in Asia Pacific. He brings 30 years of experience in general management in the CAE and enterprise simulations software industry.

An HEC Paris graduate and a CFA charterholder, Eric Muller-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 Muller-Borle became CFO and Corporate Secretary of Kneip Communication (Luxembourg), the world leader in industrialised financial communication.

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.

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.

Board member, since 16, November. 2007. Co-founder of Dassault Systemes, a group he spent over 25 years with and within which he was notably leading the much successful CATIA development and the implementation of the commercial partnership with IBM, Francis Bernard is a recognised expert in aeronautics. He is currently CEO of ParallelGraphics, a start-up that is already benefiting from substantial renown in the aeronautical industry thanks to its 3D web centric solutions for product maintenance support.