CFO and member of the Board of Management and the Group Management Committee since June 2005
Corporate responsibilities: Control, Corporate Investments, Fiscal, Information Technology, Investor Relations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Pensions, Real Estate, Supply Management/Sustainability, Treasury, New Venture Integration
After graduating Pierre-Jean Sivignon enrolled as an officer in the French Navy in 1978. Upon completion of his military service, he took a position as an external auditor for the firm of Peat Marwick Mitchell and worked there until 1982.
From 1982 until early 2001, he worked for the Schlumberger Group, where he held a variety of positions. These included Financial Controller for Dowell Schlumberger Oilfield Services (in Europe and Africa), General Manager of the Bank & Industry Division in Paris, and Group Treasurer in Paris and New York.
In 2001, he moved to Faurecia SA, a leading supplier of automotive equipment listed on the Paris Stock Exchange, to become its Chief Financial Officer. He joined Philips' Board of Management on May 1, 2005, becoming the company's Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Sivignon was born in France in 1956. He graduated from the Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques (ESSEC) in Paris, where he studied Economics and Business Administration. In addition, he is a Certified Public Accountant in the French system (mémorialiste). Pierre-Jean Sivignon is married, with two children.
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