Capgemini announced the appointment of Olivier Sevillia as its Group Chief Operating Officer, effective January 1, 2021. In this role Olivier is responsible for the Group’s strategic business units and sales, with a focus on applying the Group’s deep and broad industry expertise to be a strategic business partner to its clients. Up until December 2020, Olivier had been CEO of Capgemini’s Europe Strategic Business Unit since July 2018. Before this, from 2011, Olivier led the Application Services Continental Europe Strategic Business Unit. In January 2014 Olivier joined the Group Executive Board and his role expanded to managing the operations of two additional Strategic Business Units: Business Services and Capgemini Consulting. From January 2016 he also steered the Group's Digital strategy and service line. In January 2009, Olivier joined the Capgemini Group's Executive Committee as Head of South Europe and France for Systems Integration.