CMA CGM Group Names VP of Information Systems
The CMA CGM Group has appointed Jacques Delort as Vice-President of Information Systems for the CMA CGM Group and Deputy General Manager of CMA Systems, the new entity set up as part of the Group’s strategic partnership with IBM. He will be reporting to Jacques R. Saadé. A student of France’s prestigious École Polytechnique with a Masters in IT (information technology) and an Executive MBA (Essec), Delort, 51, began his career with the Ministry of Defense. In 1989, he joined Steria, where he managed Steria Méditerranée’s IT division, before being appointed CIO of Gemplus in 1998. In 2004, he joined Crédit Agricole as Managing Director GIE EXA information systems, then Deputy Managing Director of GIE CA-Technologies.
CMA CGM, IBM Sign Five Year Agreement
Partnership links world’s third largest shipping company with world leading technology services company. After five years of working together through a joint subsidiary, CMA CGM Group and IBM today announced a new strategic partnership. Under the terms of the five-year agreement, IBM will provide industry-specific expertise in new technologies such as cloud computing and analytics, and support CMA CGM’s growth by delivering superior quality information technology services that will help CMA CGM significantly reduce costs. The IT teams from the two companies will be merged into a new subsidiary, CMA Systems, which will have an equally represented governance structure and report directly to Jacques R. Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CMA CGM.
