GEF Breakfast

Nicolas SEKKAKI

President, IBM France

The place of women in the digital economy

Nicolas Sekkaki has been President of IBM France since July 1, 2015.

A graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace, he is passionate about technology, driven by the challenges of the new cognitive era with Watson.

In a career spanning more than 25 years, he has taken on numerous sales and management responsibilities, both in France and internationally (USA, UK, Spain).

A signatory of the #JamaisSansElles movement, he is actively committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Nicolas Sekkaki is also a founding member of the Fondation des Possibles, created in February 2017, to demonstrate that it is possible to reconcile economic efficiency and social utility, individual success and collective interest. He is involved with the 4th promotion of the Les Déterminés association, for entrepreneurship in working-class neighborhoods.

Our Breakfasts are open to anyone interested in gender issues, whatever their school, university or studies.

Our events are alsoopen to men, who need to be involved.

A breakfast buffet will be open from 8am. Discussions will start at 8.30 a.m. sharp and finish at 10 a.m. We look forward to welcoming many of you.

Proper attire is required to enter the Cercle: a tie for men and no jeans for either men or women.

Registration is compulsory and can only be made by online payment via the following link (if you require proof of attendance, please tick the appropriate box) : https://www.manifestations-gef.com/inscription.php?manif=189

This breakfast is organized in partnership with McKinsey

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