공지 • Sep 23
LACROIX Group SA Announces Executive Changes
LACROIX Group SA is reinforcing its management team, with the appointment of Stéphane KLAJZYNGIER as President of LACROIX North America, Louis POURDIEU, as Executive General Manager of the Electronics activity in the EMEA zone, and finally Serge LAVERDURE, to manage LACROIX Design Center. LACROIX is launching a new dedicated organisation, and appointing Stéphane KLAJZYNGIER. Currently Executive Managing Director of the Electronics activity, Stéphane now becomes President of LACROIX North America. He will be based in Michigan (United States), as of 1 October 2022 and will be responsible for supporting the integration of Firstronic into the Electronics activity as well as the local development of the Environment and City activities, notably through targeted acquisitions. He holds an MBA in Finance from Pace University in New York and has occupied several management positions with an international scope in the telecommunications world. In the 90’s, his initial experience in the field of portable batteries led him to Japan where he worked for Saft. Later, Alcatel entrusted him with the implantation of its Mobile Phones division in China, from the implementation of R&D to marketing. A division of which he later became President. During this period, he also concluded a joint venture with TCL. In 2005, he became President and CEO of Radio Frequency Systems (RFS), a group specialised in mobile telecommunication and broadcast infrastructures, with a strong presence in Germany, United States, France, China, Brazil and Australia. He joined LACROIX on June 1st, 2015, as Managing Director of the Electronics activity, becoming Executive Managing Director in July 2018. LACROIX also announced the arrival of Louis POURDIEU to take over from Stéphane KLAJZYNGIER as Executive Managing Director of LACROIX's Electronics activity in the EMEA zone - an operational position effective as of September 15th, 2022. As a member of LACROIX Executive Committee, Louis POURDIEU will be entitled with the execution of the activity’s strategic plan, with ambitious objectives in terms of customer satisfaction and operational performance. As a graduate of Centrale Paris and holder of an MBA from INSEAD, Louis POURDIEU has more than 25 years of experience in operational departments of major groups in the automotive sector — for companies such as Faurecia and Valeo — where he held the position of CEO of the JV between Valeo and Siemens in the field of high voltage transmission components. Finally, as a major pillar of its strategic plan, the Group is strengthening the Electronics activity design offer management team, by appointing Serge LAVERDURE as its head, as of September 12th, 2022. Capitalizing on the technological platforms developed within the City and Environment activities, his main responsibility is to support the strategic evolution of the LACROIX design offer through the development of industrial IoT, Artificial Intelligence and the design of electronic and mechatronic equipment for critical applications in the industrial, home automation, automotive and medical sectors. Having started his career in R&D with the Safran group, Serge LAVERDURE subsequently specialised in the development of embedded software and systems for the automotive equipment manufacturer Magnetti-Marelli. He then worked for Ayrton Technology, a company he co-founded and developed internationally for 10 years. Finally, he worked for the software publisher ESI Group, where he was in charge of Control and Virtual Systems and Autonomous Driving activities for the last 10 years.