Corporate governance

Biographies of board members

nb: equity ownership is given as of December 13, 2011

BERNARD BOURIGEAUD
Independent director, complies with the share ownership guidelines
Age 67
Waterloo, Belgium
Director since 2008
Member of the Human Resources Committee
Class A subordinate voting shares: 10,000 (*)
Stock options: 9,834(‡)

Mr. Bourigeaud, a chartered accountant, is Chairman of BJB Consulting, a CEO to CEO consultancy business. Until September 2007, Mr. Bourigeaud was Chairman of Atos Origin, a leading global IT services company which he founded through a chain of successful mergers which began in 1991. Prior to that, he spent 11 years at Deloitte, Haskins and Sells where he was the head of the management consulting group. Mr. Bourigeaud holds positions on various boards including the board of advisors of Jefferies International Limited, a global securities and investment banking group, and Amadeus IT Holding, S.A., a leading transaction processor for the global travel and tourism industry. In December 2011, Mr. Bourigeaud was appointed non-executive Chairman of Oberthur Technologies Holding and non-executive Vice-Chairman of Oberthur Technologies SA.  Oberthur operates in the telecoms, payment, identity, transport and digital TV markets.  He is also an international operating partner of Advent International and President of CEPS (Centre d'Etude et Prospective Stratégique), an independent and multidisciplinary think tank based in France.  Mr. Bourigeaud is an Affiliate Professor at HEC School of Management in Paris and a member of HEC’s International Advisory Board.  In August 2011, he was elected a member of the Governing Board of the International Paralympics Committee through co-optation.  In 2004, he was appointed Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur. 

(*) Number of shares beneficially owned, or controlled, or directed, directly or indirectly.
(+) For more information concerning DSUs, please refer to the heading Compensation of Directors.
(‡) For more information concerning stock options, please refer to the headings Share Option Plan and Compensation of Directors in CGI's Notice of Annual Meeting and Information Circular dated December 13, 2011.
(§) For more information concerning PSUs, please refer to the heading Performance Share Unit Plan in CGI's Notice of Annual Meeting and Information Circular dated December 13, 2011.

Updated December 22, 2011