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Didier Lamouche | |
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| Born | May 7, 1959 |
| Occupation | Business Executive |
| Employer | Imagination Technologies (2025–Present) |
| Title | CEO of Imagination Technologies. (2025–Present) |
| Honours | Legion of Honour |
| Website | https://www.imaginationtech.com/leadership/ |
Didier Lamouche, born May 7, 1959 in Meknes[1], is a French business executive who has held leadership positions at major technology companies including IBM, Bull, STMicroelectronics, ST-Ericsson, and Idemia. In 2011, he served as the CEO of ST-Ericsson. He then served as CEO of Oberthur Technologies[2] from 2013, a company specializing in the manufacture of smart cards, which became Idemia on 2017[3]. Since 2025, he has been serving as CEO of Imagination Technologies[4].
Education
[edit]Didier Lamouche is a graduate engineer from École Centrale de Lyon and holds a doctorate in semiconductor technology[5].
Biography
[edit]In 1985, he joined IBM Microelectronics and from 1991 participated in the production launch at the IBM Corbeil-Essonnes site of a 16 Mb DRAM memory developed and also produced at the IBM factory in Essex Junction, Vermont. This production launch was carried out as part of an agreement with Siemens' semiconductor division.
He then joined Motorola in Toulouse, where he was operational director for three years.
From 1998 to 2003, he participated in the creation of Altis Semiconductor, a joint venture between IBM microelectronics and Infineon at the IBM Corbeil-Essonnes site, where he became the first general manager.
From 2003 to 2004, he was vice president of semiconductor operations worldwide at IBM[5].
From February 2005 to May 10, 2010, he headed the IT products and services company Bull[5]. In 2011, he joined STMicroelectronics as Chief Operating Officer (COO)[6].
On December 1, 2011, he became CEO of ST-Ericsson, a joint venture between STMicroelectronics and Ericsson, replacing Gilles Delfassy, while retaining his title as COO of STMicroelectronics[7].
On March 11, 2013, Didier Lamouche announced his resignation, effective March 31, 2013, from the ST-Ericsson joint venture, to "pursue other opportunities"[8] following his disagreement with the group's decision to exit the mobile sector[2].
On April 22, 2013, Didier Lamouche replaced Xavier Drilhon as CEO of Oberthur Technologies[2], a company specializing in the manufacturing of smart cards. He is chairman of the executive board of Oberthur Technologies, and since 2017, following the merger with the company Morpho, chairman of the executive board of Idemia.
Didier Lamouche has also served on the board of directors of several listed companies: Soitec (since 2005), Adecco (since 2011), STMicroelectronics (from 2006 to 2010)[5], Atari (from 2007 to 2011); as well as unlisted companies: ST-Ericsson (2011) and Cameca, a scientific instrumentation company (from 2005 to 2007).
He has been a Knight of the Legion of Honour since April 2010[9].
Family
[edit]He is married and father of three children[5].
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "Didier Lamouche Biography". ST-Ericsson. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012.
- ^ a b c Romain Gueugneau. "Didier Lamouche takes the reins of Oberthur". lesechos.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-05-26. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). - ^ "Oberthur Technologies–Morpho becomes IDEMIA | Security Document News". securitydocumentworld.com. Retrieved 2018-05-13..
- ^ "Leadership". Imagination Technologies. Archived from the original on 14 August 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Archive of his biographical profile on the Oberthur Technologies website.
- ^ STM leadership biographies Archived 2013-01-01 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Didier Lamouche, while maintaining his title of ST Chief Operating Officer, will focus full time on leading ST-Ericsson" Archived 2011-11-30 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ See "La Tribune: ST Ericsson: surprise resignation of CEO before closure?" Archived 2025-04-25 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed March 11, 2013.
- ^ "Legion of Honor, the Easter promotion". La Croix (in French). ISSN 0242-6056. Archived from the original on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2018-05-13..