Guy Sidos

CEO at Vicat SA

Guy Sidos was born on September 13, 1963. In 1984, he graduated as an engineer from the Ecole Navale and became a naval officer. He left active service in 1999, after having commanded the nuclear attack submarine “Perle”.

He then joined the Vicat group as a plant engineer. In 2001, he took over the management of the cement plant in Ragland, Alabama, in the United States. In 2002, he was appointed Managing Director of "National Cement", a North American subsidiary of the Vicat group. In 2004, he moved to France to become Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Group, then Chief Executive Officer in 2008. Guy Sidos was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Vicat group in 2014.

Guy Sidos is committed to defending the sustainability of the French industrial fabric and skilled jobs in the region. It develops research actions that lead to innovations in mineral and biosourced construction materials. It engages the Group in the ecological transition by reducing the carbon footprint of all of its activities and by deploying the virtues of the circular economy.

He holds a citation and the National Defense Gold Medal. Guy Sidos is also an Officer of the National Order of Merit and Knight of the Legion of Honor.

Location

Lyon, France

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Vicat SA

Vicat SA is a France-based company engaged in the construction industry. It operates four business segments. The Cement sector produces four types of cements: CEM I and CEM II used in civil engineering projects, industrial and commercial buildings; CEM III (blast furnace slag cement) and CEM V (slag cement); CEM IV (pozzolan cement), and Prompt natural cement. The Ready-Mix Concrete sector includes production of self-compacting concrete, high-performance concrete, concrete topping, de-activated concrete and colored or polished concrete. Aggregates sector includes aggregates used for earth works, in the manufacturing of asphalt, rip-rap for stabilization. The Other Products & Services sector covers construction, chemistry, transport of materials, pre-casting of concrete activities.


Headquarters

Paris, France

Employees

5,001-10,000

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