Gilles Grapinet

Gilles Grapinet has been Chief Executive Officer of Worldline since July 2013. Soon after taking the helm, he steered the company through a successful IPO in 2014 leading to Worldline’s listing as a public company on the French stock market. Since 2013, Worldline has doubled in size, geographical reach and revenues. A passionate advocate of corporate social responsibility, Mr Grapinet introduced the TRUST2020 program in 2016 – an ambitious roadmap that ensures that trust is at the heart of all Worldline’s relationships.

A graduate of the Ecole Nationale d’Administration and a former French Inspecteur Général des Finances, Mr Grapinet held key Director-level positions in the French government before joining Atos in December 2008 where he became Senior Executive Vice President in charge of Global Functions for the Atos group. As from February 2019, he has devoted his time entirely to his role as CEO of Worldline which became an independent pure player in digital payment services on May 1, 2019. Mr Grapinet was awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in 2011.