New roles for Capgemini executives Jean-Philippe Bol & Christine Hodgson

Capgemini has unveiled a number of leadership appointments, including Jean-Philippe Bol, who has been with the firm since 1990, to Head of the Cloud Infrastructure Services Strategic Business Unit, and Christine Hodgson, who joined the firm in 2004, to head of Group Corporate and Social Responsibility.

Jean-Philippe Bol has been with Capgemini since 1990, throughout his tenure rising through the ranks at the firm. In 2007 he became the firm’s CEO of Capgemini Morocco, and in 2008 its CEO of Apps in France. From 2016 he took on the role of Deputy CEO Continental Europe - Application Services Two*, a role which saw him join the Group Executive Committee (GEC). Bol completed a Master’s degree from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Executive Program.

The IT consulting firm recently announced that Bol has been promoted to the role of Head of the Cloud Infrastructure Services business unit – and will continue to serve on the GEC. He will report to Salil Parekh, who is a GEC member and Chairman of the North America Executive Council.

Christine Hodgson joined Capgemini in 2004, initially serving as the CFO of Global Outsourcing. In 2009 she became the CEO of Technology Services in North West Europe, a role she held for two years; concurrently she was also the a Principal Director at the firm. She is the firm’s UK Chairman and chairs the UK’s Women’s Business Network. Prior to joining Capgemini, Hodgson worked as a board member for Ronson for four years, as a Corporate Development Director, and previously spent eight years at Coopers & Lybrand (today PwC), specialising in Corporate Finance.

Hodgson is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and holds a degree from the Loughborough University of Technology.

Hodgson has been promoted to the role of head of Group Corporate and Social Responsibility (CSR) at the firm. She will be tasked with chairing the Capgemini CSR board and also joins the GEC. She will report to Hubert Giraud, Group Executive Board member.

* Application Services Two comprises of the region France, Benelux, Nordics, Germany and Central Europe, and Southern Europe.