Gluntz, Philippe

Philippe Gluntz
Honorary Chairman, ADP

Philippe spent most of his career in COO and CEO roles at computer services companies, the first of which was GSI, a European leader in IT and payroll outsourcing, which was sold in 1995 ADP Employer Services. After the acquisition, Philippe was CEO for Europe and Corporate Vice President of ADP until 2002, when he was appointed non-executive Chairman.

In the 1980’s, he was in charge of the merger between Alcatel-CIT (France) and I.T.T. Telecom (USA), which created the current Alcatel Group, for which he served as COO from 1986 to 1991.

He is now Chairman and Board Member of several IT companies, he is heavily involved in the Venture Capital market, where he is investing as a Business Angel in several start-ups in the IT and telecommunications sectors, and is a professor of Corporate Strategy at University of Aix-Marseille in France.