Raphaël
DIDIER

Nicolas Dufourcq began his career at the French Ministry of Finance and Economics before joining the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs in 1992. In 1994, he joined France Telecom, where he created the Multimedia division, before going on to chair Wanadoo, the firm’s Internet and Yellow Pages subsidiary. After joining the Capgemini Group in 2003, he was made responsible for the Central and Southern Europe region, successfully leading their financial turnaround. In September 2004, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Group and member of the Executive Committee. In 2005, he was named deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of finance, risk management, IT, delivery, purchases and LEAN program, in addition to the follow-up of the Group’s major contracts, since January 2007. On February 7th, 2013, he was nominated Chief Executive Officer of Bpifrance (Banque Publique d’Investissement).

Head of the "Quantum Algorithms and Computing" segment for Thales, he manages collaborations with startups within the DGA PROQCIMA program. A member of the NATO working group SET-IST-339 "Study of Military Applications of Quantum Algorithms" and the European EQCBC (European Quantum Computing Benchmarking Committee) committee, he coordinates the BACQ benchmark project for the LNE MetriQs program. He contributed to the French Academy of Technologies' report on FTQC computers and is General Chair of the QUEST-IS conference on quantum engineering. Graduated from CentraleSupélec, he received the Aymée Poirson Prize from the French Academy of Sciences for the application of science to industry and the Ampère Medal from the SEE (French Society of Ecology and Energy).