Hassan Maad appointed as Managing Director of Evidian

Paris, March  15, 2006–Hassan Maad has been appointed as Managing Director of Evidian.

Hassan Maad (41) is a graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs in Caen, and also holds postgraduate diplomas in instrumentation and command/control and business administration.

He began his career in 1987, working in Research for France Télécom, before joining ATOS.

From 1989 to 1993, Hassan Maad took over as technical project manager responsible for major industrial IT programs at Bull, Evidian's parent company, and between 1994 and 1998 he was a senior independent consultant in charge of the technical department focused on implementing security projects, particularly those based on Bull solutions, both in France and abroad.

From 1998, prior to being named as Managing Director of Evidian, Hassan Maad was the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive of Enatel, which specialized in services and software in the area of user access management.

In September 2005 he joined the senior management team of Evidian as Vice-President responsible for development, following the acquisition of Enatel by Evidian in that month.

“I am delighted that Hassan Maad has taken over as head of Bull Evidian. His in-depth knowledge of IT security and his extensive expertise in the software business are key assets for the future development of our business: a key strategic priority for Bull according to our Horizon 2008 strategic plan,” confirmed Jean-Pierre Barbéris, Chairman of Evidian and General Manager Bull Services and Solutions.

About Bull, Architect of an Open World

As one of the leading European IT companies, Evidian's parent company Bull delivers open, flexible and secure information systems. The group helps public and private sector customers transform their information systems, applying its know-how and expertise in three main areas:

• Capitalizing on its extensive mainframe experience, Bull designs and produces robust, innovative and open servers, based on industry-standard technologies
• Building on its alliances with leading ISVs and long-standing involvement with Open Source, Bull develops and implements flexible and interoperable application infrastructures which give business processes the freedom to evolve
• Bringing together recognized expertise in end-to-end IT security, Bull secures data and exchanges that are so critical in preserving customers' business integrity

Bull has a particularly strong presence in the public, healthcare, finance, telecommunications, manufacturing and defense sectors. Its distribution network and business partners cover more than 100 countries worldwide.

For more information see http://www.bull.com