Paul Hermelin

Paul Hermelin grew up in Avignon in the working-class district of Monclar and has Belgian roots.

He completed the preparatory classes at the Lycée Saint-Louis. Hermelin graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique in 1972 and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) in 1978.

Hermelin spent the second fifteen years of his professional life in the French government, primarily in the Ministry of Finance. He started his career in Jacques Delors's Ministry of the Economy. From 1988 to 1991, he worked in Hubert Curien's Ministry of Research and Technology. From 1991 to 1993, he worked in Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade as chief of staff.

Hermelin joined Capgemini in May 1993 where he was in charge of coordinating central functions. Following the merger with Ernst & Young, which he initiated, he became deputy CEO in May 2000 and was appointed as the CEO of the Capgemini Group on January 1, 2002. In May 2012, Hermelin became chairman and CEO of the Capgemini Group.

In May 2020, Aiman Ezzat succeeded Hermelin as chief executive officer and Paul Hermelin continues as chairman of the board of directors.

In January 2013, Hermelin was appointed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Laurent Fabius as France's Special Representative for Economic Relations with India. In 2014, employees of Indian nationality made up a third of the Capgemini Group's workforce i.e. almost 47,000 people.