Governance
Jean-Louis Bouchard
representative of Econocom International BV
Operational Chairman & FounderJean-Louis Bouchard is the founder of Econocom. He is the group’s Chairman and CEO.
Jean-Louis Bouchard began his career at IBM in Europe and the US. He laid Econocom’s foundations in 1973 under the name Europe Computer Systèmes (ECS). In 1984, he bought a small American firm called Econocom. He combined ECS’s international subsidiaries into this firm, making Econocom the new company’s name.
The magazine Challenges named Jean-Louis Bouchard ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ in 1987. He quickly spotted how IT would change the everyday life of firms, institutions and users.
The group’s external growth strategy has helped it expand fast. Econocom foresaw the convergence between IT and telecoms, then the need to offer its clients solutions in financing to help them transform their companies.
Econocom bought the firm Osiatis in 2013. This helped the group make huge progress in digital services. Econocom puts the user at the heart of digital transformation by offering them technology and solutions they really benefit from.
Jean-Louis Bouchard studied at the military school Prytanée national militaire in La Flèche, France, and later at the marine engineering school École nationale supérieure du génie maritime. He then became a naval architect. He spearheaded Econocom’s acquisition of Les Abeilles in 2020.
Angel Benguigui Diaz
Chief Executive Officer
Angel Benguigui is Econocom’s Executive Managing Director.
For 35 years, Angel Benguigui Diaz has been working in international environments, mainly in the fields of finance and digital technologies.
After starting his career at the Crédit Lyonnais and Crédit Agricole groups, he joined the Group in 2006 as Country Manager for Spain, where he developed the financing business as well as distribution and digital services, notably through a policy of successful acquisitions. These developments established Econocom as a leading added‑value digital integrator in Spain.
In 2019, after a few years on the Executive Committee, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer.
In 2020, he was appointed Managing Director of Econocom Group and was subsequently granted the powers of daily management.
He was appointed Director in 2023.
Philippe Goullioud
Chairmanship
Products & Solutions France
Services FrancePhilippe Goullioud is Chairman of Econocom’s Products & Solutions” and “Workplace Infra Innovation” businesses in France.
He has over thirty years’ experience in managing distribution firms in technological products.
Philippe began his career in 1989 in a French start-up, where he first worked as Export Manager then as Managing Director. Four years later, he joined the same group’s distribution firm, for which he became Managing Director.
Philippe joined Econocom Products & Solutions as Managing Director in September 2007. In December 2023, he has been appointed Chairman of the two entities Econocom Products & Solutions (EPS) France and Econocom Workplace Infra Innovation France.
Since he joined the group, Philippe has constantly developed the company to turn it into one of the leaders in France. He has especially done so by innovating with new software tools to help clients meet challenges in acquiring digital products.
Regarding the future, he is convinced the company should continue to transform itself to gradually become the leader in sustainable services for products. In this respect, Philippe created and developed the service Product Care in 2017. Product Care is an expert centre dedicated to repairing mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, laptops, etc.) and extending their lifespans. This helps meet clients’ standards in social and environmental responsibility in digital devices. This service centre is now a leading reference in the French market, as was underlined in a visit in July 2022 from Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s deputy minister for digital transition and telecommunications.
Philippe graduated from IFAG, a management school that specialises in entrepreneurship. He spent his third year of study in the US, partly at Golden Gate University in San Francisco.
Mathilde Saint-Pol
Managing Director TMF France
Mathilde Saint-Pol began her career in field-based sales roles within specialist banking subsidiaries in 1993 before joining the SCC Group in 1999 to contribute to the creation and development of Rigby Capital.
She then joined ECS, where she supervised refinancing and marketing, in 2006. Following Econocom’s acquisition of ECS in 2010, Mathilde Saint-Pol took responsibility for the group’s refinancing division from 2010 to 2016. In 2014, she launches and leads until 2019 the Econocom Digital France Limited (EDFL) structure within the group’s financing arm (TMF).
She also co-initiated the launch of the Eco-Ré structure in late 2018. In 2019, she moved to the head of TMF France.
From end of 2019 to mid-2022, Mathilde Saint-Pol held the position of Chief Operating Officer within Rigby Capital Europe, where she oversaw the transformation of tools. She also led the development of As A Service offerings in France.
In September 2022, she rejoined Econocom as Deputy Chief Executive Officer with responsibility for central functions and development.
Mathilde Saint-Pol graduated from SKEMA Business School.
Jean-Louis Bouchard
representative of Econocom International BV
Operational Chairman & Founder
Executive Director
Robert Bouchard
Vice-Chairman
Director
Angel Benguigui Diaz
Chief Executive Officer
Executive Director
Véronique di Benedetto
Director
Chantal De Vrieze
Director
Bruno Grossi
Director
Jean-Philippe Roesch
Director
Marie-Christine Levet
Independent director
Eric Boustouller
Independent director
Philippe Capron
Independent director
Sophie Guieysse
Independent director
Bruno Grossi
Jean-Philippe Roesch
Philippe Capron
Marie-Christine Levet – Chairwoman
Sophie Guieysse
Philippe Capron