FRANCOIS GUIBERT
Corporate Vice President
Asia Pacific Region CEO
STMicroelectronics
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Guibert was born in Beziers (France) in 1953 and graduated
from Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Marseille
in 1978 with a Master's degree in Electronic Engineering.
After graduation, he spent 3 years at Texas Instruments in France
as a Technical Sales Engineer. In 1981, Guibert joined Thomson
Semiconducteurs as a Sales Manager for Telecommunications. From
1983 to 1986, he was responsible for marketing of IC products,
and later on for strategic marketing of telecom products in North
America, based first in Los Angeles and then in New York.
After the 1988 merger of Thomson Semiconducteurs and SGS Microelectronica,
Guibert was appointed Director of Semicustom Business for the
Asia Pacific region. Under his direction, the Company set up Semicustom
Design Centers in Taiwan, Korea, and Hong-Kong. In June 1989,
he became President of the Company’s operations in Taiwan,
and ST´s overall revenues in the country doubled between
1989 and 1991. At the end of 1980s, Guibert was elected Chairman
of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Taiwan.
Since 1992 Guibert occupied senior positions in Business Development
and Investor Relations. He was involved in the Company’s
Initial Public Offering and became Group Vice President, Corporate
Business Development, in 1995. Guibert was also responsible for
Mergers & Acquisitions and, until 2001, for Financial Investor
Relations Worldwide.
The achievements of his Investor Relations team have been recognized
by prestigious industry awards. In 2000, La Bourse de Paris honored
the Company for the Best Financial Communications Strategy and
the Best Financial Communications via Internet. Between 1994 and
2004, ST made 14 acquisitions and completed 8 equity investments,
at the combined value of $1 billion under Guibert’s management.
In 2004, he contributed to the successful negotiations that led
to a joint-venture agreement between ST and Hynix to build a $2
billion front-end memory-manufacturing facility in China.
In January 2005, Guibert was promoted to Corporate Vice President,
Emerging Markets Region General Manager. He has also taken on
the role of chairman of ST´s worldwide EMS (Electronic Manufacturing
Services) Task Force.
On October 1, 2006, Francois Guibert was appointed Corporate
Vice President, CEO Asia Pacific Region.
On June 30, 2007, Guibert became the Vice President of the European
Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham) in Singapore.
January 2008
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