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PIERRE OLLIVIER
Corporate Vice President, General Counsel
STMicroelectronics
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 Born
in 1955 in London (UK), Pierre Ollivier obtained
his Law Degree at Caen University in 1976 and a postgraduate degree
in International Business law at Paris 1 University in 1978.
Ollivier joined Clifford Turner (now Clifford Chance) after graduation,
where he worked on various M&A litigation and corporate restructuring
matters. Following this enriching experi-ence in a private law
firm, in 1982 Ollivier transitioned to the corporate world by
joining Stein Heurtey, an engineering firm, where he was responsible
for legal affairs. In this role, Ollivier negotiated with a consortium
of multiple suppliers to build the first modern steel plant in
India (Visakhapatnam).
In 1984, Ollivier joined Thomson CSF, a parent Company to STMicroelectronics,
where he first worked in the Electronics systems and equipment
branch. In 1986, Ollivier moved to Thomson’s corporate headquarters,
where he dealt with two major M&A transactions involving the
exchange between Thomson and General Electric of their respective
consumer electronics and medical businesses and the purchase by
Thomson of Philips’ military business. Ollivier became general
counsel of STMicroelectronics in 1990, a position he has held
since, helping the Company growth from its then $1.3B in revenue,
through an IPO on two major stock exchanges in 1994, to revenue
of approximately $10B in 2007.
In January 2008, Ollivier was promoted to Corporate Vice President,
General Counsel. In addition to legal matters involving contracts,
litigation and general corporate matters, his responsibilities
include developing the protection and extraction of value from
ST’s Intellectual Property, as well as the negotiation and
management of worldwide insurance programs for ST’s global
group of companies. From 1994 until 2007, Ollivier also acted
as Executive Secretary to the Secretariat of the Supervisory Board.
January 2008
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