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| People Philippe Cothier Chairman Centre d’Etude et de Prospective Stratégique Philippe Cothier started his career as a Research Assistant at MIT’s Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems. Specializing in systems architecture for C3I (Command, Control, Communication & Intelligence), he graduated (MSc) from MIT in 1984 and subsequently went on to work for the French Ministry of Defense as the Programme Manager for the development of all Air Force mission planning systems. In 1987 he became the Special Advisor for nuclear matters to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, a position he left with the rank of Colonel in the French Military Engineers Corp. In 1989 Cothier joined the MATRA group as Corporate Director of the Strategy & Development Department. He was then appointed CEO of MATRA CAP Systems, a leader in France for C3I systems, the n°1 European player for space imaging systems, and a key partner of the US Air Force as prime contractor of the Eagle Vision program. In 1997 he became Senior Vice President (Systems) of MATRA Defense & Space. In 2001 Cothier set up his own independent practice and has since been advising large European industrial and high tech groups: M&A deal-making; restructuring of aeronautical ventures; business build-up / divestment (IT field); international industrial deployment. The scope of his activity also extends to venture capital investment funds. A dual National (French / British), Mr. Cothier is a member of UK’s Royal United Services Institute for Defence & Security Studies. He holds a graduate degree from Ecole Polytechnique and an MBA from INSEAD. |
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