Pierre Cesarini

About Pierre Cesarini

Pierre Cesarini is a French technology executive best known for serving as Group Chief Executive Officer of Claranova from 2013 to 2024. He joined Claranova in May 2013 and remained the public face of the group’s strategic and operational transformation for more than a decade. During his tenure, he also held significant governance responsibilities, including periods as Chairman of the Board, before stepping down from the board in November 2023 and leaving the company in April 2024. His leadership at Claranova was closely associated with the company’s international development, portfolio shaping, and the strengthening of its software and digital-services platform. Before Claranova, Cesarini had already built a strong track record as both an entrepreneur and an operator in the technology sector. He began his career at Apple in Cupertino, California, where he spent ten years and contributed to the development of PowerMac. In 1998, he founded TempoSoft, an intranet software company focused on human resources management and planning; Oracle acquired the business in 2005. In 2007, he became CEO of Atego, a global leader in embedded software. This background gave him deep experience across product innovation, software commercialization, international expansion, and value creation through scaling technology businesses. At Claranova, Cesarini was recognized for an entrepreneurial leadership style and for steering the group through a phase of strategic consolidation and growth. Company communications describe a management approach centered on innovation, digital services, and the ambition to build a global technology platform serving millions of customers. His profile combines hands-on operating experience, a long-standing understanding of software markets, and credibility in capital markets and governance. That combination made him a notable figure in French listed-company leadership, particularly in the technology sector.