Yannick MORILLON

Yannick Morillon: “Providing services necessary to life”.

The son of an expatriate who had to follow in his family’s footsteps from an early age, Yannick Morillon remembers his first meeting with Régis Arnoux. “It was in Paris, on the terrace of a café. I had an appointment, and it was 7 o’clock. He was looking for someone to assist him. I introduced myself, and he told me about his passion for his profession, his teams, CIS and the values that drive him. He also spoke of his desire to perpetuate the family business. I believe in chemistry, and we’ve met several times. That’s how I came to join the CIS Group as Deputy Managing Director on June 17, 2019.”

A graduate of the Lille School of Management and Business, then of Stanford and Babson Universities, Yannick Morillon has extensive international experience, having spent most of his career in the Middle East and Africa, even in sensitive areas, for the Vinci, Veolia Propreté and Geocoton groups, before moving on to strategy consulting. He has solid experience in the service sector, combining commercial, financial, operational and managerial expertise.

In 2019: “Régis Arnoux and I had a clear mission: to relaunch the Group in a fast-changing, crisis-ridden world.

A real baptism of fire followed by the start of a reorganization and the implementation of a five-year strategic plan.

“Covid was a gas pedal that further highlighted the role of services, the importance of quality, the need for innovation and CIS’s capabilities in this area, and above all our responsiveness in supporting our clients”.

Three years later, on January 1, 2023, a change in the Group’s governance led to the appointment of Yannick Morillon as CEO. The Board of Directors, chaired by Régis Arnoux, who was stepping back for the first time, renewed its confidence in him, praising “his managerial and commercial qualities, as well as his commitment to the Group’s values”.

Yannick Morillon explains: “CIS’s role is to provide the services necessary for life, even in the most extreme zones. That’s what our clients ask us to do, and there are efficiency criteria. CIS, a family-owned and publicly-traded ETI (“ Establishment of Intermediate Size ”), with its DNA combining human values, ethics, passion, dedication, agility and capacity for innovation, cultivates rigor throughout the world. We bring international expertise, but we’re always local. Not just to fulfill a contract, but with a commitment to the long term. It’s no surprise that 99% of our teams are local. That’s what sets CIS apart. He continues: “CIS has become an integrator of increasingly innovative and sophisticated services, targeting large-scale projects, and intends to enter new geographical areas such as Canada, South-East Asia and France. CIS is proud to pass the unprecedented milestone of more than 400 million euros in revenue by 2024“. Targets in line with a rapidly changing world.