Pascal Daloz has served as CEO of Dassault Systèmes since January 2024. He served as Chief Operating Officer and Head of the Operations Executive Committee from 2020 to 2023 and Deputy CEO in 2023.
After gaining experience in strategy and technology innovation management with investment banks and consultancy firms, Pascal Daloz joined Dassault Systèmes in 2001 as Vice President Research, Strategy and Market Development. He became Vice President,
Strategy and Business Development (2003), then Executive Vice President, Strategy and Marketing (2007). In 2010, he was put in charge of all the group’s brands as Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Market Development, and then
Executive Vice President, Brands and Corporate Development in 2014. In 2018, Pascal Daloz became Head of Corporate Finance and Strategy.
As Deputy CEO, he orchestrated the transformation of the company’s strategic functions with the aim of making it a market leader in three key areas of the economy: manufacturing industries, life sciences and healthcare, and infrastructure and urban
development.
Guided by the conviction that technological breakthroughs and societal change go hand in hand, Pascal Daloz helped Dassault Systèmes make pioneering investments in new fields, particularly in life sciences and health, resulting in the unique scope
of the group’s activities today. With his ability to seize emerging trends and bring together unique talents, he began to develop the business along interdisciplinary lines, powered by a combination of business knowledge, technological expertise
and acquisition strategy.
Pascal Daloz has served as a Director of Dassault Systèmes since 2020. He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Medidata, a global leader in clinical trials, and Chairman of 3DS Outscale, a cloud services company founded by Dassault Systèmes.
He represents Dassault Systèmes within the Alliance Industrie du Futur set up by the French Government. He has been made a Knight of France’s National Order of Merit.