Éric de Balincourt to head SYSTRA France

Éric de Balincourt has been appointed CEO of SYSTRA France with effect from 4 November. He will join the SYSTRA Group’s Global Leadership Team alongside the Group’s other business units directors and directors of support functions.

Éric de Balincourt is a graduate of the ENTPE engineering school and has a dual background in the public and private sectors. After holding several regional positions as an Engineer for the Ministry of Equipment, he joined the private sector in 2008. He joined Spie batignolles as Director of Development and worked on all PPP (public-private partnership) and concession infrastructure projects. In 2018, he became CEO of Spie batignolles International, mainly working on projects in Francophone Africa, Quebec and Western Europe. He then further broadened his scope of responsibilities by becoming CEO of Spie batignolles valérian – the Group’s earthworks subsidiary – and a member of the COMEX, before becoming CEO of the Group’s Infrastructures division in 2022 and a member of the General Management Committee.

We are delighted to welcome Éric de Balincourt. His knowledge of major infrastructure projects and his wealth of experience in both the public and private sectors will be invaluable assets in this new phase of SYSTRA France’s development.

Pierre Verzat, CEO of SYSTRA

SYSTRA, a long-standing presence in France

The Group’s French subsidiary is developing its business to meet the major challenges faced by its clients, whether public or private: urban mobility, regional networking, flow management, complex systems and networks, environmental and energy transitions, optimising their assets, making the most of data throughout the lifecycle, etc. SYSTRA France also has skills in operations management, consultancy, land and environmental engineering and consultancy, and is diversifying into fields related to mobility. Town and country planning is thus playing a more important role in its development.

With more than 2,000 employees and a recruitment plan for 350 new talents, SYSTRA France continues to grow with the aim of recruiting the best engineers to support it. Committed to an active career development policy and to diversity and inclusion, SYSTRA France aims to position itself as a benchmark employer in the engineering sector. SYSTRA France has been involved in all the major projects of recent decades, including high-speed rail, urban transport and mobility plans. These include:

• The five lines of the Grand Paris Express metro
• The Tours-Bordeaux high-speed line (South Europe Atlantic)
• Line C of the Greater Toulouse metro
• Extensions of lines 4, 11, 12 and 14 of the metro and RER extension in the greater Paris region
• The automation and extension of the Lyon metro
• The Nîmes-Montpellier bypass
• The modernisation of the Marseille – Nice  line (LNPCA)
• The Lyon -Turin Euralpine tunnel
• The new tramway lines in Lyon, Tours, Brest, Paris, Montpellier, Marseille and the greater Paris region
• Sustainable urban mobility plans in several cities around the world
• Land and urban renewal projects
• Performance improvements on several lines thanks to new operating systems, especially NExTEO
• Ambitious revamping of railway lines such as Montréjeau-Luchon, as well as electrifications
•  Structuring bus connections as in the greater Paris region
• Innovative cable car and cycle path solutions, especially in Toulouse
• And major contributions to bridge design in Chile, in Kuwait and in Norway

These projects are benchmarks for SYSTRA projects throughout the world.