Steria
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| Type | Public - Euronext Paris, Eurolist (Compartment B) |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Headquarters |  Issy-les-Moulineaux, France |
| Key people | Jean Carteron - Founder, François Enaud - Group Chairman and CEO, John Torrie - UK CEO |
| Industry | IT, Consulting, Outsourcing and Professional Services |
| Products | Services Based |
| Revenue | €1.8 billion |
| Employees | 18,000+ |
| Website | www.steria.com, www.steria.co.uk, |
Steria is a European provider of IT-driven business services, focusing on key vertical market sectors: public services; finance; telecommunications; utilities and transport. The company provides consulting services for its clients' core business processes, and also develops and operates their information systems. Steria has over 18,000 employees working in 16 countries. On December 31, 2007, Steria revenue amounted to €1.4 billion[1]. The Group, headquartered in Paris, is listed on the Euronext Paris market.
Steria Limited UK headquarters is in Hemel Hempstead near Buncefield Oil Depot and was affected by a major explosion in 2005, but continued to operate.
Steria earns almost all of its revenue from Europe, with major contributor being France (42%), United Kingdom (23%), Germany (16%) and Scandanavia (9%).[2]
Steria is an official supplier to ING Renault F1 Team.[3]
[edit] History
Steria was created by Jean Carteron in year 1969. In 1978, Steria established a subsidiary in Switzerland. Steria won the primary contract of Teletel 3V in France and won the largest export contract ever (by a French IT company) by signing computer automation project of Central Bank of Saudi Arabia in 1986. In 1987, Steria joined the development of driverless train project for Paris' RER A line. By 1990, Steria had subsidiaries in Germany, Spain and Saudi Arabia.
Francois Enaud tookover as Group chairman and CEO in 1998[4] and Steria listed itself in Paris Stock Exchange the next year.
In 2000, Steria acquired 3 service and telecom companies in France to become the one of top five French service provider. In 2001, Steria started the FrondationSteria[5], a community support group. In 2007, Steria acquired the British IT outsourcing and technology company Xansa Plc.
[edit] Offices and development centres
Steria has development centres and/or regional offices in the following locations : Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, HongKong, India, Luxembourg, Morrocco, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden and United Kingdom [6].
[edit] References
- ^ Steria - Who are we?
- ^ Steria - Key figures
- ^ Steria - News & Media
- ^ Steria - François Enaud - Chairman and CEO
- ^ Home Page
- ^ Steria - Locations
