CGI announces Tim Hurlebaus as President and CEO

Tim Hurlebaus started his career at CGI Inc. as a developer and consultant. Over time, he led business and growth strategies across the U.S., U.K., Europe, and Asia, working across both commercial and government sectors.

Before becoming COO, he led CGI’s U.S. strategic business units, the company’s largest market. For more than a decade, as part of the senior executive team, he helped shape CGI’s growth strategy across consulting, systems integration, managed services, and intellectual property offerings.

Serge Godin adds, "I want to personally thank François for his partnership, leadership, and positive impact on building our company. Throughout his career as CFO, COO, and CEO, François led teams around the world to deliver on a wide range of business and operational strategies. Under his leadership, our CGI Partners were inspired to take action every day to strengthen CGI's position as a partner and expert of choice for our clients, an employer of choice for our consultants, and an investment of choice for our shareholders. He has been a remarkable leader in every regard, notably as he led our company during one of the most dynamic and innovative business cycles in history."

"I want to thank Serge, Julie, and the Board of Directors for their confidence," said Tim Hurlebaus, President and CEO. "As AI continues to create tremendous opportunities for industry transformation, CGI is well-positioned to drive growth as we partner with clients to re-engineer how value is created and how work gets done. For over 50 years, clients have trusted CGI to deliver their most complex, mission-critical projects. In the AI era, this heritage of trust matters more than ever as we help clients turn the promise and potential of technology into tangible business results. I am honored to work together with our talented team as we create the next phase of CGI's extraordinary journey."

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"It has been an honor to lead CGI and represent the world-class work of our talented team," said François Boulanger. "After nearly 40 years in the IT services industry—30 of which have been with CGI—I look forward to a new chapter in retirement. Tim is a fantastic leader, and I am confident that he will continue to build on our strong and resilient foundation while leading the team to the next phase of growth and global market leadership."

"For many years, Tim was identified by the Board as an innovative executive with the depth and breadth of business experience necessary to succeed in leading CGI," said Serge Godin, CGI Founder and Co-Chair of the Board. "Importantly, Tim has a deep understanding of our operations and a steadfast commitment to ensuring we constantly seek the best equilibrium in creating value for each of our stakeholders."

"With more than 35 years of experience in IT consulting services, Tim has been a champion of CGI's client proximity model, ownership culture, and values. He led the profitable growth of some of CGI's largest operations while partnering with clients around the world to deliver on their most complex digital initiatives," said Julie Godin, Executive Chair of the Board. "Today, powerful technologies such as AI are creating significant opportunities to help clients drive step-change transformation.

Tim has a leadership track record, as well as a combination of industry knowledge and technology expertise in client delivery, that will guide CGI's growth in this AI-first era. On behalf of the Board, we congratulate Tim and look forward to building what's next for our company and for each of our stakeholders."

About CGI

Founded in 1976, CGI Inc. is one of the largest independent IT and business consulting firms in the world. With about 94,000 consultants and professionals globally, the company offers services ranging from IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed services, business process services, and software solutions. CGI works with clients through a local delivery model supported by a global network to help organizations digitally transform and achieve faster results.

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