Letter from Serge Kampf

This freedom is priceless at a time when new tech- nologies are turning our markets upside down. Indeed, I am observing with great interest how our business is changing. How, for example, big data or connected objects rep- resent new promises and challenges for Capgemini and our clients. Technology is everywhere in the lives of companies and in our daily lives, and this is not going to stop soon! More than ever, I am convinced that technology should be designed by and for the people who use it: its job is to serve them. Innovation for the sake of innovation is pointless. It must always be useful, applied to concrete issues.

In this changing and hypercompetitive environment, the Group has a strong card up its sleeve, its entre- preneurial mindset. Not always easy to keep with nearly 145,000 employees in 40 countries! But this mindset is alive and well. It has allowed us to survive and thrive at the forefront of the digital revolution. This leadership is, of course, fleeting. We have to work each day to maintain it. In this regard, I have always felt that Paul was the best placed among us to lead Capgemini with determination into the future, as I have always tried to do. In 2010 he set an ambitious course for the company of playing in the Champions League of our industry. The bet has paid off and the Group is now firmly established at the top of the League.

Today, of what use can I be in this well-oiled ma- chine? I stay in almost constant contact with Paul, who has become over time a truly great friend, and we have a relationship built on complicity and high mutual demands. I pass along the opinions and ex- pectations that people share with me. To those who ask me, I provide my advice, vision and convictions. I make sure that we stay true to our values, whatev- er the country or circumstances, despite the temp- tation to do otherwise or demonstration that, from time to time, it would be worth making an exception. I support the initiatives and precautions taken to ensure that the Group remains true to itself and is never lulled into resting on its laurels in contented complacency.

By now I think you understand what I ve been trying to say all along: I am happy to continue to support the company that I created nearly half a century ago. But let s make no mistake: at our age the compa- ny s and mine time flies. Faster and faster. Maybe even too fast

Grenoble, April 8, 2015.

Serge Kampf, Founder of the Capgemini Group

Vice-Chairman of the Board

Paul Hermelin, Jacques Chancel, Serge Kampf.

CAPGEMINI 2014 ANNUAL REPORT 07