Jean-Marc Perraud is a French

French people

The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

 businessman who served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Schlumberger

Schlumberger

Schlumberger Limited is the world's largest oilfield services company. Schlumberger employs over 110,000 people of more than 140 nationalities working in approximately 80 countries...

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Biography

A graduate of the École des Hautes Études Commerciales, he received his MBA from Columbia Business School

Columbia Business School

Columbia Business School is the business school of Columbia University in Manhattan, New York City. It was established in 1916 to provide business training and professional preparation for undergraduate and graduate Columbia University students...

 where he was a Fulbright scholar. Perraud also holds a Law degree from Paris University.

Perraud is formerly executive vice president and chief financial officer

Chief financial officer

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 (CFO) of Schlumberger

Schlumberger

Schlumberger Limited is the world's largest oilfield services company. Schlumberger employs over 110,000 people of more than 140 nationalities working in approximately 80 countries...

. Prior to this role, he was the company's controller and chief accounting officer. Previously, he served as treasurer of Schlumberger Limited, and before that he was the company's vice president and director of tax.

Over his 33 years with Schlumberger Perraud held a variety of management positions in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, New York

New York

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, Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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 and London

London

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. Previous roles included serving as group controller for Schlumberger Industries, group controller for Drilling & Pumping, general manager of Dowell-Schlumberger, group controller for Oilfield Services, controller for Dowell-Schlumberger, controller for Wireline Africa, and assistant treasurer for Schlumberger Limited. He began his career in Schlumberger in 1974.

Recognitions

In 2007 he was named one of the top-performing CFOs by Institutional Investor (magazine)

Institutional Investor (magazine)

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