Founder of Alphyr SAS, Philippe Salle is a French businessperson who has been at the head of 19 different companies and presently holds the position of Chairman at Foncia Groupe SAS, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Leemo SAS (a subsidiary of Foncia Groupe SAS), Chairman of CGG, Chairman of Expectra TT SAS, Chairman of Foncia Holding SAS, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Elior Restauration et Services SA, Chairman of Tech Way SAS and Chairman at Foncia Management SAS. Mr. Salle is also Co-Managing Director at FONCIA Deutschland GmbH & Co.KG and on the board of 6 other companies.

In his past career Philippe Salle held the position of Chairman of Finelas SAS, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Elior Group SA and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Elior Participations SCA (a subsidiary of Elior Group SA), Chairman at Arthur D. Little, Inc., Chairman of Fondation d'Entreprise Altran Pour L'Innovation, Manager for Altran Aviation Engineering GmbH, Manager at GMTS SNC, Senior Manager at McKinsey & Co., Inc., Manager of Altran Industriehansa Management GmbH, Manager of Altran Service GmbH, Manager at Ingenieurbüro Bockholt GmbH, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Geoservices SA, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Altran GmbH & Co. KG, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Altran Technologies SA, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Altran Deutschland Holding GmbH, Chief Executive Officer at Vediorbis SA, Member-Management Board at Vedior NV, Operations & Maintenance Engineer-Wells at Total E&P Indonesia, Principal at Accenture Ltd., Manager for IndustrieHansa Consulting & Engineering GmbH, Manager at IndustrieHansa Holding GmbH and Chairman of Altran Foundation.

Mr. Salle received an undergraduate degree from École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.