Thales has appointed Jérémie Papin as Senior Executive Vice-President, Finance and Information Systems, effective from July 1, 2026. He will succeed Pascal Bouchiat, who is set to retire after serving in the role.
Papin will join the Thales Executive Committee and report directly to Chairman and Chief Executive Patrice Caine.
Papin joins from Nissan Motor Co., where he served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Officer, overseeing finance, management control, mergers and acquisitions, tax, treasury, investor relations and information systems. He was also appointed to Nissan Americas’ Management Committee in 2021, having previously held the position of CFO for the region since 2018.
Before joining Nissan, Papin held a number of senior roles within Renault and the Renault-Nissan Alliance, focusing on business development, planning and strategy. He began his career in investment banking in 1999 as a financial analyst covering the European automotive sector at Deutsche Bank before moving to Lehman Brothers and Nomura.
