Zurich, Switzerland, February 2026 – Olivier Ophèle has been appointed as Group SVP Finance at Akkodis, marking a significant leadership move as the global digital engineering company accelerates its transformation and growth journey.
In his new role, Olivier will lead the global finance function, partnering closely with executive leadership to strengthen financial governance, operational excellence, and value creation across Akkodis’ worldwide operations. His appointment comes at a pivotal time as Akkodis continues to scale its digital engineering, AI, and Smart Industry capabilities across 30+ countries.
Prior to joining Akkodis, Olivier served as Group SVP Finance – LHH Talent Solutions at The Adecco Group, where he supported end-to-end HR solutions businesses focused on advisory, career transition, learning, and recruitment services. Earlier, he held the position of Group SVP Finance at Modis, also part of the Adecco Group, contributing to the financial leadership of a global technology and engineering consultancy with over 30,000 consultants worldwide.
Before his tenure within the Adecco ecosystem, Olivier spent over six years at Eaton, including serving as Chief Financial Officer, Eaton Electrical EMEA, where he oversaw regional revenues of approximately $2.5B and led large-scale restructuring, KPI harmonization, shared services transformation, and strategic M&A initiatives. His earlier career at Honeywell spanned more than a decade across multiple CFO and VP Finance roles in Aerospace and Transportation Systems, managing multi-billion-dollar global operations, plant networks, and finance transformation programs across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas.
An MBA graduate from the University of Georgia – Terry College of Business, Olivier brings nearly three decades of global finance leadership experience across multinational industrial, aerospace, automotive, and talent solutions organizations.
With deep expertise in financial transformation, M&A integration, shared services, and performance optimization, Olivier’s leadership is set to strengthen Akkodis’ financial strategy as it engineers a smarter, more sustainable future.
About Akkodis
Akkodis is a global digital engineering company and Smart Industry leader, enabling clients to advance in digital transformation through Talent, Academy, Consulting, and Solutions services. With 50,000 experts across 30 countries in North America, EMEA, and APAC, Akkodis combines cutting-edge technologies, R&D, and deep sector expertise to deliver innovation across mobility, robotics, AI, data analytics, software, testing, and digital engineering. Akkodis is part of the Adecco Group.
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