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Qioptiq CEO Bazire Steps Down

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Paris-based optics company Qioptiq announced today that Benoît Bazire is leaving after 10 years as CEO. Qioptiq, formerly known as High Tech Optics, was acquired by Candover in a buyout from Thales in 2005. Bazire's decision to leave the group and pursue other opportunities was made in agreement with Candover; he will retain an economic interest in the company. Bazire will be replaced, effective immediately, by Fredrik Arp, who has held senior executive positions in large global companies for the last 20 years, most recently as CEO and president of the Volvo Car Corp. Before that, he was CEO of Trelleborg AB, and PLM AB, now part of Rexam plc. Since 2004, Arp has been involved with Candover in various portfolio company roles, and acted as a senior advisor to its Industrials sector. Prior to joining High Tech Optics (HTO), Bazire held a number of senior management positions within Thales. He served as managing director of the HTO activities of the Thales Group between 2000 and 2005. He was appointed CEO of the Qioptiq Group in 2005.
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Published: January 2010
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The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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