Hassan Maad, born in 1964, is Chief Operating Officer of Evidian. Prior to his appointment, he joined the senior management team of Evidian as Vice-President of Business Development, following the acquisition of Enatel by Evidian in September 2005. He was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Enatel, a company he founded in 1998. Enatel specialized in innovative user access management solutions that have been deployed by large French organizations. He began his career in 1987, working in Research for France Telecom, before joining ATOS.

From 1989 to 1993, he held various technical management positions in Industrial IT and networks at Bull, Evidian?s parent company.  From 1994 to 1998, he managed his own security consulting activity where he oversaw large IT security implementations for private and government organizations worldwide.

Hassan Maad is a graduate of Ecole Nationale Supérieure d´Ingénieurs (ENSI-Caen) and holds masters in Industrial IT from Université de Caen and Business Administration from Institut d?Administration des Entreprises (IAE).