PATRICE CHASTAGNER
Corporate Vice President, Human Resources
STMicroelectronics
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 Patrice
Chastagner was born in Seclin (France) in 1947 and graduated
from HEC (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales) in Paris.
Throughout his professional career, Chastagner has gained experience
and achieved success in each of the diverse segments and industries
he has worked in, from consulting and cosmetics to semiconductors.
He began his career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen. Then,
in 1975, Chastagner helped launch Steelcase Strafor, a high-end
office furniture manufacturer, where he was its Administrative
and Financial Director. In 1983, Chastagner joined the Revlon
cosmetics group as the Financial Director of its French subsidiary.
He also took on the responsibility for control of the group’s
financial operations in the European and Middle East regions.
Two years later, he entered the semiconductor industry as the
Financial Director for Thomson’s semiconductor subsidiary
EFCIS and has since climbed the corporate ladder within the Company
as he has earned positions of increasing responsibility.
After the 1987 merger of Thomson Semiconducteurs and SGS Microelettronica,
Chastagner was appointed Grenoble Site Director. He played an
important role in combining and organizing new Company’s
activities in Grenoble and succeeded in streamlining its activities.
From 1987 to 2004, he contributed significantly to the development
of the Company’s activities in the Grenoble area, creating
one of the most important hubs in Europe for advanced, complex
silicon-chip development and solutions. In 1989, Chastagner initiated
the creation of a new site in the nearby area of Crolles, which
later became ST´s important R&D center.
Between 1997 and 2003, Chastagner managed Human Relations in
what was then ST’s largest product group, Telecommunication,
Peripherals, and Automotive (TPA). As a Total Quality Management
(TQM) champion, he also advocated ST´s commitment to continuous
improvement. In 2003, Chastagner was appointed Chairman of STMicroelectronics
S.A., the French subsidiary of the Group.
In January 2005, Patrice Chastagner was promoted to the position
of Corporate Vice President Human Resources, responsible for the
Company’s most valuable asset: its approximately 50,000
employees of more than 86 different nationalities located in 36
countries.
Chastagner also chairs the Association of Metallurgical and Electrical
Industries (UDIMEC), an influential group of employers in the
Rhône-Alpes region.
On July 14, 2007, he was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
by the French government in recognition of his outstanding career
in the industry.
Updated-July 2008
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