Jean-Georges Malcor is a French businessperson who has been at the helm of 10 different companies and currently is Chairman of Universcience Partenaires and Chief Executive Officer of CGGVeritas, Inc.

He is also Chairman of Fondation Villette Entreprises, Chairman at École Nationale Supérieure De Techniques Avancées Bretagne, Member of Cluster Maritime Français, General Manager at SCI L'Australe and Member of GEP-AFTP and on the board of 8 other companies.

Dr. Malcor previously was Chief Executive Officer & Director at CGG Chairman of Sercel Holding SAS and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of CGG Services SA (both are subsidiaries of CGG), Managing Director at Thomson Sintra Pacific Australia, Managing Director at Thomson Marconi Sonar Pty Ltd., Director-Foreign Operations at Thomson Sintra Activités Sous Marines, Managing Director at Australian Defence Industries Ltd. and Senior Vice President-International Operations at Thales International SAS.

He received an undergraduate degree from École Centrale Paris, a graduate degree from Stanford University and a doctorate from École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris.