
Henri Verdier
Ambassador for
digital affairs at Gouvernement.fr
Henri Verdier is a French entrepreneur and digital specialist who has been serving as the country’s Ambassador for Digital Affairs since 2018. Previousy he was the French State Chief Technology Officer (CTO) from 2015 to 2018 and, before, the Head of Etalab, the French Agency for Public Open data. In the private sector, Henri Verdier was first CEO of MFG Labs, an internet startup involved in social data mining, and Chairman of the Board of Cap Digital, the French European Cluster for Digital Content and Services located in Paris Region.