On May 15, by decree of the President of the French Republic, Agnès Diallo, 47, was appointed Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of IN Groupe ( Formerly Imprimerie Nationale), while retaining her position as Chief Executive Officer, which she has held since July 2024. She thus becomes the Chairwoman and CEO of the French group specialized in digital identities, secure transactions, and digital services.
In July 2024, the French government took a decisive step in IN Groupe’s governance by merging the roles of CEO and Board Chair. This strategic decision was guided by a clear ambition: to give new momentum to the company’s transformation.
Upon unanimous recommendation of the Board, Agnès Diallo was officially appointed Chairwoman of the Board of Directors on May 15, 2025, during a Council of Ministers meeting. This appointment was formalized by a presidential decree.
This strong choice reflects a deliberate will: to accelerate change by entrusting the leadership to a woman of vision, with a discreet yet impressive track record. Without fanfare, Agnès Diallo joins the elite circle of those building the invisible yet essential infrastructures of the 21st century, those silent pillars that support our secure, interconnected digital world.
“I am deeply honored to be entrusted with the chairmanship of IN Groupe’s Board at a pivotal moment in its journey. I thank the French State, our shareholder, for its renewed confidence. As IN Groupe continues its growth and transformation, this long-term evolution in governance will enable the group to realize its ambition of becoming the global leader in secure identity and trusted services. As Chairwoman and CEO, I remain fully committed to achieving this objective, together with all IN Groupe teams,” said Agnès Diallo.
Since July 2024, she has held the position of CEO of IN Groupe, with the mission of continuing IN Groupe’s growth and internationalization strategy, while successfully navigating the digital transition. Objective: to make IN Groupe the European and global leader in identity by strengthening its position across the entire identity value chain: digital identity transformation, data security, trust, sovereignty, and international expansion.
European Champion of Digital Identities
A historic partner of the French state for nearly five centuries, IN Groupe is shaping identity in the digital age. At the intersection of electronics, optics, and biometrics, the Group designs cutting-edge technological solutions that combine security, interoperability, and sovereignty. From components to physical documents, from digital platforms to integrated systems, IN Groupe demonstrates full mastery of the entire value chain. A recognized global player, the Group works every day to protect identities, secure transactions, and build trust in a constantly evolving world.
Present in over 130 countries, with 2,000 employees and annual revenues exceeding €620 million, IN Groupe blends industrial strength, technological innovation, and strategic ambition. Experiencing strong growth, it has established itself as a key player in the critical infrastructures of the 21st century, ensuring the security of the most sensitive data.
Strategic Leader and Digital Globetrotter
Driving this transformation are exceptional individuals. Among them: Agnès Diallo. Trilingual, a digital globetrotter, and a master of complex transformations, she has an impressive background. Quiet but highly effective, with exceptional strategic intelligence, Agnès Diallo is today one of the key figures in Europe’s digital transformation. Her expertise spans digital transformation, trusted digital services, industrial operations, and major strategic project management.
For over two decades, she has built an exemplary career, moving seamlessly between high-level public service roles, responsibilities in international private groups, and public interest missions at the European level. Her ability to navigate between the worlds of state, industry, and innovation makes her a remarkable leader.
A robust academic journey
Before excelling in the arena of digital transformation, Agnès Diallo laid the foundation with a demanding and robust academic journey.
Graduating from Sciences Po Paris in 1998 with a degree in political science and government, she quickly developed a nuanced understanding of institutional dynamics and public policy. She then pursued further excellence at ESSEC Business School-ranked among Europe’s top institutions-earning an MBA in 2000, with a focus on finance, budgeting, and management control. There, she sharpened her financial strategy skills and developed a sharp eye for change management and complex organizational transformation.
Driven by ambition and a global outlook, she then moved to the U.S., where she won the prestigious Fulbright scholarship. She attended the Harvard Kennedy School between 2003 and 2005, earning a Master in Public Administration – International Development (MPA-ID). As the top Fulbright laureate in her 2003 cohort, she stood out for her academic excellence and ability to blend strategic leadership with economic development policies and public sector digital transformation. This elite training sharpened her expertise in tackling today’s grand challenges: public service modernization, digital sovereignty, and responsible innovation.
A Brilliant Career Takes Flight
Agnès Diallo’s professional career began at Arthur Andersen, then a top audit firm. For three years, she worked as an auditor, conducting financial audits and quality reviews of consolidated accounts for mid- to large-sized international firms. There, she developed analytical rigor and a keen sense for detail while strengthening her skills in financial planning, risk management, and internal controls.
A Decade of Strategy at McKinsey
In 2006, she joined the prestigious consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where she spent over ten pivotal years. Starting as a junior consultant, she climbed the ranks to become Senior Partner—a key strategic role within the firm.
She built recognized expertise in corporate strategy, organizational transformation, and large-scale change management, advising both public and private clients across the globe. She led high-stakes programs from end to end: project management, client relations, and coordinating multidisciplinary international teams across the U.S., Scandinavia, the Middle East, and Asia.
Highlights of her work include: Merging two major national public agencies to improve services for job seekers.; developing a growth strategy for a global IT services leader; Overhauling the operations of an international automotive company for global operational excellence.
Between 2010 and 2013, she also served as Chief of Staff to a global operating committee member at McKinsey, in charge of Marketing and Communications. There, she helped shape the firm’s global future, deploying a new influence strategy and innovative go-to-market models to anticipate client needs and create new value.
Driving Global Performance at Atos
In 2016, she joined Atos, a major player in Europe’s digital transformation, as Senior Vice President and member of the monthly global finance committee. Based in Paris and reporting directly to the COO and CEO, she led the “TOP” (Transformation of Operations and the Business) division,a global program to sustainably improve group performance through process, model, and growth lever transformation.
Managing a portfolio of over 100 projects worldwide, her initiatives yielded over €500 million in annual margin gains, significantly boosting Atos’s competitiveness and profitability.
In 2018, she became Senior Vice President in Atos’s global sales executive team, where she oversaw commercial performance levers and led efforts to align sales forces with client needs and accelerate organic growth.
An Expert in Digital Sovereignty
At IN Groupe, Agnès Diallo fully reveals the breadth of her technological and strategic vision in support of European digital sovereignty. In 2019, she joined the group as Executive Vice President in charge of the “Digital Identity & Services” division, a field at the heart of trust, security, and state transformation challenges.
Building on this initial, high-impact role, which allowed her to make her mark on a rapidly evolving sector, she continued her rise within the company. In 2022, she was appointed Managing Director in charge of performance, strategy, and mergers & acquisitions. In this key position, she steers the group’s transformation by strengthening its growth drivers while leading major industrial operations. She accelerates IN Groupe’s expansion, consolidates its presence in strategic markets, and positions the company as a leading player in secure identity and technological sovereignty.
At the Helm of eu-LISA: Building Europe’s Secure Data Infrastructure
In early 2023, her expertise led to her appointment as Executive Director of eu-LISA, the EU agency for large-scale IT systems managing internal security, border control, and judicial cooperation in the Schengen area.
She led one of the world’s largest sovereign digital infrastructures, overseeing the deployment of interoperable platforms like the Entry/Exit System (EES), among the most advanced globally.
Under her leadership, eu-LISA developed and operated critical systems for border management, police and judicial cooperation, migration control, and digital mobility, serving over 30 European countries and 1.5 billion people worldwide.
In an era of hybrid threats, cybersecurity and personal data protection have become strategic pillars. Agnès Diallo brought to the agency a governance style that combined technological performance, digital sovereignty, and democratic accountability at the heart of the European project.
A Vision, a Compass, a Determination
Her return to IN Groupe in 2024 was a natural progression, this time with a higher mission: to lead the group’s full-scale transformation. Within less than a year, she earned the full trust of the Board and the French State. Her appointment as Chairwoman and CEO on May 15, 2025, reflects her leadership and ability to build the critical infrastructures of the 21st century,a recognition of a builder of systems, bridges, and trust, guided by strategic intelligence.
