Dassault Systèmes has named Beatrix Martinez, 52, Vice President, Investor Relations, effective July 1, 2022. In this role, she is leading the company’s investor relations activities to support its strategic direction focused on driving innovations to achieve a more sustainable world for patients, citizens and consumers. She succeeds François-José Bordonado, who will support her during the next year before retiring.
Martinez brings more than 25 years of experience in finance and business to her new role. After beginning her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, she joined Dassault Systèmes in 1997, working in the financial planning and accounting division of its financial department for nine years before joining its investor relations team.
Most recently, as Senior Director, Investor Relations, she was instrumental in driving the evolution of Dassault Systèmes’ investor relations practice, structure and size in the context of the company’s change in dimension, working closely with Bordonado as Dassault Systèmes broadened the scope of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform from the Manufacturing Industries sector to the Life Sciences & Healthcare and Infrastructure & Cities sectors. Under this evolution, Dassault Systèmes was recognized as the most innovative company on France’s CAC 40 stock exchange, winning the “Prix de l’Innovation” at the 2021 Investor Awards organized by Boursorama.
Martinez holds degrees in business and art history from ESCP Business School and Ecole du Louvre, respectively, in France. She occasionally serves as Team Coach at HEC Paris Executive Education and as Career Coach at Ecole Polytechnique, where she applies her experience toward mentoring startups and students.