Philippe Notton

CEO & founder

Passionate about high technology and fast-moving environments, Philippe Notton has worked in France, the UK and the US for market-leading groups (Thomson, Canal+, LSI Logic, STMicroelectronics, Atos), as well as a successful startup, MStar Semiconductor. During his nine years at MStar as VP Marketing, Philippe helped transform the company from an analogue TV chip manufacturer into the world’s leading digital TV chip provider. This led to a significant M&A in 2012, when MStar was acquired by Mediatek for US$4 billion.

Philippe’s original vision of SiPearl came in 2015 while he was leading a division of 2400 engineers at STMicroelectronics. In 2017, he joined Atos to set up the European Processor Initiative (EPI) consortium, which aimed to foster the return of high-performance microprocessor design to Europe. In June 2019, Philippe launched SiPearl as a spin-off of the EPI with the support of the European Union.

Philippe holds a engineering degree from Supélec and an Executive MBA from Essec and Manheim.