PARAGON ID - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- General Manager
With a degree in business administration and a masters in international financial management, Arne has over 10 years' experience in leadership roles in both financial and general management, across aviation, intralogistics, e-learning and food & beverages industries.
He joined Jungheinrich, the premium manufacturer of forklift trucks, in Germany in 2012 and relocated to the UK two years later. Here he rose through a number of senior positions within the company's UK division, including 5 years in the position of Finance Director, during which he was also acting as Managing Director of Jungheinrich Financial Services Ltd.
Arne joined Paragon ID in November 2022.
Job Titles:
- Global Transport & Smart Cities Director
- Sales & Marketing Director for Large Groups Such As Oberthur
Christophe Peix joined Paragon Identification in 2017 after working as Sales & Marketing Director for large groups such as Oberthur/Orange in France and the United States (Three years in San Francisco), but also in SMEs and Start-Ups.
He is now Director of Paragon ID's Transport & Smart Cities Business Unit. His role is to optimise the worldwide transformation of the group's traditional activities towards solutions and services.
Christophe began his career in Paris' La Défense district, working for the telecoms operator SFR, where he was a systems expert. He graduated from "École d'Ingénieur Télécom" (SeaTech ) in 1995.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Secretary
- Secretary General Responsible for Human Resources
Dominique Durant joined Grenadier Holdings (formerly Paragon Group) in 1997 as General Manager of Paragon Identification. He is a Group shareholder. In 2010, he became General Manager for the identification division and established the company as one of the market leaders in access control for urban transportation through the development of new products and RFID technology.
Since 2017, Dominique is a Paragon ID board member and Secretary General in charge of human resources.
Dominique started his career with the Dutch Océ Group (now part of Canon Group), in which he held positions in sales and operations, both in France and in the UK.
François Gauthier joined the company in 2012 as Track & Track Business Unit Director and EMEA Operations Director and has since held several key roles, including EMEA General Manager. He was appointed as Chief Industrial & Supply Chain Officer in 2022. With extensive expertise in operations and a proven track record of implementing cutting-edge technology in industrial operations, he has been instrumental in delivering growth, transforming our manufacturing processes, and supporting the company's strategic vision.
François has been Chief Operating Officer for Paragon ID group in September 2024.
Prior to joining Paragon ID, François held business unit and operational management roles at large industrial companies including Lafarge, Vallourec and Daher, and holds an Executive MBA in General Management from ESCP Europe.
John Rogers holds a Masters degree from Trinity College Dublin and a European MBA from ESCP Paris. Prior to his appointment as CEO, he was Executive Director of Corporate Development for Grenadier Holdings for 10 years, and he already supported Paragon ID as Chairman of the Board and in driving its acquisitive growth since 2017.
Prior to joining Grenadier, John was Executive Officer of NASDAQ-listed secure identification provider Identiv, Vice President of Strategy for the Identification Technology Group of Assa Abloy and CEO of Sokymat (now HID Global), formerly the world's largest manufacturer of RFID tags.
He remains an Executive Director of Grenadier Holdings.
Konstantinos joined Paragon ID in September 2018, following a successful career in the Customer Communications and Secure Transactions Industry. After starting his business endeavour in 1997 by setting up a startup company in the stockbrokerage area, he joined the Athens listed LYKOS Group where he held different sales and markleting positions. In 2011, he was appointed General Manager of Lycos Group' Greek legal entity, prior to becoming CEO of its Information Management Division.
In 2014, Konstantinos was appointed CCO of Austriacard AG, before joining Paragon ID.
Konstantinos holds a Business Administration and Marketing degree from the Athens University of Economics and an MBA from Strathclyde Business School.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Finance Director of Grenadier Holdings
Mr Salmon is the Finance Director of Grenadier Holdings since 2000 and also holds several positions within the Group, including the position of Managing Director of Paragon Identification SAS. He is also the President of Service Point Solutions, a company listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange and part of Grenadier Holdings.
Following his graduation in finance from the Paris Dauphine University, he finished his training at Deloitte. He began his career in the US at Xerox Corporation in California. Following his return in Europe, he became CFO for Quebecor Worldcolor and then worked at KKR/Batteries Duracell in France.
Job Titles:
- Deputy CEO
- Finance
- Leader
- Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
Liam is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, having trained with KPMG Ireland. Liam is an experienced finance leader bringing extensive experience of financial management and capital markets in an international manufacturing environment.
Prior to joining Grenadier Holdings, Liam held senior finance roles in Greencore Plc and more recently Ardagh Group where he was Group Finance Director of Operations.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director
- Independent Administrator
- Non - Executive Board Member Interim Chair of UK Sport
: Lis Astall is a British citizen. She graduated from London School of Economics (LSE) with a BA (Hons) in French, economics and politics. She has also studied at Nice and Grenoble universities. Lis spent 27 years at Accenture carrying out diverse roles, including Managing Director for the implementation of technology development projects in the public sector in Europe, Middle-East; Africa and South America between 2006 and 2009. Before that (2003-2006), Lis was Managing Director for private and public technology development projects in Britain. During her career at Accenture, she was also on the board of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the LSE.
Now retired, Lis is a non-executive Director of diverse boards including the Standard Bank, the Joint Forces Command, the UK Sport and the Digital Jersey. She is also on the board of the Social Mobility Foundation and President of the PPR Foundation.
Patrick has been Grenadier Holdings principal shareholder since 1998. He is currently the Executive Chairman. He previously held the position of Group Chief Operating Officer (COO) with Adare Group and held various positions with Clondalkin Group during the 1980s.
Patrick is highly experienced in driving growth, with an emphasis on acquisitions and business transformation.
Job Titles:
- Administrator
- Role of Investment Manager at Grenadier Holdings
Pauric Crean holds the role of Investment Manager at Grenadier Holdings and is responsible for all M&A activities across Grenadier Holdings' investment companies.
Pauric joined Grenadier Holdings in 2018 and has completed over 30 acquisitions with the business since then. Prior to joining Grenadier Holdings, Pauric worked in private equity. He holds an MSc Finance and BComm from University College Dublin (Smurfit Business School).
Sarah Crean is an accomplished finance professional with a wealth of experience in financial analysis, auditing, and company secretarial roles. She currently serves as the Group Financial Analyst and Company Secretary at Grenadier Holdings in Dublin, Ireland, a position she has held since October 2018.
Previously, Sarah was an Assistant Manager at PwC Ireland, where she worked in the International and Domestic Business Audit division from October 2014 to October 2018. During her tenure at PwC, she completed a six-month placement in Accounting and Finance at Facebook in Dublin.
Sarah's academic background includes a Bachelor of Business and Law (BBLS) from University College Dublin, where she graduated in May 2014. During her undergraduate studies, she took a gap year to intern in the R&D Tax Credit Department at KPMG and completed a summer internship at Beauchamps Solicitors in Corporate and Commercial Law.
She is a qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA) with Chartered Accountants Ireland, having completed her CAP I in 2014, CAP II in 2015, and FAE in 2016. In addition, she obtained a Certificate in Company Secretary Law and Practice from the Law Society of Ireland in June 2024.