Amine Smires appointed CEO – North America of CS Group

Amine Smires, a McGill-HEC Montréal Executive MBA graduate, has been appointed as the new CEO – North America of CS GROUP, a global engineering company leader in the Certification of Aerospace Embedded Systems and the Functional Safety & Cybersecurity for Autonomous and Electric vehicles.

Prime contractor for the design, integration and operation of turnkey systems, offering both innovation and performance, CS GROUP is present all along the value chain for its customers in the sectors of space, defense & security, aeronautics, and energy.

This appointment marks the culmination of a journey that began 16 years ago, Amine joined CS Group Canada as a Senior Engineering Lead.

As Amine moved up the corporate ladder, he embraced challenges head-on and he eventually embarked on the McGill-HEC Montréal Executive MBA program in September 2017. He completed the program 15 months later.

“The EMBA has enabled me to embrace an intrapreneurial role within CS Group, where I had the chance to create value through innovation and, even more significantly, collaboration. I’ve learnt that collaborating with my colleagues isn’t just about combining efforts; it’s a synergy that multiplies potential, leading to exponential value.”