France’s construction industry operates at massive scale, combining industrial processes, on-site operations, supply chains, and increasingly digitised environments. Cybersecurity leaders in this sector face a unique challenge: protecting complex, decentralised systems that span headquarters, construction sites, subsidiaries, and partners. The leaders featured below play a critical role in securing both digital transformation and operational continuity across some of France’s most influential construction and infrastructure organisations.
Séverine Grognu — Group Chief Information Security Officer, Saint-Gobain
Séverine Grognu leads group-wide information security at Saint-Gobain, following a long career in telecommunications, network strategy, and large-scale digital infrastructure. Her background spans network solutions, global connectivity, and enterprise transformation, giving her a strong foundation for securing a multinational industrial group. In her current role, she oversees cybersecurity strategy at scale, balancing global risk management, resilience, and secure connectivity across a highly distributed construction and materials ecosystem.
Benjamin Guiroy — Group Chief Information Security Officer, Fayat
Benjamin Guiroy serves as Group Chief Information Security Officer at Fayat, bringing deep hands-on experience in network architecture, high-availability systems, and operational security. His career progression from engineering and project delivery into group-level security leadership reflects a pragmatic, infrastructure-first approach. He focuses on securing complex industrial environments while supporting business agility across Fayat’s diverse construction and civil engineering activities.
Georges Richard — Responsible for Information System Security and Chief Information Security Officer, Unicil – Groupe Action Logement
Georges Richard leads information system security at Unicil, part of Groupe Action Logement, with a background spanning healthcare, industrial security consulting, and governance-driven cybersecurity programs. His experience includes ISO 27001 certification, risk analysis, business continuity, and industrial security assessments. In the construction and housing sector, he focuses on governance, regulatory alignment, and operational resilience in environments handling sensitive data and critical services.
Zoé Cuisin — Head of Cybersecurity Governance, Risk and Compliance, Bouygues Construction
Zoé Cuisin is responsible for cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance at Bouygues Construction, where she drives structured security programs across a complex, project-driven organisation. With a background in information systems architecture and security leadership roles across consulting and retail, she brings a strong governance and risk-management perspective. Her work centres on embedding cybersecurity into enterprise processes, supporting large-scale construction operations while maintaining regulatory and organisational alignment.
Securing Digital Foundations in Construction
As construction firms adopt connected tools, cloud platforms, industrial systems, and data-driven project management, cybersecurity becomes inseparable from operational success. The leaders highlighted here reflect how security in construction goes beyond traditional information protection — it is about safeguarding people, projects, infrastructure, and trust. Their work is shaping how one of France’s most foundational industries builds securely, resiliently, and at scale.