George Schindler

George Schindler has served as President and CEO of CGI Group since 2016, leading one of the world's largest independent IT and business consulting services firms. Founded in 1976 in Quebec City by Serge Godin and André Imbeau, CGI has grown to over 91,000 professionals across 400+ offices worldwide, generating approximately C$15 billion in annual revenue with a focus on government, healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing sectors. CGI's growth model, which Schindler inherited and has executed with discipline, is the "build and buy" strategy — combining steady organic growth (CGI's high client retention rates and long-term managed services contracts provide a stable base) with strategic acquisitions that expand geographic presence and add capabilities. CGI has completed over 100 acquisitions in its history, including the transformative $2.7 billion purchase of UK-based Logica in 2012. Under Schindler's leadership, CGI has maintained industry-leading operating margins (consistently above 15% EBIT margin) while growing bookings and revenue. His proximity model — where CGI embeds consultants and developers close to client operations rather than relying heavily on offshore delivery — creates stickier relationships but requires careful margin management. His decisions on acquisition pipeline and integration execution, AI service offerings, government contract wins, managed services growth, and capital allocation between acquisitions and share buybacks are the primary drivers of CGI's stock performance.