The French government awarded Bernard Bourigeaud the Knighthood of the Legion of Honor. He is now a member of the French National Economic Council, a French foreign trade consultant, and the CEO of Neopost and Tibco software companies. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics and management and is a certified public accountant. His initial career began with Industrial and Commercial Bank of France (CIC) and PricewaterhouseCoopers. After that, he worked in an agribusiness called "Continental Cereals", during which he managed the company's business in Britain for five years, and then he was responsible for the overall management and distribution of the company in Europe for three years. Before joining Axime, Bona Barry was the head of management consulting group 1 1 year at Deloitte Haskins and Sells France (the predecessor of Deloitte), in charge of French business, and created the concept of European merger and acquisition.