Cédric O

Cédric O is Co-founder & CEO at Mallow, a technology and internet company he co-founded in 2024, with presence in France and the United States. He also serves as a board member at Solocal, as a co-founding advisor at Mistral AI, and as a member of the strategic committee at La Plateforme_, a nonprofit based in Marseille.

From March 2019 to May 2022, O served as Secretary of State for the Digital Economy in the French government under Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex, reporting to minister Bruno Le Maire. In that role, he worked on France's 5G network rollout, oversaw the TousAntiCovid contact-tracing application, and engaged with technology companies on digital regulation and the French Tech initiative. He was also a political advisor to President Emmanuel Macron from November 2017, and prior to that served as treasurer of the La République En Marche! party during Macron's 2016–17 presidential campaign. Earlier in his career, he worked as a project manager at Safran between 2014 and 2017, and as communications manager at Operationelle from 2007. Between 2022 and 2023, he served on the European Space Agency's High-Level Advisory Group on Human and Robotic Space Exploration. He was also a member of the French government's committee on generative artificial intelligence under the Prime Minister in 2023–2024. O graduated from HEC Paris in 2006, having previously attended Lycée du Parc. He is the brother of Delphine O, former member of the National Assembly.