About CGI
CGIʼs story began in 1976 with two 26 year old entrepreneurs, Serge Godin and Andre Imbeau. The two started the company in the basement of Sergeʼs home with one client, one phone and a lot of ambition. Today, there are over 88,500 of us working across the globe delivering the IT services that matter.
When founded, “CGI” stood for “Conseillers en gestion et informatique”, which translates to “Consultants in management and information technology”. As we grew into a global company, we became known as simply CGI.
Together, CGI's professionals have built one of the leading IT and business process services companies in the world with a long track record of service excellence, innovative services and solutions, and sustainable profitable growth.
Whilst you may not have heard of CGI, you will have heard of our projects!
We have supported over 200 satellite missions into space We defend against 43 million cyber attack incidents each day on military and intelligence networks and infrastructure We work with 23 of the top 25 banks in both North America and Europe We the data services provider for the roll-out of 53 million smart gas and electricity meters in the UK We designed, built and operate the Police National Database used by all UK police forces and containing over 3.2 Billion records. At CGI we want “to create an environment in which we enjoy working together and, as owners contribute to building a company that we can be proud of”. It really is our members that will make a difference and help us to be a world class information technology and business process services leader.
