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2019–2020
                   HELPING CLIENTS
 INSIGHTS   BECOME DIGITAL THROUGH
TO ACTION
              END-TO-END SERVICES
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2019–2020 INSIGHTS TO ACTION

                        TURNING                                                 CONTENTS

        INSIGHTS                                                           2    About CGI

                              INTO
                                                                                Serving as an end-to-end IT and business consulting services partner
                                                                                and expert of choice

             ACTION
                                                                           4    CGI Client Global Insights
                                                                                Providing a global antenna for best practices across 10 industries

                                                                           8    Our industry expertise
                                                                                Sharing a snapshot of how we partner with clients in your industry

                                                                           30   Advancing clients’ top innovation investments
                                                                                Helping clients identify, master and execute the technologies that
                                                                                accelerate business outcomes

                                                                           32   CGI locations
In 2019, we spoke in person with more than 1,550 executives across              Working in proximity with clients through a strong global footprint
10 industries to gather their perspectives on the trends affecting their
enterprises. Once again, becoming digital to meet customer and citizen     34   CGI Constitution and Management Foundation
                                                                                Fostering a culture of ownership to build strong relationships and achieve
expectations is a key trend and priority.
                                                                                operational excellence
CGI’s Insights to Action Report presents the insights executives shared    36   Our communities
during these conversations and the actions we are taking to help clients        Working with clients to serve our communities
achieve business outcomes in a faster and more holistic way.

Throughout the industries we serve and the communities in which we live
and work, CGI is committed to using the power of technology to help our
clients succeed and our communities prosper.

Read more about how we partner with clients and benefit communities.

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ABOUT CGI                                                                                                                                          2019–2020 INSIGHTS TO ACTION

      Experience
                      CGI is one of the few end-to-end consulting firms            We deliver the full spectrum of services to help clients
                      with the scale, reach and capabilities to meet               become digital enterprises.

    the commitment    clients’ enterprise digital transformation needs.
                      Our 77,500 consultants and professionals work
                                                                                    Organizations in many industries, after several years of investment in digital
                                                                                    customer touchpoints and related innovations, are now demanding reliable
                                                                                    returns from their IT investments, in a faster and more holistic way. CGI helps
                      side-by-side with clients in 10 industries across             clients take an enterprise approach to accelerate and maximize their return
                      more than 400 locations worldwide. We draw                    on technology investments through relevant applied innovation.
                      upon our global capabilities to help clients                  We leverage our proximity-based client relationships, world-class delivery
                      identify, develop, implement and operate                      capabilities and operational excellence to help clients become digital across
                                                                                    their enterprises — including their ecosystem of customers and suppliers.
                      effective strategies to meet evolving customer                Delivering true business value requires that individual digital initiatives are
                      and citizen expectations.                                     done as part of an enterprise-wide strategy to modernize underlying core
                                                                                    systems, enable a data-centric culture, and implement new technology.
                      Founded in 1976, our continuous growth is a                   CGI helps clients pursue an end-to-end model that includes an enterprise
                      testament to our strong client partnerships.                  digital strategy encompassing change management; systems design,
                                                                                    implementation and integration; and the use of managed IT and business
                      CGI’s commitment to exceed their expectations
                                                                                    process services to mitigate cost pressures and fund greater innovation.
                      is demonstrated by an overall client                          CGI's approach to relevant innovation is to work jointly with clients through
                      satisfaction score of 9.2 out of 10, reported                 our projects, while seeking opportunities to co-invest in repeatable
                                                                                    business solutions.
                      directly through in-person client satisfaction
                      assessment sessions.
                                                                                    NASBA launches long-term collaboration with CGI for managed IT services
                                                                                   “ We are excited about our collaboration with CGI and the opportunity to work with an industry expert in
                      Our approach is what sets us apart.
                                                                                     the delivery, management and governance of end-to-end IT services, as we focus even more intently on
                      Our proximity model, supported by the depth of our             the NASBA mission and strengthen our ongoing commitment to members and stakeholders.”
                      international presence, range of services, and insights,
                                                                                    Ken L. Bishop
                      delivers value for clients. Our experts bring industry and    President and CEO,
                      technology knowledge to every engagement, helping             National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA),
                      clients achieve business agility, applied innovation and      Nashville, Tennessee, United States
                      financial benefits.

                     • Client-proximity model: CGI organizes operations
                       within metro markets where clients have concentrated
                       footprints, and empowers local teams to build trusted,          CGI’s end-to-end services and solutions to meet clients’
                       in-person relationships that ensure accountability for          top priorities
                       delivering client success.

                     • Industry and technology expertise at the local level:                                                                      Managed IT
                                                                                       CGI’S             Strategic IT
                       In addition to mastering technology, our consultants                                                    Systems           and business
                                                                                       END-TO-END       and business
                       have a deep understanding of clients’ industries and                                                   integration          process
                                                                                       SERVICES          consulting
                       local business environments, and collaborate across                                                                         services
                       a worldwide network of industry centers of excellence,
                       emerging technology practices, and innovation and
                       global delivery centers to bring clients end-to-end                             INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES
                       services and solutions.

                     • Global delivery network focused on outcomes:
                       Our global delivery model includes onshore, nearshore
                                                                                       CLIENT              Digital               IT            Cost and budget
                       and offshore delivery capabilities that support
                                                                                       PRIORITIES      transformation       modernization         pressure
                       client‑proximity teams in accelerating clients’ digital
                       evolution.                                                      According to the 2019 CGI Client Global Insights, digital transformation
                     • Operational excellence driven through the CGI                   continues to be a high priority, yet clients report slow progress in
                       Management Foundation: Wherever CGI operates,                   producing results. CGI’s strategic IT and business consulting expertise
                       we align through common policies, principles, processes         enables business agility and cultural change, and our intellectual
                       and frameworks to provide global consistency at scale.          property serves as an accelerator to apply relevant innovations more
                       These frameworks allow CGI to deliver projects on time          quickly, increasing returns on digital investments. Our enterprise
                       and on budget for 95% of engagements.                           systems integration capabilities support IT modernization efforts to
                                                                                       optimize existing and new technologies, while our trusted managed IT
                                                                                       and business process services help clients mitigate cost and budget
                                                                                       pressures, allowing reallocation of funds for innovation investment.
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CGI CLIENT                                                                                                                                                                                  2019–2020 INSIGHTS TO ACTION
     GLOBAL INSIGHTS

                                                                                                      CGI Client Global Insights
  CGI Client                                                                                          Overall, executives indicate increased development and deployment of digital
Global Insights                                                                                       strategies to meet customer and citizen expectations and to improve business
                                                                                                      operations. Leaders recognize that digital transformation is a journey that takes
                                                                                                      time. While some discrete digital projects have proven successful, progress
                                                                                                      toward measurable results at the enterprise level remains elusive for a majority
                                                                                                      of client executives. A more comprehensive approach is required, often
                                                                                                      encompassing a broader demand for IT modernization and integration to
                                                                                                      accelerate the achievement of tangible benefits.

                                                                                                      Top trends
                                                                                                      Meeting customer and citizen expectations for digital services remains the most impactful industry
                                                                                                      trend for executives across industries. IT modernization and integration is now second in terms of
                                                                                                      impact, rising significantly from 2018. Both IT modernization and becoming digital also are among
                                                                                                      the top IT and business priorities, reflecting a strong theme among all executives. Cybersecurity,
                                                                                                      meanwhile, is considered to have a somewhat lower impact this year as the third top trend,
                                                                                                      as cybersecurity approaches become blended into a range of other initiatives, making it less
                                                                                                      of a stand-alone initiative.

                                                                                                      Top trends ranked by impact
                                                                                                      2018                                                                         2019

                                                                                                        1. Becoming digital to meet customer expectations                           1. Becoming digital to meet customer expectations

                                                                                                        2. Cybersecurity or other security risk                                     2. IT modernization or integration

                                                                                                        3. Cost or budget pressures                                                 3. Cybersecurity or other security risk

                                                                                                        4. Need to respond to regulatory requirements                               4. Applying analytics

                                                                                                        5. Applying analytics                                                       5. Operational or business process improvement

                  Providing a global antenna for                                                      How client executives are responding to these trends

                  industry best practices
                                                                                                      While 96% of executives cite having a digital strategy in place at some level, just 39% indicate those
                                                                                                      strategies are defined for the entire enterprise, and 18% are working to extend their enterprise
                                                                                                      strategies to their supply chain or ecosystem. Only 10% of executives report they are producing
                                                                                                      results from a digital strategy at the enterprise level.
                  Annually, CGI leaders around the world meet in person with client business and
                  IT executives to gather their insights on the trends affecting their enterprises.   Strategies are in place but results are taking time
                  Our experts analyze the findings from these in-depth conversations to provide
                  a valuable global antenna that helps both our clients and CGI identify and
                  benchmark industry best practices and drive continuous and relevant innovation.           39%                         18%                     10%

                  In 2019, our local leaders met with more than 1,550 client executives across
                  10 industries on the key topics affecting their enterprises, including trends,      defined strategy at          defined enterprise     producing results from
                                                                                                      the enterprise-level      strategy extending to   enterprise-level digital
                  business and IT priorities, IT spending and investment plans.                                                  external ecosystem            strategy

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CGI CLIENT                                                                                                                                                                                                      2019–2020 INSIGHTS TO ACTION
GLOBAL INSIGHTS

         Analytics is a key area for technology                  Analytics & business intelligence
         implementation and innovation
         investment                                                    6%                                        CGI Perspectives
         Globally, analytics is the most active digital          4%                              21%              Looking across client insights from all industries and geographies, the following are selected
         technology implementation area, the top                                                                  high-level, global perspectives on ways executives can address their priorities and challenges:
                                                                 14%

                                                                                                                 • For organizations to derive better returns from • Executives view various cloud models as
         transformation initiative and the top planned
         innovation investment option. More than 90%
         of executives cite analytics and business                                               20%               their digital investments, they must move to               opportunities for accessing intensive
         intelligence activity this year, including 36%                                                            an end-to-end strategy that better balances                real-time computing and storage capacity.
         with implementations in progress and 14% in                                                               pure “digital” efforts with fundamental                    While such capabilities can offer value, it is
         continuous improvement. Across industries,                                                                capabilities for IT modernization, cultural                crucial that any chosen cloud approach is
         leveraging predictive analytics is the top                          36%                                   change management and IT management.                       balanced carefully with obligations to
         digital transformation initiative. Analytics              Investigating          Done (in continuous
                                                                                                                   These strategies must better incorporate                   protect critical data, ensure data privacy,
         also emerges as the most frequently cited                 Proof of concept       improvement)             sustained innovation and business agility                  comply with regulation and mitigate
         innovation investment option within the next              In progress            Not for us               to drive measurable results.                               commercial risk.

                                                                                                                 • Leading organizations need to pair data-enabled • Greater use of industry-specific business
         3 years at 81%, compared to 68% citing it for                                    Other
         the past 12 months.
                                                                                                                   products and services with a data-enabled                  solutions delivered as software-as-a-
                                                                                                                   organizational culture and measures to drive               service can accelerate the pace of digital
         76% use the cloud in some form, yet gaps in cloud approaches exist                                        operational efficiencies; they also need                   transformation and simultaneously advance
         Across industries, 76% of executives indicate their organization is using the cloud, with private         truly scalable mechanisms to enable data                   the IT modernization agenda.
         cloud the most common form. Yet cloud approaches show gaps. When asked if they have                       privacy solutions.
         mechanisms in place to locate where key data assets are stored in the cloud, only 42% of
         executives indicate they do for their own organizations and their customers; and, more than 30%
         either do not know or have incomplete mechanisms for locating cloud data. Our perspective is
         that with the growing use of multi-cloud strategies, the need for a cloud approach that balances
         benefits, security and data privacy will only increase as a priority.

         Are mechanisms in place to locate where cloud data is processed/stored?

              42%                 12%                 19%                    27%

                 Yes,              No               Don’t know                Other,
          for both our own                                             with mechanisms
          organization and                                               to locate only
         for customer data                                              subsets of data

         Journey to World-Class IT
         The CGI Client Global Insights offer a wide range of benchmarking capabilities to support clients
         with planning and strategy development. Key among those capabilities is the ability to help clients
         understand where they stand in terms of becoming a world-class IT organization.
         Again, this year, client executives ranked their satisfaction with their own IT organizations based
         on the 10 key attributes of a world-class IT organization. Overall, satisfaction continues to be low,
         at 6.7 out of 10 (10 being the highest satisfaction).                                                    CGI President & CEO George D. Schindler shares the CGI Client Global Insights with attendees of our annual
                                                                                                                  Ratkaisu event. Held each year by CGI’s operations in Finland, the client conference features the latest trends
         In addition to the aggregate satisfaction score mentioned above, CGI’s Journey to World-Class IT
                                                                                                                  and innovation in key digital areas.
         database provides valuable benchmarking capabilities to CIOs and other leaders worldwide,
         allowing them to assess and compare their performance on topics such as innovation, security
         and ensuring a stable operational environment.
         Among public companies, we continue to see a correlation between those organizations with                Turning insights into action
         satisfaction scores by business and IT executives that are closely aligned across the 10 attributes,     We help clients address their top trends and priorities by applying agile operating models,
         and those with the best financial performance. Our Journey to World-Class IT methodology                 managing change effectively and driving IT modernization. Turn to page 8 to read examples of
         helps clients achieve greater alignment and accelerate successful outcomes.                              how we deliver value across the industries we serve, and visit cgi.com/client-global-insights
         Learn more at cgi.com/journey.                                                                           to learn more about our global and industry-focused insights.

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2019–2020 INSIGHTS TO ACTION

      OUR
    INDUSTRY    Digital-centric.
    EXPERTISE
                Enterprise-wide.
                Outcome-focused.
                Partnering with clients to design and deliver an enterprise-wide     View a snapshot of how we partner
                digital strategy requires a true understanding of our clients’       with clients in your industry
                industries and the complexity of their enterprise systems.
                CGI provides deep expertise across 10 key industries where           10   Banking
                IT is a strategic driver and enabler of transformation and
                value creation.                                                      12   Communications
                Across the industries we serve, we continuously examine
                                                                                     14   Government
                the current and future state, the drivers for change, and the        16   Health and life sciences
                attributes of industry leaders. Through detailed industry
                                                                                     18   Insurance
                blueprints, we map the structure of an industry across lines
                of business, domains and activities to help our clients identify     20   Manufacturing
                and develop services and solutions that can improve their
                                                                                     22   Oil and gas
                performance.
                                                                                     24   Retail and consumer services
                The blueprints demonstrate how our end-to-end services—
                consulting, systems integration and managed IT and business          26   Transportation and logistics
                process services, combined with CGI’s enabling intellectual          28   Utilities
                property—help industry leaders evolve, at the right pace
                and scale, into innovative, agile organizations that meet customer
                and citizen digital expectations.

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BANKING                                                                                                                                                                                                2019–2020 INSIGHTS TO ACTION

                                                               Security-driven.                                                                                                                                       Recognition
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    for CGl’s leading

                                                              Customer-centric.                                                                                                                                      trade platform
                                                                                                                                                                                                                CGI received the Leader in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Trade Award for Best Trade

                                                                Cost-efficient.                                                                                                                                 Finance Software Provider
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 from Globe Trade Review
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       in May 2019.

          Working across the retail banking, corporate and transaction banking, and capital
          markets sectors, CGI’s 12,000 banking consultants help 500+ financial                                      Digitizing core functions to ensure an end-to-end digital
          institutions worldwide drive security, customer-centricity and cost-efficiency                             customer journey
                                                                                                                     We help banks digitize their front and back offices to drive customer centricity   “ In our comprehensive formal review of
          across the enterprise. We serve 15 of the top 20 banks globally, including the                             across key functions such as payments (CGI Payments360), trade finance               banking system options available in the
          top 10 European banks and 9 of the top 10 U.S. banks.                                                      (CGI Trade360), wealth management (CGI Wealth360), and collections (CGI              market today, our clear choice was CGI
                                                                                                                     Collections360), delivering not only innovative IP but also a full range of          and the RFS360 banking solution.
                                                                                                                     consulting services — from consulting to systems integration to managed IT           CGI is a trusted partner and we rely on
                                                                                                                     and business process services.                                                       its experience and expertise to help
          Client insights. CGI action.                                                                               This year, we were awarded $24 million in contracts from Canadian credit             strengthen and grow our businesses.”
                                                                                                                     unions to transform their operations through solutions such as CGI’s RFS360,        Allison Kasper
          In 2019, we met face-to-face with 255 banking executives to learn about their top trends, priorities
                                                                                                                     a SaaS “bank-in-a-box” solution, and started implementation of a global             Chair of the Credit Union Services
          and challenges.
                                                                                                                     trade platform for HSBC, one of the largest banking and financial services          Association (CUSA) Board, and Senior
                                                                                                                     institutions in the world. Nordic-based payment service provider Nets also          Vice-President of Business and Social
          What we heard from clients                           How we partner to help them succeed                   selected us to provide digital employee services, and we teamed up with             Impact, Copperfin Credit Union,
                                                                                                                     Metro Bank, a retail bank headquartered in the UK, to implement our cloud           Kenora, Canada
          Industry trends: Protecting customer data and        Delivering advanced capabilities to protect the
                                                                                                                     collections platform.
          addressing mounting and changing                     bank and address regulation and industry-wide
          regulatory / security standards                      initiatives, including open banking and real-time
                                                               payments
          Business priorities: Improving the customer          Digitizing core bank functions and processes
                                                                                                                     Modernizing core systems to drive customer centricity and                          “ CGI has a strong track record of
          experience to increase loyalty and drive             to enable a seamless customer journey that
          revenue                                              aligns with evolving demands and generates            operational excellence                                                               delivering managed services, as well
                                                                                                                                                                                                          as successfully delivering large and
                                                               revenue growth                                        Today’s new era of banking exceeds the capabilities of traditional IT systems.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          complex projects. We look forward
                                                                                                                     CGI provides the end-to-end services and solutions banks need to respond in
          IT priorities: Digitizing business processes to      Modernizing / managing core systems via emerging                                                                                           to continuing to work with CGI to
                                                                                                                     an agile way to fast-evolving customer and business demands.
          improve the end-to-end customer experience           technologies and end-to-end services for customer                                                                                          deliver the products and services
          and reduce operational costs                         centricity and operational excellence                 For example, League Data, a provider of information technology services to           credit union members are seeking
                                                                                                                     the Atlantic Credit Union System, extended its long-term IT infrastructure,          in today’s market.”
                                                                                                                     applications and service desk contract with CGI until 2023. French bank and
                                                                                                                     long-time client La Banque Postale also turned to CGI for support in building       Ian MacNeil
          Protecting the bank and supporting                  “ We’re delighted to be partnering with CGI on the                                                                                         CEO, League Data,
                                                                                                                     a comprehensive omni-channel banking model.
          the move to open banking and                          development of Ordo. With CGI’s knowledge                                                                                                Halifax, Canada
                                                                and expertise in modernising payments systems,
          real-time payments
                                                                we’re confident we can deliver a service
          Banks seek an end-to-end approach to protect          which significantly improves the financial lives                                                                                        “ We are excited to collaborate with CGI
          their businesses and customers amid evolving          and well-being of people and businesses.                                                                                                  on this strategic effort to build an
          security threats. CGI’s holistic Protect the Bank     We’re thrilled to be working with a company                                                                                               omni-channel bank for the future.
          consulting services and solutions framework           which shares this vision also.”                                                                                                           We look forward to not only significantly
          delivers a command and control center (CGI                                                                                                                                                      improving the customer experience
          Case Manager), anti‑financial crime platform         Craig Tillotson                                                                                                                            through new products, services and
          (CGI HotScan360), data analytics and                 CEO and co-founder of Ordo,                                                                                                                channels, but driving new revenue
                                                               London, United Kingdom
          cybersecurity. Additionally, we help banks                                                                                                                                                      streams. With CGI, we benefit from
          comply with open banking regulations (e.g.,                                                                                                                                                     end-to-end business and IT services,
          PSD2) and real-time payment initiatives (e.g.,      “ Implementing APS [the CGI All Payments solution]
                                                                                                                                                                                                          close proximity, demonstrated
          SEPA Instant Credit Transfer) through solutions       will significantly contribute to our payments                                                                                             operational excellence, industry
          such as CGI Open Finance and CGI All                  modernization program and will help us make a                                                                                             expertise and transformational
          Payments. We also provide a foundation for            positive impact on our customers and partners.                                                                                            consulting expertise. CGI has proven
          new bank overlay services, such as                   The technologies we are implementing deliver                                                                                               to be a valued collaborator throughout
          request‑to‑pay, and new revenue streams.              the scalability to support future growth and the                                                                                          our 15-year relationship.”
                                                                flexibility to adopt future payments innovations.”
          We back our protection, open banking and                                                                                                                                                       Philippe Cuvelier
          real-time payment solutions with the full range      David Bergeron                                                                                                                            Chief Information Officer,
          of consulting services banks need, from              Senior Manager, Major Projects, Treasury and                                                                                              La Banque Postale,
          consulting to IT modernization to managing           Payments Solutions, National Bank of Canada,                                                                                              Paris, France
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          IT and business processes.
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COMMUNICATIONS                                                                                                                                                                                  2019–2020 INSIGHTS TO ACTION

                                                        Network-enhanced.
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Long-term

                                                        Customer-focused.                                                                                                                                 partnerships
                                                                                                                                                                                                     We have partnered with our
                                                                                                                                                                                                  top 10 communications clients

                                                           Automated.
                                                                                                                                                                                                     for an average of 25+ years,
                                                                                                                                                                                                   helping them drive down costs,
                                                                                                                                                                                                    rapidly introduce new service
                                                                                                                                                                                                        portfolios, and protect
                                                                                                                                                                                                          systems and data.

                                                           CGI helps communications service
                                                           providers, including 5 of the
                                                           top 10 globally, accelerate their digital          Enhancing the customer experience and developing new revenue streams
                                                           transformation to gain and retain                  with modern IT and emerging technologies
                                                                                                              In a hyper-competitive market,        In the satellite communications          and users of satellite communications
                                                           customers, develop new revenue                     communications service providers      (satcom) sector, we help operators       supporting programs such as Skynet 5,
                                                           streams and reduce costs. Our                      are looking to set themselves apart   improve their business and IT            Inmarsat Iris, EDRS Global and
                                                           5,000+ communications consultants                  with optimized operations and an      processes so they can operate more       GovSatCom.
                                                                                                              unmatched customer experience.        efficiently and securely and meet
                                                           focus on the end-to-end needs of our               This focus has expanded beyond        customer needs to stay competitive,
                                                                                                                                                                                             We also provide consultancy based on
                                                                                                                                                                                             our deep heritage with downstream
                                                           clients as they move to more                       self-service systems to automated     for example, through advanced billing    users of satellite communications,
                                                           customer‑centric business models and               business processes that support       and customer care systems, business      such as emergency services,
                                                                                                              straight-through processing, nearly   and operational support systems, and
                                                           seek to achieve operational excellence             instantly fulfilling customer         integration with enterprise resource
                                                                                                                                                                                             government, defense, transport,
                                                                                                                                                                                             utilities, media, oil and gas, and
                                                           in the digital age.                                expectations and creating new         planning and customer relationship       finance, to help satcom operators
                                                                                                              revenue streams.                      management systems. Our satcom           develop new strategies, services and
                                                                                                                                                    clients include some of the world’s      value propositions for these markets.
                                                                                                                                                    leading operators, service providers

        Client insights. CGI action.
         In 2019, we met face-to-face with 75 communications executives to learn about their top trends,
         priorities and challenges.

         What we heard from clients                        How we partner to help them succeed
         Industry trends: Becoming digital to meet         Implementing strategies and technologies
         customer expectations and intensifying            for flexible and efficient systems that
         network investment to increase satisfaction       help clients meet customer demand with
         and revenue                                       speed-to-market
         Business priorities: Improving the customer       Leveraging consulting and managed IT and
         experience and optimizing operations to stay      business process services to improve operations
         relevant in a competitive market                  and meet growing customer expectations
         IT priorities: Digitizing and automating          Providing IT modernization and integrating
         business processes to deliver a better end-to-    emerging technologies to digitize and automate
         end customer experience and reduce costs          complex business processes

                                                                                                              Reducing costs through managed IT services and                                “ CGI’s commitment to delivering
         Delivering personalized, cohesive experiences while modernizing networks                                                                                                             efficient and effective top-quality GIS
                                                                                                              system modernization
         to prepare for a 5G future                                                                                                                                                           solutions is continually showcased with
                                                                                                              As the industry faces decreasing      CGI developed a geospatial data           every project iteration and delivery.
         With the race to 5G accelerating,                 CGI also contributes to the advancement
                                                                                                              average revenue per user, clients     platform for Bell Canada, Canada’s        Couple that with their continual drive to
         communications service providers are              of 5G through involvement in several initiatives
                                                                                                              view digitizing and automating        largest communications company,           find additional efficiencies and
         modernizing customer-facing systems to deliver    around the globe, such as: ENCQOR, a
                                                                                                              business processes as essential to    to digitize and automate much of its      understanding of next generation
         personalized, cohesive experiences, while         $400 million public-private partnership between
                                                                                                              reducing costs.                       network planning process. The             technologies is a winning solution for
         focusing on optimizing operations and networks.   Canadian governments and 5 global digital
                                                                                                                                                    platform, which began as a proof of       our projects.”
         CGI helps clients provide network-on-demand       technology companies, which builds and
                                                                                                                                                    concept, has evolved into an
         services that allow customers to order or         operates 5G testbeds in Quebec and Ontario to
                                                                                                                                                    enterprise-wide solution.                Brian Kuhayda
         change services in near real time. Our IT         promote innovation in the 5G telecommunication                                                                                    Senior Manager,
         modernization services deliver greater agility    space; and UK5G, a government-sponsored                                                                                           IT Program Planning and
         and cost savings to transform service delivery.   national innovation forum promoting the                                                                                           Delivery Manager, Bell Canada,
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GOVERNMENT                                                                                                                                                                                                   2019–2020 INSIGHTS TO ACTION

                                                                                                                     Preventing evolving threats through industry expertise                                   “ We look forward to working with CGI

                                                               Citizen-centric.                                      and collaboration
                                                                                                                     Sophisticated threats are a top concern for government leaders who seek
                                                                                                                                                                                                                to ensure the highest level of security
                                                                                                                                                                                                                for Galileo, along with an efficient,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                high performance infrastructure.
                                                                                                                     proven expertise to help protect sensitive data and systems.

                                                              Security-focused.                                      Security is part of the DNA of CGI’s end-to-end services, which support
                                                                                                                     clients such as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In addition,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                CGI’s significant space and security
                                                                                                                                                                                                                experience, combined with its local
                                                                                                                                                                                                                presence and global resources, gives us

                                                                Modernized.
                                                                                                                     as part of CyberTrust, an H2020 European Union project to develop an                       access to the experts we need to launch
                                                                                                                     advanced cyber-threat intelligence platform, CGI leads platform architecture               and operate one of the world’s most
                                                                                                                     design and prototype development. CGI also signed an agreement with                        advanced satellite navigation systems.”
                                                                                                                     Thales Alenia Space France, a Franco-Italian aerospace manufacturer,
                                                                                                                     to enhance and maintain security software for the Galileo satellite                       Guillermo Salgado
                                                                                                                                                                                                               GALILEO Ground Mission and
                                                                                                                     navigation system.
                                                                                                                                                                                                               EGNOS Programs Director,
                                                              Across the globe, 25,000 CGI                                                                                                                     Thales Alenia Space France,
                                                              consultants partner with government                                                                                                              Cannes, France
                                                              clients at the local, provincial, state                                 8 Security
                                                              and national levels, including defense,                            Operations Centers
                                                                                                                               serving public and private
                                                              intelligence and space agencies.                                       sector clients
                                                              CGI has helped more than                                          200+ satellite missions
                                                              2,000 government clients in                                           supported by
                                                                                                                                    CGI solutions
                                                              28 countries transform and protect
                                                              their agencies, improve citizen services,
                                                              increase operational efficiency and
                                                              reduce costs.

           Client insights. CGI action.
           In 2019, we met face-to-face with 464 government executives to learn about their top trends,
           priorities and challenges.

           What we heard from clients                          How we partner to help them succeed
           Industry trends: Becoming digital                   Employing advanced technologies, design
           organizations to meet increasing                    principles and data insights to improve and
           citizen expectations                                personalize the citizen experience
           Business priorities: Protecting the                 Providing expert guidance and managed services
           organization as cybersecurity and other             to identify, prevent and respond to ever-evolving
           risks mature                                        threats, embedding security into every solution
                                                                                                                     Increasing agility and innovation by modernizing IT
           IT priorities: Driving IT modernization to          Modernizing systems and using relevant emerging
           improve performance                                 technologies, IT delivery models and managed          environments and approaches
                                                               services to increase agility and innovation           Clients rely on CGI for end-to-end IT services—from strategy and
                                                                                                                     modernization to managed services—to support their core missions.
                                                                                                                     Among these initiatives, we helped the Dutch Ministry of Defence migrate
           Advancing the mission of government with digital services                                                 to a cloud solution for digital procurement, we were awarded a contract to
           Citizens demand the same digital services          “ I would like to congratulate CGI on their success    modernize applications for Ginnie Mae, the U.S. Government National
           from government they enjoy in other industries.      in being selected to deliver electronic counting     Mortgage Association, and we also provide the information system for the
           CGI helps agencies both digitize the citizen         for the next Mayoral and Assembly elections          Judicial Administration of Finland. Our agile work helps Migrationsverket
           experience and modernize core systems to             in 2020 … the GLA team is looking forward to         (Swedish Migration Agency) improve immigration services, and we partnered
           deliver seamless services.                           working with CGI, Smartmatic and partners            with Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service to digitize the jury
           For example, CNAV, the French retirement and         to deliver an effective and accurate e-count.”       summoning processes across England and Wales.
           pension administrator, uses our chatbots to         Alex Conway
           help provide automated customer support,            Deputy Greater London Returning Officer              “ The HMCTS led team, including CGI and Cogworx, worked closely throughout
           while the City of Turku, Finland partners           at the Greater London Authority (GLA),                 delivery, and the use of open technologies and agile techniques enabled us to rapidly
           with us to advance smart city development.          London, United Kingdom                                 enhance the service in line with our business needs and feedback from users.”
           For the Greater London Authority in the                                                                   Geraint-Wyn Jenkins
           United Kingdom, CGI provides comprehensive                                                                Head of Crime DCD, Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service,
           services for the electronic counting of votes in                                                          London, United Kingdom
           the 2020 London elections.

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                                                                                                                     The Juror Digital team is HMCTS, CGI and Cogworx, a specialist UX consultancy.
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HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCES                                                                                                                                                                                        2019–2020 INSIGHTS TO ACTION

                                                                 Patient-focused.                                                                                                                                      Advancing health
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         ecosystems

                                                                   Data-driven.                                                                                                                                    CGI is one of several leading
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       technology firms in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Alliance for Innovative Care

                                                                  Cost-efficient.                                                                                                                                   Collaboration in Sweden
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    contributing to a common
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        platform for the larger
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          health ecosystem.

                                                                 Globally, 5,000 CGI consultants
                                                                 support healthcare providers and
                                                                 payers, government health
                                                                 organizations, and pharmaceutical,                   Harnessing data and automation to streamline processes and improve outcomes
                                                                 biotech and medical device firms.                    CGI’s healthcare clients seek to harness the power of data and automation             “ With CGI Rondo, automatic
                                                                                                                      to improve processes and provide better care and outcomes. In life sciences,            documentation saves us a lot of time in
                                                                 We help healthcare clients improve the               data is a critical means to drive more value-added business across the                  finding the needed documents, as they
                                                                 health of populations and individuals,               value chain.                                                                            are no longer distributed in multiple
                                                                 while making care more cost-effective                For example, CGI collaborates with the City of Järvenpää, Finland to use                folders and in the email messages of
                                                                                                                      software robots to make routine changes to patient information, reducing                individual persons.”
                                                                 and affordable. In life sciences, we
                                                                                                                      errors and freeing staff to serve patients. Our services and analytics-based           Teemu Laakso
                                                                 partner with clients to identify, develop            solution CGI ProperPay help insurers such as Highmark take a proactive                 Development Director,
                                                                 and implement strategies and solutions               approach to preventing fraud that could impact member welfare and/or the               Finnish Red Cross Blood Service,
                                                                                                                      financial well-being of members, employer groups and the organization.                 Helsinki, Finland
                                                                 to help them become digital                          We help the Finnish Red Cross Blood Service harmonize data flows,
                                                                 organizations.                                       facilitate information discovery and improve transparency, accelerated by
                                                                                                                      our Rondo document management solution.

              Client insights. CGI action.
              In 2019, we met face-to-face with 96 health and life sciences executives to learn about their
              top trends, priorities and challenges.

              What we heard from clients                         How we partner to help them succeed
              Industry trends: Becoming digital                  Developing and delivering on strategies to enable
              organizations to meet customer and citizen         seamless, personalized end-to-end experiences
              expectations                                       for customers and citizens
              Business priorities: Optimizing today’s            Combining the power of data and automation to
              operations to improve outcomes and                 streamline processes and generate actionable
              reduce costs                                       insights for better decisions
              IT priorities: Driving IT modernization and new    Modernizing systems, processes and IT delivery
              IT delivery models to increase quality and         models through best practices, technology
              speed to market                                    integration and managed services

              Transforming access to personalized healthcare
              CGI collaborates with clients to develop and        programs through three interconnected portals,      Modernizing systems and IT delivery methods to improve
              implement digital strategies to improve citizen     continually modernizing them using human-           quality, efficiency and agility                                                                  500+ biotech/
              and customer service.                               centric design, as well as agile and DevOps         Driving projects with agile methods and managed services enables health                      pharmaceutical projects
              For example, CGI was selected by                    methods. Recent enhancements include a              and life sciences organizations to improve quality, time to market and                       completed for 50 clients
              98 municipalities and 5 regions of Denmark         “What’s Covered” mobile app that provides            cost efficiency.                                                                           In life sciences our commercial
              as a supplier of telemedicine solutions             real-time access to individualized coverage                                                                                                    launch, clinical services, supply
                                                                  information. These transformational efforts         For Finnish insurance provider LocalTapiola, we used agile methods to                             chain and regulatory
              supporting chronic obstructive pulmonary                                                                develop rapidly a mobile application providing 24/7 assistance from remote
                                                                  continue to increase enrollments and align with                                                                                                   compliance capabilities help
              disease (COPD) patients, with a potential to                                                            doctors and nurses to 200,000 insured customers. In North America, CGI
                                                                  CMS’s goal of providing more people with                                                                                                       clients increase speed, efficiency
              expand to other illnesses in the future.                                                                helps numerous health systems — such as St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital                      and innovation to maximize
                                                                  quality healthcare coverage for better health and
              The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid          better care at lower costs.                         (Ascension), Kindred Health and Hamilton Health Sciences — to automate                           revenue potential while
              Services (CMS) administers government                                                                   processes using our expert content and case management services. Our Aromi                      minimizing regulatory and
              health programs for millions of Americans.                                                              enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution helps the Hospital District of Helsinki                competitive impacts.
              CGI helps CMS provide digital access to these                                                           and Uusimaa (HUS), Finland meet the institutional and dietary needs of patients,
                                                                                                                      and our ERP managed services support Plexxus, a consortium of hospital
   16                                                                                                                 purchasing organizations in Canada.                                                                                             17
INSURANCE                                                                                                                                                                                            2019–2020 INSIGHTS TO ACTION

                                                                Digital-driven.
                                                              Insights-focused.                                                                                                                                   Serving as a
                                                                                                                                                                                                              property and casualty
                                                                                                                                                                                                                insurer of choice

                                                                 Modernized.
                                                                                                                                                                                                            CGI is Canada’s largest supplier
                                                                                                                                                                                                             of electronic data to property
                                                                                                                                                                                                           and casualty (P&C) insurers. More
                                                                                                                                                                                                              than 80% of P&C insurers in
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Canada use our Insurance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Information Services.

                                                              CGI is a trusted advisor to life, property
                                                              and casualty, and health insurers,
                                                              including 7 of the top 10 global                      Driving more value from data
                                                              insurers. Our 5,000+ insurance                        Insurers want more customer insight        intelligence, CGI evaluated             has a deeper understanding of the
                                                              consultants deliver comprehensive                     to better define risk profiles, improve    350,000 customer relationships,         customer experience, as well as
                                                                                                                    customer journey management and            revealing customer segments             the variables that affect customer
                                                              capabilities across all insurance                     link services across the value chain as    that warranted special attention        relationships. The company is now
                                                              operations, including policy, claims,                 their supplier ecosystem expands.          and supporting the development          better able to anticipate the actions
                                                                                                                    LocalTapiola, a large Finnish insurer,     of specific outreach actions for        of hundreds of thousands of
                                                              billing and compliance administration,                for example, wanted to gain a better       each segment.                           customers and identify new target
                                                              to 200+ clients worldwide, helping                    understanding of its customers by                                                  groups for marketing, as well as
                                                                                                                                                               The result has been new customer
                                                              them deliver digital services, derive                 analyzing a vast store of available        insights that have led to improved      deliver a more personalized
                                                                                                                    data. Using advanced analytics,                                                    experience for individual customers.
                                                              value from data and simplify IT.                      machine learning and artificial
                                                                                                                                                               decision-making. LocalTapiola now

           Client insights. CGI action.
           In 2019, we met face-to-face with 119 insurance executives to learn about their top trends,
           priorities and challenges.

           What we heard from clients                         How we partner to help them succeed
           Industry trends: Responding to fast-shifting       Implementing digital technologies that drive new
           consumer product and digital service               products and services and a digital customer
           expectations                                       experience
           Business priorities: Deriving value from           Using advanced analytics, machine learning and
           data to improve underwriting and customer          artificial intelligence to provide a deep knowledge
           evaluation and to drive profitable growth          of customer behavior and preferences
           IT priorities: Rationalizing, simplifying and      Delivering managed IT services that drive
           modernizing applications and infrastructure        automated, agile and cost-efficient IT
                                                              environments

            Delivering a better customer experience                                                                 Simplifying and automating processes and systems
            Policyholders increasingly expect a retail-like    artificial intelligence-driven chatbots, for         IT modernization is a top priority         We help insurers become digital         One example is our ongoing work
            experience in searching for and purchasing         example, transforms customer communications          for insurers as they seek to drive         organizations across all areas of their with MAPFRE Insurance, a U.S.
            insurance products and services. CGI is working    through contextual awareness, dialogue               business agility, operational              business, including people, processes subsidiary of global insurer MAPFRE
            with insurers across the globe to improve the      switching and omni-channel management                excellence and cost reduction.             and technology. From building           Group, the 10th largest insurance
            customer journey with a focus on customer          capabilities. In addition, our industry-leading      We work with insurers to simplify          roadmaps, to implementing strategies, company in Europe. A CGI client for
            and agent centricity, along with delivering        Ratabase rating solution, implemented by             and automate their processes and           to designing and managing core          40-plus years, MAPFRE extended its
            tailored omni-channel solutions.                   100+ insurers worldwide, significantly enhances      systems in core areas, including           systems transformation, we deliver      contract for multi-shore application
           Through legacy modernization and digital            the customer and agent experience by                 underwriting, policy administration,       comprehensive services that drive       managed services in 2019 as it
           technologies, we help insurers transition to        improving the speed, accuracy and cost of            and billing and claims management,         digitization across the enterprise.     continues to evolve its operations
           customer-centric models and omni-channel            rating, pricing and underwriting.                    using advanced digital technologies                                                through digital technologies to drive
           distribution. Our platform for building                                                                  such as robotic process automation,                                                competitive advantage.
                                                                                                                    artificial intelligence, the Internet of
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MANUFACTURING                                                                                                                                                                                         2019–2020 INSIGHTS TO ACTION

                                                            Digital-driven.
                                                            Data-powered.
                                                           Customer-centric.

         Approximately 7,000 CGI consultants work alongside 700+ manufacturing
         clients to help implement end-to-end strategies and leverage Industry
         4.0 technologies to become smart, connected and agile enterprises. We are
         a trusted adviser to top automotive, mining and metal, chemical and aerospace
         manufacturers around the world and have partnered with our top
         10 manufacturing clients for an average of 27 years.
                                                                                                                    Digitizing and automating the supply chain to enhance the customer experience
                                                                                                                    To address rising customer expectations, manufacturers are looking to
                                                                                                                    implement intelligent, connected supply chains that support collaboration
         Client insights. CGI action.                                                                               and provide real-time transparency across the supply chain.                             Seasoned experts
                                                                                                                                                                                                          helping clients succeed
                                                                                                                    We work closely with clients to identify and develop new digital supply chain
         In 2019, we met face-to-face with 167 manufacturing executives to learn about their top trends,                                                                                                        end-to-end
                                                                                                                    solutions through our consulting and IT modernization services. For example,
         priorities and challenges.
                                                                                                                    we helped the Czech Republic’s leading spirits provider, Stock Plzen-             Our 2,800 supply chain consultants
                                                                                                                    Bozkov, digitize and automate its distribution process, enabling real-time        and dedicated global delivery center
         What we heard from clients                         How we partner to help them succeed                     delivery status and automatic inventory updates. This has streamlined the         of excellence located in Lyon, France,
                                                                                                                    supply chain, ensuring the product is always available to the end consumer,            accelerate supply chain and
         Industry trends: Becoming digital                  Helping organizations become more agile,                                                                                                    ecosystem digitization for clients
                                                                                                                    while also freeing up employees to spend time on higher value-add work
         organizations to meet customer expectations        cost-efficient and customer-centric through                                                                                                       worldwide through an
                                                                                                                    such as improved quality assurance. We also helped Michelin, the second
                                                            IT modernization and managed IT services                                                                                                        enterprise‑wide approach.
                                                                                                                    largest tire manufacturer in the world and recognized leader in sustainable
         Business priorities: Optimizing operations         Optimizing, transforming and connecting supply          mobility, modernize its supply chain, while embedding innovation and
         to improve productivity, agility and               chains to drive agility, competitiveness and            harnessing the benefits of lean-agile and DevOps transformation.
         speed to market                                    manufacturing excellence
         IT priorities: Digitizing processes and            Digitizing, securing and modernizing core
         integrating systems to reduce costs, improve       systems and supporting collaboration to improve
         agility and enhance the customer experience        customer satisfaction across the ecosystem              Driving innovation and optimization to reduce operational costs and improve agility
                                                                                                                    for better collaboration
                                                                                                                    In today’s globalized environment, manufacturers are looking to become more agile and to drive forward an IT
         Modernizing services and systems and evolving business models to become
                                                                                                                    transformation agenda, one that digitizes processes and integrates systems to deliver an improved customer
         more customer-centric                                                                                      experience.
         To achieve true digital transformation,           “ We will take advantage of CGI’s expertise in
                                                                                                                    With the Salesforce-connected,
         manufacturers want to ensure they have the          harnessing new technologies to drive value for our     CGI Bolt solution, manufacturers
         right IT landscape in place, one that enables       business and customers. IT service delivery is CGI’s   such as Carrier, a world leader
         and supports digitization. Through CGI’s            core business, while our core business involves        in heating, air conditioning and
         consulting, IT modernization and managed IT         urban development, construction and related            refrigeration solutions, use data from
         services, manufacturers are transforming from       services. With each company doing what it does         IoT-connected devices to provide
         product- to customer-centric organizations.         best, we will achieve significant cost savings,        customers with a clear status of
         We supported car manufacturer Daimler AG            improve the end user experience for our IT services,   assets, supporting real-time service
         in executing its strategic plan to transition       and gain access to the best possible support for       and offering next-level customer
         from an automobile manufacturer to a mobility       the digital transformation of our business.”           experience. We also helped Dutch
         services provider by helping to build a ride-      Esa Nykänen                                             farm animal feeds supplier,
         sharing app called “flinc.” We are helping YIT,    Chief Information Officer, YIT,                         ABZ Diervoeding, modernize its
         Finland’s largest construction company,            Helsinki, Finland                                       Frisian Stroobos plant using our
         modernize and harmonize its end-user                                                                       Manufacturing Execution System
         services, and build a new IT services delivery                                                             (MES) expertise that has led to a
         model using digital self-service and                                                                       50% annual increase in production
         automation technologies.                                                                                   volume and improved sustainability
                                                                                                                    and quality of the end product.

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OIL AND GAS                                                                                                                                                                                           2019–2020 INSIGHTS TO ACTION

                                                                  Data-driven.
                                                                 Digital-focused.
                                                                   Optimized.
                                                                 Globally, 2,000 CGI consultants help
                                                                 oil and gas companies across
                                                                 upstream, midstream, downstream
                                                                 and renewables operations to
                                                                 advance their digital journeys and
                                                                 optimize business outcomes. We
                                                                 partner with them to improve their
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Serving as Shell’s
                                                                 asset uptime and utilization, customer                                                                                                          strategic partner
                                                                 focus, fuel transaction efficiency, data            Optimizing operations to reduce costs and drive investments                                   for 30+ years
                                                                                                                     in innovation                                                                         More than 1,500 consultants work
                                                                 and information access, seamless                                                                                                             alongside Shell worldwide,
                                                                 global collaboration, compliance and                Oil and gas companies must optimize operations to increase profits and free             delivering strategic consulting,
                                                                                                                     up investment capacity for innovation. CGI’s digital accelerators help clients            IT modernization through
                                                                 ultimately profit generation.                       achieve greater efficiency in all lines of business, including fleet management.        application development and
                                                                                                                     Keeping vehicle fleets on the road while holding down costs is a complex               support services, and managed
                                                                                                                     endeavor, and fleet managers need visibility and control of fuel and                            IT and business
                                                                                                                     vehicle‑related expenditures. CGI provides international energy company                        process services.

            Client insights. CGI action.                                                                             Shell and its customers with an end-to-end fuel payments system that
                                                                                                                     enables them to manage their commercial fleets across the world.
            In 2019, we met face-to-face with 41 oil and gas executives to learn about their top trends,
            priorities and challenges.

            What we heard from clients                           How we partner to help them succeed                 Improving quality and efficiency through managed services                          Oil and gas clients use CGI’s local
            Industry trends: Harnessing business value           Applying advanced analytics and intelligent                                                                                            and global delivery capabilities
            from increasing amounts of data                      automation to gain better insights from data to                                                                                        to improve the quality and efficiency
                                                                 improve operations and business outcomes                                                                                               of their IT operations. Increasingly,
                                                                                                                                                                                                        we apply process automation,
            Business priorities: Optimizing operations to        Developing and implementing effective roadmaps                                                                                         chatbots, advanced analytics and
            increase productivity, agility and speed             for IT modernization and new IT delivery models                                                                                        machine learning to deliver faster
            to market                                            to increase agility, collaboration and innovation                                                                                      and more personalized services.
            IT priorities: Driving operational efficiency and    Delivering managed IT and business process                                                                                             For international energy company
            excellence to enable greater innovation              services to optimize operations, reduce costs,                                                                                         Equinor (formerly Statoil), CGI has
                                                                 and improve the customer experience                                                                                                    worked to evolve end-user support
                                                                                                                                                                                                        services to meet changing user
                                                                                                                                                                                                        needs over the past 15 years. We
            Using data and advanced technology to make exploration more efficient                                                                                                                       will continue to digitize and automate
            Data is the cornerstone for digital transformation                                                                                                                                          these services, taking advantage of
            across all oil and gas business lines. CGI’s                                                                                                                                                new technology to improve service
            consulting and integration expertise helps                                                                                                                                                  delivery on an ongoing basis.
            clients harness data to improve business results.                                                                                                                                           In addition, as oil and gas majors
            In upstream operations, we apply deep learning                      CGI solutions and                                                                                                       increasingly target diversification
            combined with large amounts of data to yield                        services support:                                                                                                       into renewable energies and
            valuable insights for exploration.                                 All oil and gas majors                                                                                                   low-carbon developments,
            For example, CGI helped Aker BP, one of the                     1,000+ upstream exploration                                                                                                 CGI supports the energy transition
            largest independent oil companies in Europe,                     and production applications                                                                                                with decades of experience and
            use advanced technology such as machine                              1.5 billion fuel card                                                                                                  innovative solutions to support
            learning in an effort to help streamline the                      transactions processed                                                                                                    renewables operations and connect
            time-consuming search for oil and gas on the                               per year                                                                                                         customers with new energy
            seabed. This project confirmed the possibility of                                                                                                                                           business services.
            using image recognition and deep learning,
            together with 3D seismic data from the seabed,
            to recognize and predict faults and horizons.
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RETAIL AND                                                                                                                                                                                                2019–2020 INSIGHTS TO ACTION
CONSUMER SERVICES

                                                                    Real-time.
                                                                   Personalized.
                                                                      Agile.                                                                                                                                       Advancing the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                customer experience
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Our 800+ customer
                                                                                                                                                                                                               experience management
                                                                                                                                                                                                               experts help clients deliver
                                                                                                                                                                                                              innovative, personalized and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 secure omni-channel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      experiences.
                                                              CGI’s 6,000 retail and consumer
                                                              services consultants support more
                                                              than 800 clients globally. We are a
                                                              trusted adviser to some of the world’s
                                                              leading consumer packaged goods,
                                                              wholesale and consumer services
                                                              companies, and have partnered
                                                              with our top 10 clients for an                        Modernizing systems to reinvent the customer journey in the digital age
                                                              average of 15 years.                                  In the face of intensifying competition, retailers are       “ CGI’s scale and competencies help accelerate our pace in
                                                                                                                    looking to become more agile and responsive to                 digitizing the hospitality business… . This enables us to foster
                                                                                                                    customer needs, and provide the best possible customer         digital relationships with our customers. Moreover, CGI
                                                                                                                    experience across touchpoints.                                 provides consulting with respect to our strategies around
          Client insights. CGI action.                                                                              Recently, we helped Hospitality Digital, a digital             cloud, data security, microservices-based architecture and
                                                                                                                    solutions incubator and business unit of METRO AG,             integration, CRM and big data, thus enabling HD to harvest
          In 2019, we met face-to-face with 153 retail and consumer services executives to learn about their
                                                                                                                    revamp and scale its website building tool using a             added value from our digital assets. CGI is a reliable partner
          top trends, priorities and challenges.
                                                                                                                    microservices architecture. We also built an online            blending with our start-up culture.”
                                                                                                                    reservation tool for the platform, helping more than          Kay Schwabedal
          What we heard from clients                           How we partner to help them succeed
                                                                                                                    150,000 users across 14 countries win more customers.         CEO, Hospitality Digital,
          Industry trends: Becoming digital                    Providing end-to-end services across the retail                                                                    Düsseldorf, Germany
                                                                                                                    In addition, through CGI’s in-depth performance testing
          organizations to meet customer expectations          value chain to digitally enable a best-in-class      and consulting expertise, we advanced and accelerated
                                                               customer experience                                  the rollout of chip payments to apparel and home fashions
          Business priorities: Improving the customer          Streamlining operations, becoming agile and          retailer TJX Companies’ 3,000 stores in the U.S., which
          experience and optimizing today’s operations         driving value from data to provide real-time         helps to deliver a fast, efficient and secure checkout and
                                                               and personalized customer experiences                payment process.

          IT priorities: Improving the customer                Leveraging data and advanced technologies to
          experience, driving IT modernization and             improve the experience on the front-end and
          delivering the benefits of data insights             optimize processes on the back-end
                                                                                                                    Optimizing systems and automating processes
                                                                                                                    to enhance the customer experience
          Delivering end-to-end services and innovative solutions                                                   Retailers view operational optimization across the
          to drive the future of retail                                                                             value chain as critical to driving efficiency, increasing
                                                                                                                    differentiation and improving the customer experience.
          Retailers seek a comprehensive approach to           In addition to managed services, our solutions
          digitally transform that includes integrating        serve as digital accelerators, such as CGI Retail    Our experts help clients build new operating models to
          new technologies and modernizing and                 Xp360, to help clients enhance service and           implement technologies, including robotic process
          managing IT systems. For instance, by selecting      customer engagement by obtaining a single            automation, to achieve greater accuracy, increased
          CGI to perform its managed IT infrastructure         view of customers, prices and promotions.            efficiency and higher satisfaction. For example, we
          services, the Finnish national betting agency,                                                            partnered with cosmetic retailer Rituals to fully
          Veikkaus, will drive growth and meet the            “ Competition in digital gaming is getting more       standardize store automation and applications for
          challenges of intensifying competition in digital     intense. We’re developing Veikkaus as an operator   approximately 1,000 of its stores around the world.
          gaming. With our managed IT and business              that succeeds also in international competition.    This project helps the company open stores faster, link
          process services, clients benefit from                For that we need an ICT partner and architecture    applications with back-office systems and generate
          immediate cost savings, enabling them to              that support the rapid development cycle of         valuable insight on in-store performance and the
          reinvest in and drive forward their business          digital multichannel games.”                        buyer journey.
          transformation.
                                                               Timo Paajanen
                                                               Vice President, ICT Service Operations
24                                                             and Infrastructure, Veikkaus Oy,                                                                                                                                                25
                                                               Vantaa, Finland
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