Altran Technologies SA has appointed Christopher Miles as group vice-president of consulting services, to lead the newly created Altran Consulting. Chris Miles will be reporting to Pascal Brier, EVP Strategy & Innovation. Miles was previously vice president of Consulting Services at Altran North America. In his new role, Miles will drive the formation of an engineering and R&D consulting organization for Altran, in direct support of the Altran 2020. Ignition strategic plan. Miles' focus will be to bring together the global industry and technology expertise of Altran into a unified set of practices.