off topic - but fyi Orange reshuffles its African (Francophone) CEOs.
> *PRESS RELEASE* > * * > *Chief Executive Officers appointed in seven France Telecom-Orange > subsidiaries in Africa and the Middle East* > * * > */Niger, Madagascar, Mali, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal, Jordan/**//* > * * > PARIS, France, September 20, 2012/ *-- *In agreement with its > local partners, Orange (http://www.orange.com > <http://www.orange.com/>) has appointed the following Chief > Executive Officers in seven of its African and Middle Eastern > subsidiaries: > > - Brelotte Ba is appointed Chief Executive Officer of > Orange Niger, succeeding Jean-Louis Branco; > > - Michel Barré is appointed Chief Executive Officer of > Orange Madagascar, succeeding Jean-Luc Bohé; > > - Jean-Luc Bohé is appointed Chief Executive Officer of > Orange Mali, succeeding Alioune Ndiaye; > > - Didier Charvet is appointed Chief Executive Officer of > Orange Tunisia, succeeding Thierry Marigny; > > - Nathalie Clere is appointed Deputy Chief Executive > Officer of Mauritius Telecom, succeeding Jean-François Thomas; > > - Alioune Ndiaye is appointed Chief Executive Officer of > Sonatel in Senegal, succeeding Cheikh Tidiane Mbaye; and > > - Jean-François Thomas is appointed Chief Executive > Officer of Jordan Telecom, succeeding Nayla Khawam. > > Logo > Orange: > http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/orange-logo.jpg > > These appointments fall within the Groups international mobility > policy and, in each case, were made at the end of the terms of the > departing Chief Executive Officers. > > All of the appointments will be effective by October 1, 2012. > > Marc Rennard, Senior Executive Vice President of France > Telecom-Orange for Africa, the Middle East and Asia, offered the > following comments: All of the new Chief Executive Officers have > substantial international experience in the telecommunications > sector. I am confident in their ability to continue to develop the > activities of these seven subsidiaries, where we operate under the > Orange brand. I also wish to extend my heartfelt thanks to each of > their predecessors, who made significant contributions to the > growth and solid economic performance of their companies. > Development in Africa and the Middle East, where the Group is > present in 20 countries, is a major goal for Orange, which has set > its sights on reaching 7 billion euros in revenues in the region > by 2015. > > > *Biographies* > > *Brelotte Ba*, the new CEO of Orange Niger, graduated from the > École Polytechnique of Paris and from the École des Ponts et > Chaussées. He joined Orange in 2001, successively holding a number > of executive management positions, in particular Director of > Financial Controlling of Sonatel and Marketing Director of Orange > Guinée in 2007. He was named CEO of Orange Bissau in 2008. > > *Michel Barré*, the new CEO of Madagascar, graduated from the > Institut National des Telecommunications and from Télécom Paris; > he also holds an Executive MBA from HEC. He has more than 35 years > of experience in the France Telecom-Orange Group. In particular, > he was Director of Operations and Development of Mobistar, CEO of > Telemate, then Human Resources Director of Transpac. From October > 2007, he was Director of the Eastern Africa, Pacific and Indian > Ocean Zone for the AMEA Division. > > *Jean-Luc Bohé*, the new CEO of Orange Mali, graduated from the > Institut National des Télécoms. He has nearly 20 years of > experience with Orange. After a rewarding career on the technical > side as Director of an Operational Unit and then in the marketing > and sales field, Jean-Luc Bohé was appointed CEO of Orange > Madagascar in 2007, a position he has held until now. > > *Didier Charvet*, the new CEO of Orange Tunisia, is a graduate of > the École Polytechnique of Paris and of the École Nationale > Supérieure des Telecommunications with 24 years of experience at > France Telecom-Orange. He has held executive management positions > in several countries (including Egypt, Mexico, the Netherlands and > Switzerland) and has had responsibilities in fixed and mobile > operations, networks, customer relations, the wholesale business, > supplier relations, international partnerships and local authority > relations. > > *Nathalie Clere*, the new Deputy CEO of Mauritius Telecom, > graduated from the University of Grenoble and holds a MBA from > Euromed Management. After working for Telediffusion de France > (TDF) in Paris and then for Thomson in Singapore, where she headed > up Consumer Products Division, she joined France Telecom-Orange in > 1994. She held a succession of management positions, most notably > in France, Lebanon and Portugal, before being named Director of > France Telecom-Oranges operations in Poland, where she > coordinated relations between the France Telecom group and TP. > > *Alioune Ndiaye*, the new CEO of Sonatel, graduated from the > Institut National des Télécommunications in Evry and holds a DESS > degree in Telecommunications Management from the Paris-Dauphine > University. He has 26 years of experience in the > telecommunications sector. In particular, he worked in the > financial field, first as Director of Financial Controlling and > then as Chief Financial Officer of Sonatel. He then led the Orange > Mali subsidiary from its creation in 2002, making it the leading > operator in its market. > > *Jean-François Thomas*, the new CEO of Jordan Telecom, is a > graduate of the École Polytechnique of Paris and of the École > Nationale Supérieure des Telecommunications and has 25 years of > experience at France Telecom-Orange. He was CEO of France Telecom > Japan for 5 years, then he worked as Asia Director of France > Telecom Long Distance in Hong Kong before becoming the Regional > Director for Alsace. He was named Deputy CEO of Mauritius Telecom > in 2008, a position he has held up until now. > > /Distributed by the African Press Organization on behalf of Orange./ > > > *About Orange* > France Telecom-Orange (http://www.orange.com > <http://www.orange.com/>) is one of the worlds leading > telecommunications operators with sales of 45.3 billion euros for > 2011 and has 170,000 employees worldwide at 30 June 2012, > including 105,000 employees in France. Present in 33 countries, > the Group has a total customer base of 224 million customers at 30 > June 2012, including 166 million mobile customers and 15 million > broadband internet (ADSL, fibre) customers worldwide. Orange is > one of the main European operators for mobile and broadband > internet services and, under the brand Orange Business Services, > is one of the world leaders in providing telecommunication > services to multinational companies. > > With its industrial project, "conquests 2015", Orange is > simultaneously addressing its employees, customers and > shareholders, as well as the society in which the company > operates, through a concrete set of action plans. These > commitments are expressed through a new vision of human resources > for employees; through the deployment of a network infrastructure > upon which the Group will build its future growth; through the > Group's ambition to offer a superior customer experience thanks in > particular to improved quality of service; and through the > acceleration of international development. > > France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris > (compartment A) and on the New York Stock Exchange. > For more information (on the internet and on your > mobile): http://www.orange.com > <http://www.orange.com/>, http://www.orange-business.com > <http://www.orange-business.com/>, http://www.orange-innovation.tv > <http://www.orange-innovation.tv/> > or to follow us on Twitter: @presseorange. > Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in > this material are trade marks of Orange Brand Services Limited, > Orange France or France Telecom.
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