– FRANCE, Issy-les-Moulineaux – Orange (EPA: ORA), today announced the appointments of Jacques Aschenbroich and Valérie Beaulieu-James to its Board as Independent Directors.
Jacques Aschenbroich was also elected as the Non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors.
In addition, the Board confirmed Christel Heydemann as CEO and Ramon Fernandez as Delegate CEO.
About Jacques Aschenbroich
Jacques Aschenbroich is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Orange and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Valeo. Before this, he was the CEO of the Valeo Group from March 2009 to February 2016, then Chairman and CEO until January 2022. His extensive experience has been gained in senior roles in major industrial groups, in France and internationally, and also in senior roles in the French public administration.
Before joining Valeo, having graduated as an engineer from the Corps des Mines, he held several roles in the French public administration and served in the Prime Minister’s office in 1987 and 1988. He then pursued his career at the Saint-Gobain group between 1988 and 2008. After heading the group’s businesses in Brazil and Germany, he became Managing Director of the Compagnie de Saint-Gobain’s Flat Glass division (Saint-Gobain Vitrage) of which he became Chairman in 1996. Then, as SVP of the Compagnie de Saint-Gobain from October 2001 to December 2008, he managed the flat glass and high-performance materials sectors from January 2007 and, as the Vice-Chairman of Saint-Gobain Corporation and General Delegate to the United States and Canada, he led the company’s US operations from 1 September 2007.
Jacques Aschenbroich is a former Board member of Veolia Environnement and is currently a Board member of BNP Paribas and of TotalEnergies. He is also the Chairman of the Board of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Mines ParisTech and Co-President of the Franco-Japanese Business Club.
About Valérie Beaulieu‑James
Valérie Beaulieu‑James, born in 1967, has been Executive Director in charge of sales and marketing of the Adecco group since November 16, 2020. Valérie Beaulieu began her career as a journalist at Radio France and the French daily newspaper Ouest France. She was Director of Marketing at ECS-Allium from 1991 to 1996. Valérie Beaulieu-James then joined Microsoft where she held various management positions in marketing and sales in North America, Asia, and Europe for more than 20 years. Since 1996, she has notably assumed the functions of COO and CMO of the Advertising activity, of General Manager of Asia-Pacific for partners and small and medium-sized enterprises; and finally, from October 2018 to October 2020, of Marketing Director of Microsoft US. Since January 2015, Valérie Beaulieu‑James has been a Foreign Trade Advisor for France. She has also been a Director and member of the Audit and Risk Committee of ISS A/S since April 2020. Since May 19, 2022, she is Director and Board member at Orange.
Valerie Beaulieu‑James holds a master’s degree in English from the University of Haute‑Bretagne and a degree in international business from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of La Réunion.
About Orange
Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators with sales of 42.5 billion euros in 2021 and 137,000 employees worldwide on 31 March 2022, including 76,000 employees in France. The Group has a total customer base of 278 million customers worldwide on 31 March 2022, including 232 million mobile customers and 24 million fixed broadband customers. The Group is present in 26 countries. Orange is also a leading provider of global IT and telecommunication services to multinational companies under the brand Orange Business Services. In December 2019, the Group presented its new “Engage 2025” strategic plan, which, guided by social and environmental accountability, aims to reinvent its operator model. While accelerating in growth areas and placing data and AI at the heart of its innovation model, the Group will be an attractive and responsible employer, adapted to emerging professions.
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