PARIS (Reuters) – Orange, France’s biggest telecoms operator, on Friday named Christel Heydemann as its new chief executive, making her the first woman to lead the former monopoly amid a revamp of its governance, Orange’s outgoing CEO tweeted on Friday.
“Very happy to welcome Christel Heydemann, future CEO of Orange. A woman with professional and human qualities that will allow her to meet the group’s challenges with the help of our main wealth: our teams worldwide,” Stephane Richard said.
Heydemann https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/christel-heydemann-course-become-next-orange-ceo-sources-2022-01-23 will move to Orange from French electric equipment group Schneider Electric.
The 47-year old Heydemann, a former graduate of France’s elite engineering school Polytechnique, will replace Stephane Richard https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/orange-ceos-future-doubt-after-misuse-public-funds-conviction-2021-11-24 at the helm of the state-controlled group after a court convicted him of complicity of misuse of public funds.
Richard, who has led Orange for the past 12 years, denies any wrongdoing.
(Reporting by Mathieu Rosemain; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta/Ingrid Melander)
