Michel Combes
| Michel Combes | |
|---|---|
 Bell Labs Prize winners, 2014. From left to right: Marcus Weldon (Bell Labs President), Eva Rajo-Iglesias, Patrick Reynaert, Matilde Sánchez-Fernández, Emmanuel Abbe, and Michel Combes (then Alcatel-Lucent CEO) | |
| Born |
March 29, 1962 Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Residence | Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Education |
École Polytechnique Télécom ParisTech Paris Dauphine University |
| Occupation | CEO |
| Employer |
France Telecom (2003-2006) Vodafone (2008-2012) Alcatel-Lucent (2013-2015) SFR (2015-present) |
| Website | Official biography |
Michel Combes (born March 29, 1962) is a French businessman and the current CEO of French telecommunications company SFR.
Early life and education
Michel Combes was born March 29, 1962. He attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris, then graduated from École Polytechnique in 1983,[1] Télécom ParisTech, Paris Dauphine University and Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Cnam).[2]
Career
After several jobs in ministries, at France Télécom and at TDF, he was CEO of Vodafone Europe from 2008 to 2012.[3]
On February 22, 2013, the Alcatel-Lucent board of directors appointed Michel Combes as the company’s CEO, succeeding Ben Verwaayen (effective April 1).[4] On June 19, 2013, Combes announced plans to focus Alcatel-Lucent's operations on networking products and high-speed broadband in order to cut costs by 1 billion euros by 2015.[5]
Personal life
He has two children.
References
- ↑ (French) École polytechnique, search tool
- ↑ Michel Combes, in Who's Who in France, 2009
- ↑ "LSA : Biographie de Michel Combes" (in French).
- ↑ Alcatel-Lucent names Michel Combes as CEO Reuters, February 22nd 2013
- ↑ "New CEO begins Alcatel makeover".
External links
| Business positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Ben Verwaayen |
CEO of Alcatel-Lucent 2013–2015 |
Succeeded by TBA |