Orange (EPA:ORA) has made a raft of executive changes across the business in line with its ‘Essentiels2020’ strategic plan to take effect from 1 March 2016.
Orange (EPA:ORA) has made a raft of executive changes across the business in line with its ‘Essentiels2020’ strategic plan to take effect from 1 March 2016.
The standout announcement is that of Bruno Mettling’s appointment as deputy CEO of Orange’s AMEA (Africa and the Middle East) unit, which puts him in charge of the region. His second in command will be Jean-Marc Vignolles, who joins from Orange Spain after eight years in Madrid. Vignolles has been made COO of AMEA.
Mettling takes over the role from Marc Rennard, who will draw upon his experience gained rolling-out Orange Money in AMEA in his new position as deputy CEO in charge of customer experience and mobile financial services.
Vignolles’ successor in Spain will be Laurent Paillassot, Orange’s deputy CEO of customer experience and mobile banking. Orange Spain, which represents more than 10% of the French group’s revenue following its acquisition of Jazztel, “intends to list” at some point, Vignolles said in early September.
Elsewhere, Jérôme Barré will be appointed senior executive vice president in charge of human resources and Thierry Bonhomme, in charge of Orange Business Services, will also become a deputy CEO.
Stéphane Richard, Orange’s chairman and CEO, commented: “These changes will take effect on 1 March 2016 in order to allow for the completion of certain particularly important projects for the group, such as the preparation of our mobile banking offer and the integration of Jazztel.
“I also wanted the coming months to be devoted to the preparation and organisation of this transition, so that it can take place in an efficient and coherent manner, and so that the new organisation will be fully operational from day one.”
