French
national, Stéphane Richard was born in 1961. He graduated from the highly
regarded École national d’administration (ENA) in 1987. Stéphane also earned a
degree from the École des hautes etudes commerciales (HEC) in Paris.
Between
1992 and 2003 he was Deputy Chief Financial Officer of Compagnie Générale des
Eaux, the main French water supplier; Chief Executive of property corporation
Compagnie Immobilére Phénix; and Chairman of CGIS (a major property corporation
and service provider) which is now Nexity.
From
2003 to 2007, Stéphane was Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Veolia Environment
and Chief Executive Officer of Veolia Transport, two divisions of a service and
utility transnational company. During the same period he also became a Director
of France Télécom. Stéphane was
appointed Chief of Staff of the French Minister for the Economy, Industry, and
Employment in 2007. He held the post until 2009.
He
joined the Orange Group in September 2009. Stéphane was appointed Deputy Chief
Executive Operations Officer on October 5, 2009. He became a corporate officer
as Associate Chief Executive on January 1, 2010 and was appointed Chief
Executive Officer of Orange Group on March 1, 2010. Stéphane has served as
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since March 1, 2011.
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