France Telecom

Jean-Jacques Damlamian is France Telecom's chief operating officer of the Corporate Technology and Development Division, a position he has held since 1995. He is in charge of corporate strategy, international development, research laboratories and information systems. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Damlamian served as executive vice president, Marketing and Sales at France Telecom since 1991. Mr. Damlamian began his career at France Telecom in 1973 at the CNET (Centre National d'Etudes des Telecommunications), France Telecom's Research and Development Center. Throughout the early part of his career, he held various management positions in France Telecom's corporate, sales and marketing, and regional divisions. From 1983 to 1988, Mr. Damlamian served as vice president, International Networks and from 1988-1989, he headed the Mobile Communications Group and launched the Orange GSM program. From 1989 to 1991, he was France Telecom's executive vice president, Industrial and International Affairs, leading the group's accelerated international development. He initiated France Telecom's foreign investment policy with the acquisition of equity stakes in Telecom Argentina and Telmex (Mexico). Mr. Damlamian, born in 1942, received degrees from the Ecole Polytechnique, France's leading engineering school (class of 1961) and the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications (1966). He is an Ingenieur General des Telecommunications and has also been named Officier de l'Ordre National du Merite and Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Legion d'Honneur.

Appointed as the France Telecom Group’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer on February 27, 2005, he is also a director at Thomson and Thales and a member of the supervisory board at Radiall and ST Microelectronics. Didier Lombard joined the Group in 2003 as Executive Senior Vice President, in charge of Technologies, Strategic Partnerships and New Usages for France Telecom. Between 1988 and 2003, he worked with the French ministry for research and technology and the ministry for the economy, finance and industry, and was then founding chairman of the French agency for international investment. He began his career in 1967 at France Telecom’s CNET (currently Research and Development Division), where he worked on developing new products for France Telecom on satellites, electronic components and wireless systems. Didier Lombard is a graduate from École Polytechnique and École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, was born in 1942 and is married with three sons.

Louis-Pierre Wenes is a member of the Group Management Committee, in charge of Group Sourcing, Transformation, Home LoB and France, and joined the France Telecom Group in January 2003 as Senior Vice President of Sourcing and Performance Improvement. After being appointed Vice President at A.T. Kearney and heading up its Paris office since 1996, he joined Coopers & Lybrand in 1989 as a partner responsible for the industrial and logistics sector, after several years spent in industry. He began his career in 1972 at Matra Automobile. Louis-Pierre Wenes is a graduate from École Centrale de Paris, and was born in 1949.

Barbara Dalibard is a member of the Group Management Committee, in charge of Enterprise Communication Services. Before being appointed to head up the Enterprise Communication Services Division in April 2004, she had been in charge of the Corporate Solutions Division since January 2003. She has also been Chairman and CEO of Equant since August 2005, after serving as Director of Business Markets for Orange France and Vice-President of Orange Business in 2001. In 1998, Barbara Dalibard joined Alcanet International S.A.S., a subsidiary of the Alcatel Group, as Chairman, before becoming the Commercial Director for New Operators and then Sales Director for France at Alcatel CIT. She began her career in 1982 within the France Telecom Group. Barbara Dalibard is a graduate from École Normale Supérieure, has a masters in mathematics and a degree from École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, and was born in 1958.

Georges Penalver is a member of the Group Management Committee, in charge of Group Strategy & Development. Before joining France Telecom in 2005, he was deputy Chief Executive Officer at SAGEM Communication (SAFRAN Group), where he developed SAGEM’s broadband communications business from 2002 to 2005, overseeing the launch of new fixed and mobile product offerings as well as the company's industrial deployment in Tunisia, Asia and Eastern Europe and the development of sales networks in Europe, China, South-East Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Africa and America. Appointed to serve on SAGEM’s Management Board in 2001, he notably accompanied the mass development of mobile and internet services. Georges Penalver is a graduate from École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers in Aix en Provence (gold medal, 1974) and École Nationale Supérieure de Télécommunications in Paris (1980) and was born in 1956.

Olaf Swantee is a member of the Group Management Committee, in charge of the company's mobile businesses worldwide and the operational and financial performance of France Telecom Group businesses in Europe and Egypt. Previously Senior Vice President at Hewlett-Packard, responsible for enterprise sales and software in EMEA, Olaf was part of the team that steered HP through consolidation to become the leading global IT company. Olaf has 17 years experience in the IT industry, holding senior leadership, sales and marketing positions with Compaq and Digital Equipment Corporation in Europe and the United States. He has worked at the country, European and global levels and has considerable experience of driving international business leadership in mature markets. Born in 1966, Olaf is a Dutch national. He holds a BA in Economics and received his European MBA from EAP (Ecole Européenne des Affaires) in Paris in 1989.

Olivier Barberot is a member of the Group Management Committee, in charge of Human Resources and Poland, and joined the Group in March 2003 as Executive Senior Vice President of Development and Optimization of Human Competencies. Since March 2004, he has been in charge of Management Networks and Internal Communications. From 1985 to 2003, Olivier Barberot served as General Secretary for the Futuroscope in Poitier, General Secretary for CGI, General Secretary for Université Léonard de Vinci, then Executive Committee member and Senior Vice President Human Resources for the Thomson Group (formerly Thomson Multimédia). Olivier Barberot is a graduate from École des Mines de Paris, and was born in 1954.

Allyson Kilbrai works at France Telecom's R&D Division as a Program Manager of a team developing the group strategy for machine-to-machine (M2M) technlogies. Allyson has been a member of the Board of Directors of Theseus Institute since 2000, and is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Centre d'Etudes et de Cooperation avec le Canada (an initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Canada) at the University Nice-Sophia Antipolis. In addition to her Board positions, Allyson has also served as a member of the Jury of France Telecom's "Academie de Sciences Sociales et Humaines" which is responsible for the appointment of experts in Recherche et Conseil & Developpement within FT's Research and Development division. Allyson has an MBA from Theseus Institute, and a B.A. (Hons), With Distinction in Political Science and Economics from Trinity College at the University of Toronto (Canada). Allyson is a dual French and Canadian citizen.

J.L. Le Roux is a senior architect in MPLS networks, at France Telecom. He is working on short term MPLS design and deployment activities and on longer term research and development projects, with a particular focus on MPLS Traffic Engineering and Multicast MPLS. He is actively contributing to the IETF, where he has been editing and co-authoring several Internet Drafts and RFCs. His current interests are QoS routing, fast rerouting, inter domain traffic engineering (including PCE), P2MP MPLS and GMPLS Multi Layer Networks. J-L holds an engineering degree from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications de Bretagne, France.

Peter Sayer is bureau chief for IDG News Service in Paris. His beat covers IT and telecommunications across Europe -- but particularly Italy and France, including local companies France Telecom and Alcatel. He follows developments in intellectual property legislation, and plans to write more about the environmental impact of computing. Sayer has been reporting on European IT and networking for over a decade, but in his first job in journalism he wrote about architecture and the construction industry. Between 1996 and 1998, he edited two monthly magazines about mobile telecommunications, and then went on to edit the telecommunications pages of CMP's Network Week, joining the News Service in 1999. Aged 14 or so (his memory is hazy) Sayer won a programming contest run by British magazine 'Your Computer,' after editing his entry down from 14 lines of BASIC to just three densely-packed lines of code. His fascination with IT -- and editing -- had begun. He holds a masters' degree in electronic systems, from way back when ATM and GSM were but twinkles in the standards bodies' eyes. He is fluent in French and can get by in German and Italian, although he is most comfortable speaking his native British English. His efforts to learn Mandarin Chinese are advancing more slowly than he would like. Outside work, he enjoys cycling and is active in associations lobbying to make Paris safer for cyclists.

Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IBM France Chairman of audit Committee Date appointed: February 25, 2003*. Term ending: 2011** 65, joined IBM France as an engineer in 1966 and served in various positions in marketing and management in Paris and elsewhere in France until 1981. He was a consultant for the IBM Corporation in the United States from 1981 to 1983 and Business Director (1983-1988), as well as General Operating Director (1988-1993) for IBM France. In 1994, he became the Managing Director of IBM Europe’s Distribution Division. From January 1, 1995 until April 1, 2001, Mr. Dufau was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IBM France. From July 2001 to December 2005, he worked as a strategy consultant. Mr. Dufau is also a director at Dassault Systèmes and KESA Electricals. Mr. Dufau is a graduate of the Ecole supérieure d’électricité and former Chairman of the Amicale des ingénieurs SUPELEC (engineers association).

General manager of the Agency of the Participations of the State Member of audit Committee Date appointed: March 9, 2007. Term ending: March 8, 2012 44, has served since February 26, 2007 as Managing Director of the Agency for State Holdings (APE) within the French Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry. He is also a director of Areva, France Télévision, EDF, the SNCF and the Post Office. From September 1994 to May 1998, Bruno Bezard served as Bureau Chief with the Department of the Treasury, responsible for financing housing, savings collection circuits and the Post Office. From May 1998 to January 2000, he served as the sub-Director for the Department of Treasury, responsible for insurance. From January to March 2000, he was Deputy Chief of Staff for the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry. In May 2000, Bruno Bezard was appointed sub-Director in the Department of the Treasury for development assistance, multilateral banks and emerging countries. At the same time, he became Vice-President of the “Club de Paris”. From June 2001 to April 2002, he served and Economic and Financial Advisor to the Prime Minister. After serving as head of the equity investments department until September 2004, he was then appointed Deputy Managing Director of the Agency for State Holdings and was named Managing Director on February 26, 2007. Bruno Bezard is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole nationale d’administration.

Christian JACQUENET graduated from the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Physique de Marseille. In 1989, he joined the national directorate of France Telecom where he was in charge of the specification and of the technical support related to the deployment of the first internetworking service offerings of France Telecom. Christian JACQUENET is now the Director of Standards for the France Telecom group.

Age 44. A non-executive Director of France Telecom. A non-executive Director since 1 January 2008. Chief Executive of Carrefour SA until 31 December 2008. Former appointments at Carrefour SA include: Chairman of its Management Board of Directors; Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, Organisation and Systems. Mr Durán brings to the Board a background in international finance, retail and consulting in developed and emerging markets. He joined Carrefour SA in 1991 and held a number of positions within Carrefour's businesses in Spain, southern Europe and the Americas.

Adviser of the General manager of the ESA (European Space Agency) Member of strategy Committee Date appointed: May 21, 2007. Term ending: 2012* 50, has been working as an advisor to the Director General of the European Space Agency since November 2005. Trained as a medical doctor, Claudie Haigneré is a rheumatologist and a specialist in aeronautical medicine, holding a PhD in sciences. She was an astronaut first with the French space agency (CNES) and then the ESA (one space mission aboard MIR in 1996 and a second aboard the ISS in 2001). She served as Minister for European Affairs from March 2004 to May 2005, after previously working as Minister for Research and New Technologies from June 2002 to March 2004. Claudie Haigneré is also actively involved in supporting several health care associations: homes for parents of hospitalized children, the alliance for rare diseases with the Groupama Foundation, the Kourir association for children with juvenile polyarthritis and as sponsor of the Courtin-Arthritis Foundation. She is a director of the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, of the C-Génial Foundation, and of the Académie des Technologies. She is also a member of the Académie des Sports, and Vice-President of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). In 2006, she received the Louise Weiss award for her European activities. She is also sponsoring the Cité de l’Espace in Toulouse, the myology institute at Pitié Salpétrière, developed by the AFM, and a number of schools and student graduating classes. Claudie Haigneré is a Commander of the French Legion of Honor.