Orange Telecom appoints seven CEOs for Africa, Middle East units

French telecoms firm, Orange Telecom, has named seven persons as Chief Executive Officers to head its subsidiaries in seven countries across Africa and the Middle East.

The new CEOs will lead the company’s units in Niger, Madagascar, Mali, Tunisia, Mauritius, Senegal and Jordan.
The appointments were made in agreement with its local partners, Orange said in a statement September 20, 2012.

 The following are the names of the new CEOs:

– Brelotte Ba is appointed Chief Executive Officer of Orange Niger, succeeding Jean-Louis Branco;

– Michel Barré is appointed Chief Executive Officer of Orange Madagascar, succeeding Jean-Luc Bohé;

– Jean-Luc Bohé is appointed Chief Executive Officer of Orange Mali, succeeding Alioune Ndiaye;

– Didier Charvet is appointed Chief Executive Officer of Orange Tunisia, succeeding Thierry Marigny;

– Nathalie Clere is appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Mauritius Telecom, succeeding Jean-François Thomas;

– Alioune Ndiaye is appointed Chief Executive Officer of Sonatel in Senegal, succeeding Cheikh Tidiane Mbaye; and

– Jean-François Thomas is appointed Chief Executive Officer of Jordan Telecom, succeeding Nayla Khawam.

All of the appointments will be effective by October 1, 2012, Orange said.

“All of the new Chief Executive Officers have substantial international experience in the telecommunications sector. I am confident in their ability to continue to develop the activities of these seven subsidiaries, where we operate under the Orange brand,” Marc Rennard, Senior Executive Vice President of Orange for Africa, the Middle East and Asia commented.

By Ekow Quandzie