Christel Heydemann

Chief Executive Officer of the Orange group

Christel Heydemann, born in 1974, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Orange group on April 4, 2022.

She began her career in 1999 at Alcatel, where she held various management positions. In 2011, she was promoted to Director of Human Resources and Transformation and member of the Executive Committee.

Christel Heydemann joined Schneider Electric in 2014. In 2017, she became Executive Director France Operations of Schneider Electric and member of Schneider Electric’s Executive Committee. In 2021, she was named Director Europe Operations, a position she held until the beginning of 2022 when she became Chief Executive Officer of the Orange group, having served as a member of its Board of Directors since 2017.

She is a graduate of École Polytechnique and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. Christel Heydemann is an Officer of the French Order of Merit and a Knight of the French Legion of Honor. She is a French national.

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