Jump to content

Didier Lombard

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 212.122.48.173 (talk) at 08:15, 7 May 2019 (Trial). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Didier Lombard
Born (1942-02-27) 27 February 1942 (age 82)
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Alma materÉcole Polytechnique, Télécom ParisTech
Occupation(s)Former Chairman and CEO of France Télécom

Didier Lombard (born 27 February 1942) is a French businessman. Between February 2005 and March 2010 he was Chairman and CEO of France Télécom. In 2010 he resigned as CEO, retaining the chairmanship.[1] Since 2012, he has been under indictment for criminal acts of "moral harassment" (harcèlement moral)[2] for abusive human resource policies during his leadership at France Télécom alleged to have caused a number of suicides, leading to a criminal trial in May 2019.[3]

Biography

Education and early career

He is a graduate of the École Polytechnique (Promotion X1962) and the Télécom Paris. He is also a doctor of economics and a general engineer of telecommunications.[4] He began his career in 1967 at the National Center for Telecommunication Studies, where he works on the development of new products related to satellite and mobile systems. From 1988 to 1990, he became Scientific and Technical Director at the Department of Research and Technology, and then General Director of Industrial Strategies at the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry. In 1993 he became director of Bull, in 1997 director of Thomson. At the same time, he holds the post of ambassador for international investment, president of the French Agency for International Investments until 2003, secretary general of the Strategic Council of information technology and vice-chair of the General Council of Information Technology from 2001 to 2003.[5]

France Telecom's chairman

On February 27, 2005, Didier Lombard succeeded Thierry Breton at the head of France Telecom when the latter became Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry. As France Telecom's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Didier Lombard continues the group reorganization policy initiated by Thierry Breton.[6] The reorganization project presented and implemented by Didier Lombard foresees the suppression of 22000 posts and the mobility of 10000 workers over three years (2006-2008).This reorganization is done unilaterally, without consultation with the unions : it does not give rise to the conclusion and the implementation of an agreement for the provisional management of jobs and skills, nor to the establishment of a saving jobs plan.[7]

Since 2012, Didier Lombard has been under indictment for his management during the suicide wave of France Télécom employees (more than 60 between 2006 and 2009).[8] Didier Lombard quit the presidency of the group in February 2011, a few months before the planned end of his term, but remained on the payroll at France Télécom as a special advisor until he left the firm entirely in March 2011 due the controversy surrounding him, and his 500,000 euros per year salary as an advisor.[9] His trial began in May 2019.[10]

End of career

Didier Lombard then took over the chairmanship of the Supervisory Board of ST Microelectronics, a French-Italian semiconductor group of which he has been a director since 2004. He also sits on the boards of Thales, [Technicolor (formerly Thomson) and Radiall.[11]

Footnotes

  1. ^ "France Telecom chief Didier Lombard stands down early over suicides". The Daily Telegraph. 2010-02-01. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  2. ^ « Suicides à France Télécom : Didier Lombard mis en examen pour harcèlement moral » lemonde.fr, 4 juillet 2012
  3. ^ "Suicides à France Télécom: après dix ans d'attente, l'émotion au premier jour d'un procès "inédit"". LExpress.fr (in French). 2019-05-06.
  4. ^ "Fiche de Didier Lombard sur le site des Annales des mines". annales.org. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Dider Lombard". edubourse.com.
  6. ^ "France Télécom: un cas d'école dans un système mortifère". blogs.mediapart.fr.
  7. ^ "Rapport France Télécom" (PDF).
  8. ^ "Harcèlement chez France Télécom, quatre nouvelles mises en examen". lesechos.fr.
  9. ^ "Lombard renonce à son poste de conseiller et quitte France Télécom". lemonde.fr. 2 March 2011.
  10. ^ "France Telecom suicides: Former bosses go on trial". bbc.co.uk.
  11. ^ "Conseil d'administration : les patrons qui cumulent les sièges". journaldunet.com.

References

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Didier_Lombard&oldid=895914554"