Michaël Trabbia, currently CEO of Orange Belgium, promoted to Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at the Orange Group as from September 1st, 2020

Press release
Brussels, June 12^th, 2020

Michaël Trabbia, currently CEO of Orange Belgium, promoted to Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at the Orange Group as from September 1st, 2020

Stéphane Richard, Chairman and CEO of Orange Group, has decided to appoint Michaël Trabbia, current CEO of Orange Belgium, to the position of Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Orange Group as from September 1^st, 2020.

With his engineering education and a rich career of 20 years in the public and private telecom environment, Michaël Trabbia showed an excellent understanding of the Belgian telecom sector, its regulatory and technological environment. At Orange Belgium, he was particularly recognized for his leadership qualities, his strong strategic expertise and stakeholder relations.

Therefore Stéphane Richard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Orange Group, decided to nominate Michaël Trabbia as Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, within Orange Group’s Executive Committee.

The Orange Belgium Board of Directors will select his successor as new CEO of Orange Belgium by the end of June.

Ramon Fernandez, Delegate Chief Executive Officer of the Orange Group: “In the name of the Orange Group, I want to warmly thank Michaël for his decisive action at the head of Orange Belgium. Under his leading, Orange Belgium reached new major steps, thanks notably to its ‘Bold challenger’ strategy. I applaud Michaël for his promotion and look forward to seeing him join the Executive Committee of the Group.”

Johan Deschuyffeleer, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Orange Belgium, reacts: “The Board and I would like to congratulate Michaël for this new role in the Executive Committee of the Orange Group. We would like to warmly thank Michaël for his many contributions, efforts and commitment over the past 4 years.

As a strong leader he created value for every stakeholder inside and outside the company: from the 1,500 employees to the millions of Orange customers and the various shareholders worldwide. Michaël pursued growth on all levels: operationally, financially as well as commercially. He created the fundaments for a future proof company, in a balanced and a sustainable way, thanks to the roll-out of an ambitious and bold transformation plan that made Orange Belgium more digital, caring and efficient.