Alioune Ndiaye, the new CEO of Sonatel, graduated from the Institut National des Télécommunications in Evry and holds a DESS degree in Telecommunications Management from the Paris-Dauphine University. He has 26 years of experience in the telecommunications sector. In particular, he worked in the financial field, first as Director of Financial Controlling and then as Chief Financial Officer of Sonatel. He then led the Orange Mali subsidiary from its creation in 2002, making it the leading operator in its market.

Jean-François Thomas, the new CEO of Jordan Telecom, is a graduate of the École Polytechnique of Paris and of the École Nationale Supérieure des Telecommunications and has 25 years of experience at France Telecom-Orange. He was CEO of France Telecom Japan for 5 years, then he worked as Asia Director of France Telecom Long Distance in Hong Kong before becoming the Regional Director for Alsace. He was named Deputy CEO of Mauritius Telecom in 2008, a position he has held up until now.

These appointments fall within the Group’s international mobility policy and, in each case, were made at the end of the terms of the departing Chief Executive Officers.

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