We are proud to announce that Mari-Noëlle Jégo-Laveissière has been appointed Senior Executive Vice President of Innovation, Marketing and Technologies (IMT) division and a member of the Executive Committee at Orange.

Mari-Noëlle has already filled several management positions at Orange throughout her career, and will offically step in to her new role on March 1st, 2014, replacing Vivek Badrinath, who is joining Accor Group as Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

Stéphane Richard, CEO of Orange, commented on Ms. Jégo-Laveissière's promotion, stating: “I have every confidence in Mari-Noëlle's ability to lead the Innovation, Marketing and Technologies Division, which I wanted to establish to carry Orange's innovations to the highest level. I have chosen a young female talent who has demonstrated the breadth of her skills and her managerial capabilities.”

As we reported previously, Orange ranked first for the feminization of their corporate governance in the French Ministry of Women’s Rights ranking in Octobre 2013. WIL would like to congratulate Orange on the continuous efforts to promote Women in Leadership and wish WIL Member Mari-Noëlle much success in her new position.