French economic newspaper La Tribune recently launched an award recognizing women shaping the French business environment. WIL is honoured to have two outstanding members selected by La Tribune.

Out of the 42 candidates, fifteen successful women will be distinguished for their successes and will be profiled in the September editions of the newspaper, before the jury and the public make their final choices.

WIL Members Catherine Ladousse and Béatrice de Clermont Tonnerre have been nominated in the category Emerging Markets, respectively Technology & Media.

Catherine Ladousse is vice-president corporate marketing & communications for Lenovo EMEA. From 1995 to 2005, she has been director for communications at IBM. When Lenovo bought IBM’s PC division in 2005, she took over the responsibilities for internal and executive communications for Lenovo EMEA and in 2008 she was entrusted with leading Corporate Marketing & Communications for Lenovo EMEA. At both IBM and Lenovo, she has launched several women’s initiatives, such as InterElles, a network gathering women from the technological sector, or the Women in Lenovo Leadership network. The nomination in the Emerging Markets category comes as recognition of her contribution to tightening the business relationships between France and the Asian countries.

Béatrice de Clermont Tonnerre is vice-president business development for Lagardère, an important French media conglomerate. After graduating from Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (BA in Politics) and the Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (MBA), Béatrice started working as a radio journalist. She moved on further to Matra, a French company producing high-technology, which became a subsidiary of the Lagardère group in 1995. In 2001, Béatrice joined CanalSatellite as Head of Interactive Television, signing the first IPTV program deals in France. She rejoined Lagardère in 2005 as head of Business Development and co-head of Investor Relations.

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