Pierre Perrin-Monlouis Dernière mise à jour: 20 octobre 2021
Paris, March 30, 2010 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the appointment of Luc Defieuw as CEO Alcatel-Lucent Bell and Vice President of its business in the Benelux, effective April 1st, 2010. Luc, who will be based in Antwerp, will report to Adolfo Hernandez, President of Alcatel-Lucent’s business in EMEA. Luc replaces Paul Depuydt, who after 19 years in the company has decided to pursue new opportunities outside of the company.
In his new position, Luc Defieuw will assume overall responsibility for managing the day-to-day business activities of Alcatel-Lucent in Benelux.
“With his vast experience in the telecommunications industry, his affinity with the local market as well as his familiarity with the teams in Belgium, Luc is ideally positioned to take up the role of CEO of Alcatel-Lucent Bell and head for the Benelux operations,” said Adolfo Hernandez. “I also would like to take the opportunity to thank Paul Depuydt for the excellent work he has done and wish him all the best in his future undertakings.”
Luc Defieuw is currently Vice President for Procurement and Project Sourcing at Alcatel-Lucent headquarters in Paris, and brings in more than 20 years of experience in telecommunications.
From December 2006 till December 2007, Luc already functioned as the Country Senior Officer, leading the sales activities in Northern Europe, next to CEO Paul Depuydt. He also held several other positions within the company as CEO of the UK and Ireland, General Manager Northern Europe of the Optics Division, Key Account Manager of the Belgacom Group, Director external communications. He started his career in 1986 with Alcatel in Antwerp as project manager in a.o. Russia and Latin-America.
Luc received a Masters degree in Mathematics in 1980 and later on perfected his management skills with a Postgraduate in Business Economics in 1989 and a Master in Business Administration in 1992.
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted transformation partner of service providers, enterprises, strategic industries such as defense, energy, healthcare, transportation, and governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 15.2 billion in 2009 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com
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