Didier Lombard

See also: Lombard

Didier Lombard (born the February 27th 1942 with Clermont-Ferrand) is a business man French. He is married and has 3 children.

He succeeds Thierry Breton with the head of France Telecom on February 27th, 2005, the day of sound 63ème birthday, and should continue the work of financial recovery of the company. He occupied since April 2003 the role of executive director of France Telecom, in charge of the Mission Technologies, Strategic partnerships and New uses.

Graduate of the Polytechnic school (X1962 Promotion) and of the 3Ecole Nationale Sup3erieure of telecommunications, it is also doctor in economy and general engineer of telecommunications. he published as of the end of the year 1960 a handbook, extremely appreciated by the Anglo-Saxon scientific community, on the miracles of digital technology.

He begins his career in France Telecom in 1967 with the National center from studies of telecommunications, where he works with the development many new products in bond with the satellite and mobile systems. He in particular was at the origin of the first French satellites of telecommunication, Telecom 1 then took part in the development of the standard GSM of the numerical radiotelephone.

From 1988 to 1990, he becomes technical scientific director and with the Ministry for research and technology and is named thereafter managing director of the industrial strategies to the ministry for the economy. In 1993 it makes enter Thierry Breton at Bull then in 1997 to the head of Thomson of which he is the administrator. He was also president of the French agency for the international investments until in 2003.

In April 2007, it is promoted Commandeur of the Légion of honor.

It returns in contact with Apple to market the IPhone in France as of the presentation by Steve Jobs, historic leader of the mark but of the difficult negotiations delay its exit.

October 10th, in displacement with Clermont-Ferrand, Didier Lombard with announced that the telephone will be available at the end of November, without another indication.

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