Anne Bouverot

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Anne Bouverot (2013)

Anne Bouverot (born 21 March 1966) is a French business executive.[1] She is currently Chairperson of the Board of Technicolor, provider of visual effects and animation services for moving images and supplier of set-top boxes and gateways. In August 2015, she was appointed chair and CEO of the French electronic security company Morpho after spending four years as director general and board member of the GSM Association (GSMA).[2]

Early life and education[]

Anne Bouverot ascribes her international interests to the influence of her Canadian mother and her French father.[3] Part of her schooling was in the United States where she learnt to read and write in English before turning to French.[4] Bouverot attended the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris where she studied computer science leading to an M.S. and later a Ph.D in artificial intelligence (in 1991). She also graduated in telecommunications at Telecom ParisTech.[5]

Career[]

In the early 1990s, she moved to Mexico as IT project manager for Telmex. From 1996, she worked for the U.S. company Global One until 2002 when she was appointed vice president at Equant's IT services unit. In 2004, she was chief of staff to the CEO of Orange in the UK, returning to Paris in 2007 to work on international business development with assignments in Kenya, Armenia, Tunisian and Portugal.[3] She then became executive vice president, mobile services, for France Télécom Orange. In 2011, she was appointed director general and board member of GSMA, the global association of mobile operators. Her role as chair and CEO of Morpho was effective from 1 August 2015.[2]

While she was with GSMA, Bouverot promoted initiatives for attracting more women to work in the mobile and ICT sectors, launching the Connected Women programme which hosts events around the world.[6] She has also been instrumental in organizing the GSMA's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Held each year, the event attracts prominent speakers from the mobile and related fields.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Anne Bouverot" (in French). BFM TV. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
    - "Anne Bouverot". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Anne Bouverot appointed Chair and CEO of Morpho (Safran)". Safran. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Tracing the Successful and Rich Journey of Dr. Anne Bouverot, General Director, GSMA". Telecom Review. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  4. ^ "LTWA 2012: Les 3 nominées de la catégorie carrières internationales" (in French). Women & Equity. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Anne Bouverot future Présidente de Morpho (Safran)" (in French). Safran. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Anne Bouverot". Inspiring fifty. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Anne Bouverot, director general, GSMA - 2014 Influential Women in Wireless". Fierce Wireless. 28 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
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