Lombard steps down as France Telecom’s CEO

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The board of directors of France Telecom will be asked by its Chairman and CEO Didier Lombard to February 24 to separate the functions of chairman and CEO from 1 March. The position of the Chairman will be kept by Lombard with responsibility for the definition of group strategy and technological operations.

Stephane Richard, the current CEO delegate will become CEO, with management responsibility for group operations. New industrial projects and the new social contract with the workforce, set to be presented in the next few weeks will be looked after by Richard.

Initially, Lombard was due to leave France Telecom in the spring of 2011 but his internal position and public image were compromised by a wave of employee suicides last year.