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First appointed as a director on: May 20, 2022. Current term due to expire at the close of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting to be called to approve the financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2024. French national. Hélène Auriol Potier built her career in the digital technologies and telecommunications industry in the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia. She started her career in New York at France Télécom in 1986. In 1990, she joined the Canadian mobile technology company Nortel Networks Corporation, where she spent sixteen years and held a range of senior leadership positions, including Vice-President Mobile Sales Division worldwide and then Vice-President Services & Operations EMEA. In 2006, she joined Dell Technologies Inc. as Managing Director Africa, Mediterranean and CEE. Then, during her ten years at Microsoft Corporation, Hélène Auriol Potier served in a number of executive roles, including CEO of Microsoft Singapore, Managing Director of Microsoft Dynamics Europe, and Managing Director of Artificial Intelligence Europe. From November 2018 to December 2020, she served as Executive Vice‑President International Business Unit for Orange, and was a member of the Executive Committee of Orange Business Services.
She served as independent director on the boards of US listed company Mimecast Limited until May 2022, Ispen S.A. until May 2018 and Faiveley Transport S.A. until November 2016.
Helene received a Master of Science in Engineering from Telecom Paris and an Executive MBA from INSEAD.
Helene currently serves as independent non-executive director on the boards of Safran S.A., Accor S.A., Randstad N.V. and Oddo BHF S.C.A. She chairs the Accor board ESG committee and Oddo BHF board compensation committee. Helene is also ESG co-chair and board member at Institut Français des Administrateurs, (IFA), the French association of corporate directors. She is also a senior advisor at a leading global private equity firm.
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| Company | Committee | Role | Appointment Date | Resignation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accor S.A | Audit | Member | 20/05/2022 | |
| Accor S.A | Industry Specific | Member | 20/05/2022 | |
| Accor S.A | Board | Member | 20/05/2022 | |
| Safran | Board | Member | ||
| Safran | Supervisory Board | Member | ||
| Safran | Technology | Member | ||
| Infosys | Board | Other Non-Executive | 25/05/2023 | |
| Infosys | Risk & Compliance | Member | 25/05/2023 | |
| Infosys | Nominations & Governance | Member | 25/05/2023 |