Jean-Philippe Courtois (; born 1960) is Executive Vice President and President, Microsoft Global Sales, Marketing and Operations. Since 2015, he is also president and co-founder of Live for Good, a French association that aims to help young leaders develop their social or environmental projects. A French national, Courtois holds a DECS (''diplôme des études commerciales supérieures'', diploma in advanced business studies) from

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. He joined

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in 1984 as a sales representative and rose to become general manager of Microsoft France in 1994. Later he was vice-president of worldwide marketing, based at Microsoft's headquarters at

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. He was subsequently CEO and president of Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa, then Executive Vice President and President - Microsoft Global Sales, Marketing and Operations of the Company. Jean-Philippe Courtois is also a director of PlaNet Finance and Microsoft's representative at the

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. He has served as co-chair of the

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's Global Digital Divide Initiative Task Force.

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