Philippe Camus (born 28 June 1948) is a French businessman whose executive positions include CEO at transnational aerospace company

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(2000 to 2005) and chairman and interim CEO at French/American telecommunications supplier

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(2008 to 2016).

Biography

Camus was born on 28 June 1948. He is a graduate of the

École normale supérieure École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by Secondary education in France, secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing i ...

, Paris. He was decorated the Cross of the German Merit Order in 2004 and the Officer of the French

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in 2005.

Career

In 1972, he began working for

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, where he improved the operation of the French

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. In 1992, he joined the

Lagardère Group Lagardère S.A. () is an international group with operations in over 40 countries. Based in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, the group was founded and created in 1992 by Jean-Luc Lagardère under the name Matra, Hachette & Lagardère. Headed ...

media company. In 1993, he was appointed as managing director of Lagardère where he helped to restructure its

Matra Matra (an acronym for Mécanique Aviation Traction) was a major French industrial Conglomerate (company), conglomerate. Its business activities covered a wide range of industries, notably aerospace manufacturer, aerospace, defence industry, def ...

aerospace and transportation subsidiary, overseeing several acquisitions, mergers and divestitures. After the mergers of aerospace companies in France, Germany and Spain which formed EADS (now

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), Camus was CEO of EADS from 2000 to 2005. In 2008, he was appointed as chairman of the board of

, a French/American maker of telecommunications equipment.Alcatel Lucent appointment
He was then interim CEO from 1 September 2015 to 21 June 2016, following the company's agreement to merge with

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Other appointments

From 1996 to 2001, he served on the French supervisory authority for the financial markets. From 2001 to 2005, he was the President of GIFAS, the French aerospace industries association. He served on the boards of directors of

Crédit Agricole Crédit Agricole Group (), sometimes called La banque verte (, , due to its historical ties to farming), is a French international banking group and the world's largest cooperative financial institution. It is the second largest bank in France, ...

(2005 to 2009),

Accor Accor S.A. is a French multinational hospitality company that owns, manages and franchises hotels, resorts and vacation properties. It is the largest hospitality company in Europe, and the sixth largest hospitality company worldwide. Accor ope ...

(2006 to 2008), and

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(2007 to 2012). He is a senior advisor at

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References

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