Orange enlists former cybersecurity agency head as Chief Trust Officer

Anne Morris2025-12-11T16:21:00

Source: Orange

Guillaume Poupard, one-time Director of France’s national cybersecurity agency, will report directly to Orange CEO Cristel Heydemann and take on responsibility for developing the operator’s fast-evolving strategy around digital sovereignty and trust.

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Themes: AI solutions; Cloud sovereignty; Cybersecurity leadership; Defence and security strategy; Digital sovereignty; Geopolitical resilience; SecNumCloud 3.2 qualification; Trusted cloud; Trusted telco positioning.
People: Christel Heydemann; Emmanuel Cacheux; Guillaume Poupard; Nassima Auvray.
Geographic: France; Europe.
Organisations: ANSSI; Bouygues Telecom; Caisse des Dépôts; Capgemini; Dassault Systèmes; Docaposte; DGA; La Poste Group; NumSpot; Orange Business; Orange Cyberdefense; Orange Group.

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