A new Senior Vice President in charge of Human Resources

Effective from June 1, 2010, Claire Pedini is appointed Senior Vice President of the Compagnie in charge of Human Resources.

Born in 1965, Claire Pedini holds a Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) degree and a master's degree in Media Management from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP).

She started her career in 1988 at Total as Corporate control (1988-90), then in charge of the listing of Total on the New York Stock Exchange (1991-92), Head of Investor Relations (1992-94), Head of press office (1994-97) and VP new information technologies (1997-98).

In 1998, she joined Alcatel as Director of Financial Information and Shareholder Relations (1998-2000) and was appointed successively Vice President, Alcatel's Investor Relations and Public Affaires (2001-03), Deputy Chief Financial Officer (2004-05), Senior Vice President, Human Resources (2006), Senior Vice President, Human Resources and corporate communications (2006-07), Senior Vice President, Human Resources, corporate communications and real estate (2007-09) and Executive Vice President, Alcatel-Lucent for Human Resources and Transformation (2009-10). She was Member of the Alcatel-Lucent Management Committee since 2006.

Jean-Claude Breffort, Senior Vice President of the Compagnie, will focus from the June 1, 2010 on the Group's international development and will continue to supervise the General Delegations. He will also retain his responsibilities as General Delegate for Brazil, Argentina and Chile.