At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top France based CFO’ operating in the Telecommunications space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Caroline Leroy
CFO of iAdvize
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About iAdvize: iAdvize is a conversational marketing platform that connects customers in need of advice with experts who are available 24/7 via messaging.
Caroline Leroy
CFO of iAdvize
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About iAdvize: iAdvize is a conversational marketing platform that connects customers in need of advice with experts who are available 24/7 via messaging.

Herve Philippe
CFO of Vivendi
Hervé Philippe was born on August 10, 1958 in Cheillé, France. He is a graduate of the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris and holds a degree in economic sciences. He began his career with Crédit National in 1982 as account manager for business financing in the Île-de-France region. In 1989, he joined the French market authority, the Commission des opérations de bourse (COB) as manager for the sector of French companies listed for trading. From 1992 to 1998, he served as Head of the Transactions and Financial Information Department. In 1998, he joined the Sagem Group, where he held the positions of Director of Legal and Administrative Affairs at Sagem SA (1998-2000), Chief Administrative and Financial Officer of Sfim (1999-2000), and Director of Communication at Sagem SA (2000-2001). In 2001, he assumed the position of Chief Financial Officer and became a member of the Sagem SA Management Board in 2003. Hervé Philippe was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Havas Group in November 2005 and, in May 2010, was named deputy Chief Executive Officer (Directeur Général Délégué) until December 31, 2013. He has served as Vivendi’s Chief Financial Officer since January 1, 2014. Since June 24, 2014, he has been member of the Management Board. He currently helds the following positions within the Vivendi group: Member of the Management Board of Vivendi; Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Canal+ Group; Member of the Supervisory Board of StudioCanal; President of Compagnie Financière du 42 Avenue De Friedland (SAS); Director and member Audit Committee of Dailymotion; Member of the Supervisory Board Havas Group of Universal Music France; permanent representative of Financière de Longchamp on the Board of Directors of Havas
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About Compagnie Financière du 42 Avenue De Friedland, Vivendi: Vivendi is a mass media and telecommunications company providing music, television, film, publishing, telecommunications and more.
Nicolas Jaeger
CFO of Iliad
Nicolas Jaeger is Chief Financial Officer of the Iliad Group. He has worked with Iliad since 2007, supporting its development as Head of Investor Relations and then Group Treasurer. Before joining Iliad, Nicolas worked for five years at Calyon (Crédit Agricole Group) as a Credit Analyst and then Relationship Manager in charge of the TMT sector. He is a graduate of the EDHEC Business School and holds a Master’s degree in finance from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
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About Iliad: Iliad SA, through its subsidiaries, provides Internet access and telecommunication services in France.
Dmitri Pigoulevski
CFO of Ekinops
Dmitri has an extensive financial management and operational leadership experience in banking, industrial and services sectors. Prior to EKINOPS he provided M&A consultancy services to companies in France and launched an e-commerce company in Eastern Europe. He also served as Director of Finance with Agrogeneration, a start-up company specialized in agricultural production, and held various financial and strategy management positions with Trader Media East and Valeo in France. He started his career with banking industry in Eastern Europe where he was responsible to build-up treasury operations. Dmitri holds a MS in Finance and Accounting and he is an MBA from HEC School of Management. Dmitri is Certified Accountant and member of the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)
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About Ekinops: Ekinops is a provider of optical transport solutions for service providers and private networks.
Laurent Bobenrieth
Chief Financial Officer of Camusat Group
Laurent Bobenrieth is a chief financial officer at Camusat.
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About Camusat Group: Camusat designs, builds, manages, and powers telecom infrastructures.
Richard Le Piouffe
CFO of Actility
Richard leads our accounting and finance department. Prior to joining the team, he was a senior Manager of the EY Transaction Services practice in Paris, having worked at EY for 12 years. He started his career as an auditor in 2005, and conducted statutory audits of family-owned and listed companies, and consulting assignments in several countries. From 2010, Richard focused on transaction services, and led numerous buy- and sell-side due diligence reviews for both corporate clients and private equity companies. Richard holds a master’s degree from Grenoble Ecole de Management.
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About Actility: Actility provides smart energy management, machine-to-machine(M2M) and Internet of things(IoT) services.

Fabrice Sana
CFO of ATEME
Fabrice Sana joined ATEME in 2007 as CFO. He is responsible for control and reporting, tax, treasury, and administrative department. He previously held positions in finance as Management Control Director for Karavel, Finance Controller for Alstom and manager for Arthur Andersen / BearingPoint. Fabrice graduated from European Business School (EBS) and ESSEC Business School.
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About ATEME: ATEME offers video compression solutions for live content delivery and VOD.
Guillaume Tastet
CFO of Prixtel
Guillaume Tastet is the CFO of Prixtel.
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About Prixtel: Prixtel is a French telephone operator that offers for fixed line, mobile, nomadic Internet and ADSL for individuals and professionals.
Guillaume Tastet
CFO of Prixtel
Guillaume Tastet is the CFO of Prixtel.
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About Prixtel: Prixtel is a French telephone operator that offers for fixed line, mobile, nomadic Internet and ADSL for individuals and professionals.
Delphine Peudennier
Chief Financial Officer of InterCloud
A Graduate from Institut Supérieur de Gestion, Delphine started her career in 1997 as a Management Controller. She held since then a number of administrative and financial executive positions for about 15 years. After six years with Weborama, a web advertising company, she spent 3 years serving Balyo, a forklift «robotizing» leader, and managed to get the company listed on Euronext in 2017. At InterCloud Delphine is in charge of all the financial aspects of the company.
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About InterCloud: InterCloud is the European leader of Software-Defined Cloud Interconnection (SDCI)
Nicolas Bisiaux
CFO of Enyx
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About Enyx: Deliver smart, ultra low-latency network solutions for the financial industry