Michaël Trabbia

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION OFFICER OF THE ORANGE GROUP

He is Chief Technology and Innovation Officer of the Orange Group, in charge of the Orange Innovation division, since September 2020. Prior to that, he was CEO of Orange Belgium.

He joined the Orange Group in January 2011. He held the position of Group Public Affairs Director until June 2014, and was then Director to the Chairman and CEO of Orange and Secretary to the Group Executive Committee until August 2016.

He started his career in 2001 at ARCEP (the French telecommunications regulator), where he was in charge of the allocation and control of mobile licenses. In 2004, he was appointed Technical Adviser to the cabinet of the Minister for European Affairs, before joining the cabinet of the Minister for Regional Planning in 2005 as Technical Adviser for “ICT and Europe”. In 2007, he joined TDF (a network and infrastructure operator in France) as Director of Strategy and Development. In July 2009, he was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff to the Minister of Industry and head of the "industrial sectors" unit.

He is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and Télécom ParisTech, and holds a DEA in industrial economics.