Sandrine Dufour will succeed Ray Stewart as Chief Financial Offcier

The Board of Directors of Belgacom decided on a proposal of the CEO and with the support of the entire Management Committee to appoint Sandrine Dufour as member of the Management Committee as of 2015 January 1st and as Chief Financial Officer as of 2015 April 1st. 

Sandrine Dufour

"I am particularly proud to let you know that Sandrine Dufour, a renowned name in the West-European financial landscape, will join our Management Committee as of January 1st and will take the Chief Financial Officer role on April 1st.

Currently EVP Finance & Strategy with SFR, Sandrine has acquired a deep telecom knowledge besides a wealth of experience in finance top management, as well as in the innovation domain and in strategy in general.

Prior to SFR, she had moved her way up within Vivendi (the ex- parent company of SFR) from 1999 till 2013, in France and in the USA. Before entering Vivendi, Sandrine held various positions of financial analyst in France, successively within BNP and Credit Agricole Chevreux (European Telecom sector). She holds different financial degrees, from the ESSEC Business School, the Société Française des Analystes Financiers, and the CFA Institute (Chartered Financial Analyst).

Well, you've probably understood that her arrival means that Ray Stewart has decided to retire after a long and very successful career. Over the last 17 years, Ray has played a major role in our Group, he has been instrumental in our successes.

With Ray's departure and Sandrine's arrival, an important page of the management of our Group turns, our story unfolds and a new breeze will blow, but in a consistent way. As to ensure continuity and guarantee a smooth succession, the first months of 2015 will be dedicated to the hand-over of responsibilities, as to enable Sandrine to entirely take over the reins of Group Finance in April 2015.

Like Ray until now, Sandrine's role will be of great significance for our long-term success: through leading, steering and organizing all activities within Group Finance, she will take up the responsibility to deliver correct consolidated financial accounts, optimally manage financial performance & flows, correct tax reporting and efficient internal services, sourcing & supplies. Through active participation in our Group decision making process as a member of the Management Committee, she will substantially contribute to the realization of our strategy to safeguard our attractiveness to all major stakeholders. I look forward to leverage her experience, skills and strategic visions to further align all finance areas through our transformation process and the strategic repositioning of our mark."

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