Athens, November 6th 2015- Mr. Stephane ILIADES is as of September 3rd 2015 the General Manager of our company, Nexans Hellas S.A., and pursuant to the decision of the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting of October 6th 2015 is also appointed Executive Member of the Board of Directors. Stephane ILIADES brings strong international management and business development experience, having served for reputed multinational organizations for over 25 years across Europe and Asia.

Before joining Nexans, Stephane has served as International Vice-President for Spotless Group, a company under LBO management that was successfully sold to Henkel in 2014. Prior to that, he was for 17 years with Danone Group serving among others as General Manager for Greece, in charge of the Greek joint-venture with Papadopoulos, Managing Director for India and General Manager in France.

Earlier in his career Stephane has worked for The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola Enterprises, managing bottling operations as well as holding various management positions in sales and marketing , among others as Marketing Director for the French market. He began his professional career with Cadbury.

Stephane holds dual Greek and French citizenships and speaks French, English, German and Greek. He has studied business administration at INSEAD and has lectured at EDHEC Business School as well as at the Hellenic-American University in Athens. He has served as Foreign Trade Advisor to the French government and was Chairman of the Foreign Trade Advisory Board in Greece.

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