Michel Combes becomes COO & Chairman of Numericable-SFR

Telecoms group Altice has named long-serving sector executive Michel Combes as its Chief Operating Officer and Chairman of its Numericable-SFR mobile phone business, saying the appointment would help accelerate the group’s expansion.

Combes is joining a company controlled by Patrick Drahi, who has been on a buying spree, including the purchase of Vivendi’s SFR, a French mobile firm, to create Numericable-SFR.

Combes is leaving his role as head of telecoms equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent ahead of its takeover by Finland’s Nokia Corp.Combes, who joined Alcatel from Vodafone in 2013, has more than 25 years of experience in the telecom industry and has a record as a cost-cutter...Read more