Pascale Sourisse (born 7 March 1962) is a French businesswoman. Born in

Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...

, Pascale Sourisse graduated from the

École Polytechnique École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

(class of 1981) and Télécom ParisTech. She held management positions at the Compagnie Générale des Eaux (Vivendi) in 1984/85, and

Jeumont-Schneider Jeumont-Schneider was a French electric and mechanical engineering group, founded in 1964. History Jeumont-Schneider was formed in 1964 through a merger of FACEJ (''Forges et Ateliers de Construction Electriques de Jeumont'') and ''Matériel Ele ...

(JS) Telecom in 1985/86. Between 1987 and 1990, Pascale Sourisse worked for France Telecom as head of the enterprise network division for the greater Paris region. She spent four years at the French Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade as head of the Consumer Electronics and Audiovisual Communication Division. She was president of

Eurospace Eurospace is a non-profit organisation created in 1961 and incorporated under French law. Information Eurospace was established in the year of 1961. Eurospace is an association of 55 European companies involved in space activities. It maintains ...

, the Association of European Space Industry, an international non profit organisation which gathers 90% of the European space industrialists, from 2002 to 2008. Pascale Sourisse joined Alcatel Space in 1995, as director, strategy and planning. In 1997 she was named president and CEO of SkyBridge LP, a company incorporated in Delaware, US, to develop and operate a global broadband satellite based network and deliver broadband services. In July 2005 she was nominated president and CEO of

Alcatel Alenia Space Thales Alenia Space () is a Franco-Italian aerospace manufacturer. A joint venture between the French technology corporation Thales Group (67%) and Italian defense conglomerate Leonardo (33%), the company is the largest satellite manufacture ...

(former name of Thales Alenia Space, and previously CEO of Alcatel Space since January 2002). She is a member of Thales's executive committee. In May 2007, she was appointed president and CEO of

Thales Alenia Space Thales Alenia Space () is a Franco-Italian aerospace manufacturer. A joint venture between the French technology corporation Thales Group (67%) and Italian defense conglomerate Leonardo (33%), the company is the largest satellite manufacture ...

. On May 1, 2008, she was appointed senior vice president for Land and Joint systems division of

Thales Group Thales Group () is a French multinational company that designs, develops and manufactures electrical systems as well as devices and equipment for the aerospace, defence, transportation and security sectors. The company is headquartered in Paris' ...

.Sourisse Takes New Position At Thales, April 17, 200
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/ref> Since February 2013, she has been senior executive vice-president, international development. Pascale Sourisse is an Officer of France's

Légion d’honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon B ...

and a Commander of National Order of Merit. She is a director of

Renault Groupe Renault ( , , , also known as the Renault Group in English; legally Renault S.A.) is a French multinational automobile manufacturer established in 1899. The company produces a range of cars and vans, and in the past has manufactured ...

, Vinci and

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, and board chairman of Telecom ParisTech. Pascale Sourisse is also member of the

French Academy of Technologies The National Academy of Technologies of France (''Académie des technologies'') is a learned society, founded in 2000, with an emphasis on technology, and the newest of French academies. In 2007 it acquired the status of ''établissement public'', w ...

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Thales Alenia Space website
1962 births Living people Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni École Polytechnique alumni Télécom Paris alumni Corps des télécommunications Corps des mines Businesspeople from Nantes 21st-century French businesswomen Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Commanders of the Ordre national du Mérite French women engineers 20th-century French businesswomen {{France-business-bio-stub