Philippe Camus (born 28 June 1948) is a French businessman whose executive positions include CEO at transnational aerospace company EADS (2000 to 2005), and chairman and interim CEO at French/American telecommunications supplier

Alcatel-Lucent Alcatel–Lucent S.A. () was a French–American global telecommunications equipment company, headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. It was formed in 2006 by the merger of France-based Alcatel and U.S.-based Lucent, the latter being a s ...

(2008 to 2016).

Biography

Camus was born on 28 June 1948. He is a graduate of the

École normale supérieure 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, S ...

, Paris. He was decorated the Cross of the German Merit Order in 2004 and the Officer of the French

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in 2005.

Career

In 1972, he began working for Caisse des dépôts et consignations, where he improved the operation of the French

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. In 1992, he joined the

Lagardère Group Lagardère S.A. () is an international group with operations in over 40 countries. It is headquartered in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The group was created in 1992 as Matra, Hachette & Lagardère. Headed by Arnaud Lagardère, it is focused ...

media company. In 1993, he was appointed as managing director of Lagardère where he helped to restructure its

Matra Matra (an acronym for Mécanique Aviation Traction) was a French industrial conglomerate. During its years of operation, it was engaged in a wide range of business activities, primarily focused around automobiles, bicycles, aeronautics and w ...

aerospace and transportation subsidiary, overseeing several acquisitions, mergers and divestitures. After the mergers of aerospace companies in France, Germany and Spain which formed EADS (now

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), Camus was CEO of EADS from 2000 to 2005. In 2008, he was appointed as chairman of the board of

, a French/American maker of telecommunications equipment.Alcatel Lucent appointment
He was then interim CEO from 1 September 2015 to 21 June 2016, following the company's agreement to merge with

Nokia Nokia Corporation (natively Nokia Oyj, referred to as Nokia) is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, established in 1865. Nokia's main headquarters are in Espoo, Finland, i ...

Other appointments

From 1996 to 2001, he served on the French supervisory authority for the financial markets. From 2001 to 2005, he was the President of

GIFAS The Groupement des industries françaises aéronautiques et spatiales (abbreviated GIFAS) is the French Aerospace Industries Association created in 1908, featuring more than 260 members. The first name of the association was ''Association des Indu ...

, the French aerospace industries association. He served on the boards of directors of Crédit Agricole (2005 to 2009),

Accor Accor S.A. is a French multinational hospitality company that owns, manages and franchises hotels, resorts and vacation properties. It is the largest hospitality company in Europe, and the sixth largest hospitality company worldwide. Accor ope ...

(2006 to 2008), and Schlumberger (2007 to 2012). He is a senior advisor at

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References

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