Pierre Danon
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Pierre Danon is a French
senior corporate executive director, presently Chairman of Ypso Holding and of Altice B2B Holding (respective holdings of french operators Numericable
and Completel).
, a Master's in Law degree from the Faculte de Droit Paris II Assas, and an MBA from the Institut Superieur des Affaires (HEC School of Management
MBA, Paris
)
Pierre holds a degree in civil engineering from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, a law degree from the Faculté de Droit Paris II Assas and an MBA from HEC.
. For the next 19 years, he held a variety of roles including general manager of Belgium
, general manager of Benelux
, Switzerland
and Austria
, senior vice president of Xerox Production Systems, president of Xerox Channels Group in Rochester, New York and then president of Xerox Europe based in the UK. For the next four and a half years, he served as chief executive of retail at BT Group
plc
On 30 September 2005, "Le Figaro
" announced that Danon, then Group Chief Operating Officer at Capgemini
, had been interviewed for the President's position of Accor
. In a statement on 7 October, CapGemini fired Danon after it was revealed that Accor cofounder and board chairman Gerard Pelisson, who reportedly wanted to give the position to his nephew Gilles Pélisson
, told Capgemini about Danon's acceptance of the job. Gilles Pélisson was appointed in October 2005 as CEO of Accor, while Gerard Pélisson was forced to resign from the board
Danon then joined JPMorgan as a senior advisor, offering clients in the telecommunications, media and technology sectors advice across a range of corporate strategy issues and seek to introduce the firm to new clients
In May 2006, Danon was named as incoming Chairman of Eircom
, the Irish telecoms company
In June 2008, Pierre Danon has been appointed as the new CEO of the French telecom companies Numericable
and Completel.
In December 2010, Pierre Danon was appointed as Chairman of Ypso Holding and of Altice B2B Holding (respective holdings of Numericable
and Completel). He was replaced by Eric Denoyer as CEO of Numericable and Completel.
Pierre Danon is the Chairman of the Numericable-Completel group since January 2011. He was appointed CEO of the group in Paris in September 2008. This is the fibre based third fixed operator in France. It has a quadruple play cable operation for the 9 million homes passed residential market coupled with strong B to B capabilities and customer base; it is backed by well financed and very competent private shareholders such as Patrick Drahi, Cinven and Carlyle.
In May 2008 Pierre was elected Vice-Chairman of the TDC Board of Directors. TDC is the leading provider of communication solutions in Denmark with a strong Nordic focus. TDC is listed on the OMX Nordic Stock Exchange and employs more than 12,000 people. The annual turn-over is approx. DKK 30 Billion.
Since November 2005, Pierre Danon, aged 55, is a Senior Advisor to JPMorgan’s EMEA Chairman, Walter Gubert. He provides advice and expertise to JPM’s team and clients across Europe, focusing on the Telecom, Media and High Technology (TMT) sector. He is a member of the JPMorgan Advisory Council.
Previously & since August 2006 Pierre had become Chairman of Eircom, following the successful €4.8 billion takeover led by Babcock & Brown Capital. Eircom employs nearly 7,000 people and delivers mobile and fixed communications services for residential and corporate customers in the Republic of Ireland. He stepped down from this role in November 2008.
From April 2004 until March 2008, he was a non-executive director of EMap Plc, a multi media UK-based company.
In March 2005, he was named Chief Operating Officer of the Capgemini Group, one of the world’s foremost providers of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services which reported 2004 global revenues of €6.3 billion and employs approximately 60,000 people worldwide. He successfully turned around CapGemini’s ailing US operation and energized the company’s global delivery strategy. During his tenure, the share price went up 43%.
Prior to joining Capgemini, Pierre Danon was appointed CEO of BT Retail in September 2000 where he was responsible for managing BT’s 21 million UK customer relationships, ranging from residential consumers to major corporate clients and government. BT Retail employs 40,000 people and has an annual turnover of £13.4 billion. He was a director of the BT plc Board.
Before joining BT, Pierre Danon was President of Xerox Europe, the €5bn operations arm of Xerox Corporation employing nearly 20,000 people. He was also a member of the company’s worldwide strategy committee, driving its transformation in Europe as a services and solutions business. Previously he had a 20 years career at Xerox covering diverse areas in finance, sales, marketing, customer service and research and development. It started in France initially, and since 1990 continued across various European countries and in the US.
He is married to Laurence Danon, CEO of La Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild Corporate Finance in Paris. They have two children David who has completed his diploma from HEC and is a senior associate at Bain Capital in London and Felix studying at HEC.
France
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senior corporate executive director, presently Chairman of Ypso Holding and of Altice B2B Holding (respective holdings of french operators Numericable
Numericable
Numericable is a British-American-Luxembourgian owned cable television operator operating in France, Belgium and Luxembourg, currently proposing standard quadruple-play services .- History :...
and Completel).
Education
Danon earned a degree in civil engineering from the École nationale des ponts et chausséesÉcole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
Founded in 1747, the École nationale des ponts et chaussées , often referred to as les Ponts, is the world's oldest civil engineering school...
, a Master's in Law degree from the Faculte de Droit Paris II Assas, and an MBA from the Institut Superieur des Affaires (HEC School of Management
HEC School of Management
HEC Paris or École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris is one of the foremost business schools in France and in Europe. It was created in 1881 by the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the model of French Grandes Ecoles and has progressively become one of the most selective graduate...
MBA, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
)
Pierre holds a degree in civil engineering from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, a law degree from the Faculté de Droit Paris II Assas and an MBA from HEC.
Career
Danon began his career in 1981 as a financial analyst at Rank XeroxRank Xerox
Rank Xerox was formed in 1956 as a joint venture between the Xerox Corporation of U.S. and the Rank Organisation of UK, to manufacture and market Xerox equipment initially in Europe and later in Africa and Asia...
. For the next 19 years, he held a variety of roles including general manager of Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, general manager of Benelux
Benelux
The Benelux is an economic union in Western Europe comprising three neighbouring countries, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. These countries are located in northwestern Europe between France and Germany...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, senior vice president of Xerox Production Systems, president of Xerox Channels Group in Rochester, New York and then president of Xerox Europe based in the UK. For the next four and a half years, he served as chief executive of retail at BT Group
BT Group
BT Group plc is a global telecommunications services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is one of the largest telecommunications services companies in the world and has operations in more than 170 countries. Through its BT Global Services division it is a major supplier of...
plc
On 30 September 2005, "Le Figaro
Le Figaro
Le Figaro is a French daily newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris. It is one of three French newspapers of record, with Le Monde and Libération, and is the oldest newspaper in France. It is also the second-largest national newspaper in France after Le Parisien and before Le Monde, but...
" announced that Danon, then Group Chief Operating Officer at Capgemini
Capgemini
Capgemini is a French global IT services company, one of the world's largest management consulting, outsourcing and professional services companies with a staff of 114,274 operating in 40 countries. It is headquartered in Paris and was founded in 1967 by Serge Kampf, the current chairman, in...
, had been interviewed for the President's position of Accor
Accor
Accor is Europe's leading hotel group , part of the CAC 40 index , and operates in over 90 countries. Headquartered in Courcouronnes, Essonne, France, near Évry, France, the group owns, operates and franchises 4,229 hotels ranging from economy to luxury on five continents .Previously, the group...
. In a statement on 7 October, CapGemini fired Danon after it was revealed that Accor cofounder and board chairman Gerard Pelisson, who reportedly wanted to give the position to his nephew Gilles Pélisson
Gilles Pélisson
Gilles Pélisson is a French businessman. He is an ESSEC graduate with an MBA from Harvard Business School. In January 2006, he was appointed CEO of the Accor group.-Career:*COO and CEO of Bouygues Télécom...
, told Capgemini about Danon's acceptance of the job. Gilles Pélisson was appointed in October 2005 as CEO of Accor, while Gerard Pélisson was forced to resign from the board
Danon then joined JPMorgan as a senior advisor, offering clients in the telecommunications, media and technology sectors advice across a range of corporate strategy issues and seek to introduce the firm to new clients
In May 2006, Danon was named as incoming Chairman of Eircom
Eircom
Eircom Group LTD is a telecommunications company in the Republic of Ireland, and a former state-owned incumbent. It is currently the largest telecommunications operator in the Republic of Ireland and operates primarily on the island of Ireland, with a point of presence in Great Britain.As Bord...
, the Irish telecoms company
In June 2008, Pierre Danon has been appointed as the new CEO of the French telecom companies Numericable
Numericable
Numericable is a British-American-Luxembourgian owned cable television operator operating in France, Belgium and Luxembourg, currently proposing standard quadruple-play services .- History :...
and Completel.
In December 2010, Pierre Danon was appointed as Chairman of Ypso Holding and of Altice B2B Holding (respective holdings of Numericable
Numericable
Numericable is a British-American-Luxembourgian owned cable television operator operating in France, Belgium and Luxembourg, currently proposing standard quadruple-play services .- History :...
and Completel). He was replaced by Eric Denoyer as CEO of Numericable and Completel.
Pierre Danon is the Chairman of the Numericable-Completel group since January 2011. He was appointed CEO of the group in Paris in September 2008. This is the fibre based third fixed operator in France. It has a quadruple play cable operation for the 9 million homes passed residential market coupled with strong B to B capabilities and customer base; it is backed by well financed and very competent private shareholders such as Patrick Drahi, Cinven and Carlyle.
In May 2008 Pierre was elected Vice-Chairman of the TDC Board of Directors. TDC is the leading provider of communication solutions in Denmark with a strong Nordic focus. TDC is listed on the OMX Nordic Stock Exchange and employs more than 12,000 people. The annual turn-over is approx. DKK 30 Billion.
Since November 2005, Pierre Danon, aged 55, is a Senior Advisor to JPMorgan’s EMEA Chairman, Walter Gubert. He provides advice and expertise to JPM’s team and clients across Europe, focusing on the Telecom, Media and High Technology (TMT) sector. He is a member of the JPMorgan Advisory Council.
Previously & since August 2006 Pierre had become Chairman of Eircom, following the successful €4.8 billion takeover led by Babcock & Brown Capital. Eircom employs nearly 7,000 people and delivers mobile and fixed communications services for residential and corporate customers in the Republic of Ireland. He stepped down from this role in November 2008.
From April 2004 until March 2008, he was a non-executive director of EMap Plc, a multi media UK-based company.
In March 2005, he was named Chief Operating Officer of the Capgemini Group, one of the world’s foremost providers of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services which reported 2004 global revenues of €6.3 billion and employs approximately 60,000 people worldwide. He successfully turned around CapGemini’s ailing US operation and energized the company’s global delivery strategy. During his tenure, the share price went up 43%.
Prior to joining Capgemini, Pierre Danon was appointed CEO of BT Retail in September 2000 where he was responsible for managing BT’s 21 million UK customer relationships, ranging from residential consumers to major corporate clients and government. BT Retail employs 40,000 people and has an annual turnover of £13.4 billion. He was a director of the BT plc Board.
Before joining BT, Pierre Danon was President of Xerox Europe, the €5bn operations arm of Xerox Corporation employing nearly 20,000 people. He was also a member of the company’s worldwide strategy committee, driving its transformation in Europe as a services and solutions business. Previously he had a 20 years career at Xerox covering diverse areas in finance, sales, marketing, customer service and research and development. It started in France initially, and since 1990 continued across various European countries and in the US.
Miscellaneous
He is married, and has two sons.He is married to Laurence Danon, CEO of La Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild Corporate Finance in Paris. They have two children David who has completed his diploma from HEC and is a senior associate at Bain Capital in London and Felix studying at HEC.