Press releases
27/07/2007 : Pierre Pringuet joins Iliad’s Board of Directors as Independent Board Member
Communiqué - Paris, 27 July, 2007 --
Iliad’s Board of Directors has appointed Mr Pierre Pringuet as Member of the Board. This appointment will be subjected to approval of the next General Assembly.
Graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole des Mines, Pierre Pringuet is Managing Director of Pernod Ricard since 2005. He joined Pernod Ricard in 1987 as Development Director, occupied the posts of Managing Director of the Société pour l’Exportation des Grandes Marques (1987-1996) and then served as Chairman and CEO of Pernod Ricard Europe (1997-2000). In 2000, he joined the corporate headquarters as one of Pernod Ricard’s two joint Managing Directors. On May 17, 2004, he has been appointed Board Member of Pernod Ricard. Pierre Pringuet started his career in the French civil service. He became an advisor to the government minister Michel Rocard from 1981 to 1985 before being given responsibility for the farming and food-processing industries at the Ministry of Agriculture.
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The Iliad Group is a major player in the Internet and telecommunications markets in France through its subsidiaries Free (2,498,000 ADSL subscribers as of March 31, 2007), Onetel and Iliad Telecom (fixed telephony operators) as well as IFW (Wimax). The Iliad Group is listed on the Euronext Paris Eurolist under the mnemonic code ILD.
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