Speaker Profile

With over 25 years’ experience in the telecommunication industry, Lionel joined the Altice Group in 2004, after 6 years with Verizon.  He participated in the development of the French Telecommunication regional broadband plan negotiating France first Private-Public Telecommunications Partnerships on behalf of SFR Collectivités. In 2015, He has been involved in the elaboration of the French National Plan for the French gigabit society. He launched XpFibre in 2019, a joint-venture between Altice and Allianz Capital Partners, Axa Investment Managers, and Omers Infrastructure with the spin-off of SFR’s fiber assets. Today, with more than €6bn invested over the last 5 years, XpFibre is the leading independent fiber company in France. Lionel holds an Engineering degree from Arts et Métiers ParisTech.