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Pascal Homsy named Executive Vice President of Thales Alenia Space’s Telecommunications Business Line

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Pascal Homsy named Executive Vice President of Thales Alenia Space’s Telecommunications Business Line

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    Cannes – Pascal Homsy, 54, has been appointed Executive Vice President of Thales Alenia Space’s Telecommunications Business Line, effective May 13, 2019. He succeeds Bertrand Maureau, who takes on new responsibilities within the Thales Group.

    Pascal Homsy graduated from Telecom ParisTech in 1991 and began his career in sales at TRT-Philips.

    From 1994 to 1998, he served as Area Sales Manager, Asia-Pacific, at Lucent Technologies. He subsequently moved up the ranks within the Alcatel-Lucent Group, where he held positions as Consultant, Customer Strategies; Asia Sales Director; Vice President, Local Multipoint Distribution Systems Business Unit; Vice President, Voice and Services Business Unit, Fixed Switching Systems; Vice President Sales, France Telecom/Orange global account; and CEO of Alcatel-Lucent France for more than three years. He was also Vice President Sales, West and South Europe, in charge of France and the FT/Orange account; and President of the Strategic Industries Segment.

    In April 2015, he was appointed President of the Europe and MEA Regional Business Centre, Software and Services, for Nokia/Alcatel-Lucent.

    From 2017 until this latest appointment, Pascal Homsy served as Global Head of Sales, Big Data and Security Division for ATOS (Bull SAS).


    About Thales Alenia Space
    Combining 40 years of experience and a unique diversity of expertise, talents and cultures, Thales Alenia Space architects design and deliver high technology solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Governments, institutions and companies rely on Thales Alenia Space to design, operate and deliver satellite-based systems that help them position and connect anyone or anything, everywhere, help observe our planet, help optimize the use of our planet's – and our solar system’s – resources. Thales Alenia Space believes in space as humankind’s new horizon, which will enable to build a better, more sustainable life on Earth. A joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space also teams up with Telespazio to form the parent companies’ Space Alliance, which offers a complete range of services and solutions. Thales Alenia Space posted consolidated revenues of about 2.6 billion euros in 2017 and has 7,980 employees in nine countries. www.thalesaleniaspace.com


    Thales Alenia Space – Press Contacts:
    Sandrine Bielecki
    Phone: +33 (0)4 92 92 70 94
    sandrine.bielecki@thalesaleniaspace.com

    Chrystelle Dugimont
    Phone: +33 (0)4 92 92 74 06
    chrystelle.dugimont@thalesaleniaspace.com
    CinziaMarcanio
    Tel: +39 06 41512685
    cinzia.marcanio@thalesaleniaspace.com