Speaker Bio
Laurence Delpy has joined Eutelsat as General Manager of the Business Unit Video, member of Eutelsat SA Executive Committee, in September 2022.
Laurence Delpy comes with depth business leadership in the Telecom equipment industry, in Asia and Europe leading mobile telecom equipment Business Units across geographies in tough competitive contexts, continuously impacted by technological evolutions.
She joins Eutelsat from Palo Alto Networks a global cybersecurity leader where she lead their EMEA – Service Providers business.
Prior to that Laurence managed Nokia’s mobile network business for the Asia-Pacific region and Japan where she lived and worked for 25 years. She served as Vice President of Alcatel-Lucent’s mobile business in Asia and Deputy Vice President of the network business in China within their joint venture, Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell from 2012 to 2016.
Previously, she was Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the GSM product line from 2010 to 2012. Prior to that, she held several sales positions in Telstra, Alcatel and Alcatel-Alstom in Australia, South Asia and France.
Laurence is an Independent Director of Soitec, an international industrial company specialised in generating and manufacturing high performance semiconductor materials.
Laurence graduated from the École supérieure de gestion in Paris, France and holds a degree in Business Administration. She also holds a certificate in general administration obtained at INSEAD in Singapore.