Cyril Poidatz, Chairman of the Board of Directors

Before joining the Iliad Group in 1998, Cyril Poidatz had been working for Cap Gemini for ten years. In his role as Chief Financial Officer at Cap Gemini Italia for several years, he was mainly responsible for restructuring Cap Gemini's Italian divisions. Cyril Poidatz began his career as an auditor with Coopers & Lybrand.

Xavier Niel is the Iliad Group's majority shareholder and founder. He has been involved in the data communications, Internet and telecommunications industry since the late 1980s. In 1993, before dedicating himself full-time to developing the Group, he founded Worldnet, the first Internet service provider in France, which was sold to Kaptech (LDCom Group) in December 2000. He has been responsible for the Group's major strategic developments, from the launch of the ANNU service and the development of Internet access services based on France Télécom’s repayment scheme as a financial model to the launch of the Freebox project.

Maxime Lombardini, Chief Executive Officer

Maxime Lombardini is the Group’s Chief Executive Officer. He joined Iliad Group in April 2007. Maxime Lombardini had previously been Chief Executive Officer of TF1 Production since 2003. In this position, he restructured and stimulated the group’s six subsidiaries. From 1999 to 2003, he was Development Director at TF1, a position in which he studied and implemented the group's acquisitions. From 1996 to 1999, he was the General Secretary of TPS, a subsidiary of TF1 and M6, a position in which he took part in launching the satellite package. Maxime Lombardini is a graduate of the Paris school of Political Science and holds a Master's degree in business and tax law from the University of Paris II.

Thomas Reynaud, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Development

Prior to joining Iliad, Thomas Reynaud was a Managing Director in Equity Capital Markets at Société Générale, responsible for the Telecoms, Media and Technology sector. He started his career at Société Générale, worked in both the Paris and New York offices, leading numerous transactions in connection with IPOs, privatisations and equity and debt offerings. In the last five years, Thomas Reynaud had worked closely with Iliad as an advisor, notably managing the Group’s IPO in 2004 and convertible bond issue in 2006. He joined the Group during the summer of 2007 as head of business development and member of the management committee before becoming chief financial officer of Iliad in January 2008. Thomas Reynaud is a graduate of HEC and New York University.

Rani Assaf, Technical Director

Rani Assaf is in charge of the Group's IP and Telecoms network, as well as the rollout of its DSL network. Since 1999, Rani Assaf has been involved in implementing the Group’s IP network infrastructures, as well as its interconnection with the incumbent operator on a Cisco SS7 platform. Rani Assaf is also one of the founders of the Freebox project. He joined the Group in 1999.

Antoine Levavasseur, Information Systems Director

Antoine Levavasseur has a degree in engineering from the French engineering school, EFREI. He joined Iliad in 1999 as manager of Free’s system platform and servers. Since 1999, he has been involved in developing the information system for subscriber management and in operating and developing the email platforms, Web servers and applications used by subscribers.

Angélique Berge, Client Support Director

A graduate of INSEAD, Angélique Berge joined Iliad in early 2000, after four years with the incumbent operator. At Iliad, she oversaw the call center growth and has participated in conceiving and developing all the helpdesk tools as well as the on-site subscriber’s support.
In charge of 1800 employees , Angélique Berge is also in charge of the the administrative and legal services dedicated to subscribers.

He is responsible for negotiating and supervising commercial relations with the group’s suppliers. Patrick Fouquerière started his career as commercial engineer for Belgacom France (1996), before joining GTS-Omnicom (1998-2000). In 2001, he joined Onetel as head of voice-related purchases and operator relations. After Onetel was taken over by Iliad in December 2001, Patrick Fouquerière took up responsibility for group relations with operators and local authorities for deploying optical fibre infrastructures.