Jean-François Pontal
Jean-François René Pontal is a French businessman, and a former Chief Executive of Orange S.A..Child of the official Gaston Pontal, he has a degree in Engineering in 1966 from the Centre d'études supérieures des techniques industrielles, now called Supméca, part of Polyméca.Career
was bought by France Télécom in May 2000 for £25 billion. France Télécom changed its name to Orange S.A. He had worked at France Télécom since 1996.Orange
He was Chief Executive of Orange from January 2001 until 24 March 2003.
