Based in Paris, Badrinath will report to Stéphane Richard, chief executive officer of France Telecom-Orange, and will be a member of the Group’s Executive Committee.
Most recently Badrinath was executive vice president in charge of the Networks and Operators division of France Telecom. In this position, he led, among others, the enhancement of the Orange Business Services network, particularly in Asia Pacific, Latin America and Middle East. As a result of those significant upgrades, the network is now cloud-ready, capable of handling in the cloud as a service”applications and security as well as converged voice, video and telepresence services.
"I look forward to drive further the rich tradition at Orange Business Services of superior customer service, network strength, and services and solutions innovation," said Badrinath. “Leveraging its customer centric model, Orange Business Services has understood the evolving business needs of global enterprises. Orange aims to provide businesses with simpler, safer and more flexible services at an international scale, in areas such as real time applications, collaboration, security, infrastructure, and vertical solutions."
Building on a 17 years experience in the telecom industry, Badrinath brings strong international, innovation and customer service expertise. After beginning his career at the French Ministry of Industry in 1992, Badrinath joined the Group’s Long Distance Networks Department in 1996 before moving to be CEO of Thomson India in 2000. He returned to the Group as chief technical officer of Orange in 2004.