Jean-Yves Charlier

Member of the Supervisory Board
44, Belgian nationality

Business address:
Promethean House, Lower Philips Road, Blackburn, Lancashire BB1 5TH, United Kingdom

Expertise and experience:

Mr. Jean-Yves Charlier was born on November 29, 1963 in Belgium, and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in strategy and marketing from Wharton Business School. He started his career at the Wang group in France in 1987 occupying a series of posts in sales and marketing before heading the European Network Integration Business in London from 1993 to 1995 and becoming Vice President of Wang International in 1995. In 1996, he joined the Equant group as Head of its Network Integration Business, ultimately becoming Head of worldwide Marketing, Sales and Services. In 2002, Jean-Yves Charlier joined the BT group, where he was Chief of Operations responsible for all operations in continental Europe and with Global Services business. He joined Fidelity International in 2004 as a Director and was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Colt Telecom Group in charge of turning around the European alternative operator. Since 2007, Jean-Yves Charlier has been Chief
Executive Officer of Promethean, an interactive learning technology and teaching solutions specialist.