Pierre Danon

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Pierre Danon (born 1956) is a French senior corporate executive director, presently an advisor to JPMorgan and a Chairman of Eircom

Danon earned a degree in civil engineering from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, a Master's in Law degree from the Faculte de Droit Paris II Assas, and an MBA from the Institut Superieur des Affaires (HEC School of Management MBA, Paris)[1]

Danon began his career in 1981 as a financial analyst at Rank Xerox. For the next 19 years, he held a variety of roles including general manager of Belgium, general manager of Benelux, Switzerland and Austria, senior vice president of Xerox Production Systems, president of Xerox Channels Group in Rochester, New York and then president of Xerox Europe based in the UK. For the next four and a half years, he served as chief executive of retail at BT Group plc[2]

On 30 September 2005, "Le Figaro" announced that Danon had been interviewed for the President's position of Accor. In a statement on 7 October, CapGemini fired Danon[3] after it was revealed that Accor cofounder and board chairman Gerard Pelisson, who reportedly wanted to give the position to his nephew Gilles Pélisson, told Capgemini about Danon's acceptance of the job.[4] . Gilles Pélisson was appointed in October 2005 as CEO of Accor, while Gerard Pélisson was forced to resign from the board[5]

Danon then joined JPMorgan as a senior advisor, offering clients in the telecommunications, media and technology sectors advice across a range of corporate strategy issues and seek to introduce the firm to new clients[6]

In May 2006, Danon was named as incoming Chairman of Eircom, the Irish telecoms company[7]

He is married, and has two sons.

[edit] References

  1. ^ IDATE : Conférences - IDATE 2003. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
  2. ^ Frank Kane (2004-10-31). Retail chief hangs up after BT brawl. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
  3. ^ Capgemini Communication about Pierre Danon (PDF).
  4. ^ European Tech Wire: France-Based Capgemini Fires COO Pierre Danon (2005-10-10). Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
  5. ^ Gilles Pelisson is Accor’s new CEO. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
  6. ^ JPMorgan Chase: Pierre Danon Joins JPMorgan As A Senior Advisor. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
  7. ^ [1][dead link]
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