THIERRY BONNIN

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise

Président

Biography

President of ALE International — Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Thierry Bonnin is President of ALE International. An international leader in the telecommunications, enterprise communications, cloud, and digital infrastructure sectors, he has over thirty years of experience within the group, with a career spanning Europe, Asia-Pacific, China, the Middle East, and emerging markets. Throughout his career, he has held general management, business development, marketing, strategic alliances, and public affairs positions, with significant international exposure and full profit and loss responsibility. He contributed to the global growth of Alcatel and then Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, to the structuring of technological ecosystems around enterprise communications, cloud computing, and networks, as well as to the development of partnerships with major industrial and digital players. His career is marked by dual expertise: leading international growth and the strategic transformation of a European technology company positioned on critical issues of connectivity, digital sovereignty, cybersecurity, cloud innovation, and reindustrialization. He notably contributed to Alcatel's development in China from the 1990s onwards, to the structuring of international operations and facilities in the Middle East, and to the strengthening of strategic partnerships with leading technology and industrial groups. He also spearheaded industrial initiatives in France, including the relocation to Laval of the assembly of certain enterprise communication equipment. Before assuming the presidency of ALE International on July 1, 2026, Thierry Bonnin was Senior Vice President of the group, advisor to the CEO, in charge of public affairs, institutional relations, and strategic partnerships. As an administrator of the MEDEF Hauts-de-Seine and a member of the MEDEF National Commission dedicated to public sector reform, Thierry Bonnin is involved in economic and institutional networks on issues of competitiveness, transformation of public action, strategic autonomy, and digital sovereignty. Throughout his career, Thierry Bonnin has enriched his experience through executive training at INSEAD, the French Agency for Negotiators, and the School of Economic Warfare, consolidating expertise at the intersection of leadership, strategic negotiation, influence, and economic intelligence.