Our Story

Our
story

Splintering off in 2021, TOTEM brings together Orange’s exceptional infrastructure and proven operational excellence from decades of experience in telecommunications.

TOTEM will continue to set the gold standard in communications across Europe. All our focus is on the quality and the mutual benefits that our infrastructure can bring – from businesses, to institutions, landlords and society at large.

Connectivity has transcended from optional to elemental. TOTEM’s ambition is to provide a unique place around our towers in which partners can meet, coordinate and flourish together.

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A neutral & independent towerco

TOTEM’s independence is underpinned by a separate legal structure owned directly by the Orange Group (Orange SA).

Management is completely independent from any carrier operator. As a neutral host operator, TOTEM has full operational autonomy thanks to the transfer of all key passive mobile infrastructure assets (sites, land, leases and third-party tenancy contracts).

TOTEM has all the necessary in-house capabilities to run its operations and start a new chapter for its existing and forthcoming infrastructure.

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The
Team

A skilled team with rich experience operating, building, maintaining.

We go further than towers to help our partners with everything related to network, asset management, business and finance.

Deep understanding of our customers and the communities they live in, fostering long relationships and creating value in all directions.

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Nicolas Roy

Chief Executive Officer TOTEM Group

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Patrick Farges

Chief Executive Officer TOTEM Spain

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Thierry Papin

Chief Executive Officer TOTEM France

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Cécile Boudeau

Human Resources Director TOTEM Group

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Mathilde Boistay

Communication and Brand Director at TOTEM Group

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Vincent Lespine

Chief Financial Officer TOTEM Group

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Sylvie Lienard

Chief Technical and Security Officer, in charge of sustainable innovation and compliance

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Tristan Renault

Chief Information Officer TOTEM Group

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Serge Le Potier

Chief Strategy and Analytics Officer TOTEM Group

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Laetitia Paysan Teboul

General Counsel TOTEM Group

Nicolas ROY (École Normale Supérieure and Télécom ParisTech) is the CEO of TOTEM Group since November 1, 2021

Since July 2014, he was Director of Networks and Services Technical Division at Orange France, in charge of all network infrastructure in France, leading in particular Fiber To The Home deployment and 5G launch.

Director of Business Unit leader in charge of the P&L of Enterprise Network Services at Orange Business Services from 2010 to 2014, he was previously Chief Technical and Information Officer of Orange France.

He started his career in the submarine cable industry, first as a project manager at sea, then as a representative of France Telecom in international consortium, to promote the installation of new submarine systems.

Patrick Farges (degree in Engineering from Telecom Paris) is Chief Executive Officer of TOTEM Spain, in charge of the development of this subsidiary in Spain.

Patrick Farges has a long history of more than 35 years in the Orange Group, 25 of them outside France, and with a solid knowledge of the B2B and Wholesale business. He began his career at France Telecom Large Accounts as head of a presales support department and then moved to Mexico where he was Commercial Director of Global One and then to El Salvador where he was leading the B2B and Wholesale market for Telecom El Salvador

He also held the position of International Sales Director for Equant for three years and in 2006 he joined Orange Spain as general manager for the B2B and Wholesale market, subsequently occupying various positions as project director of FTTH, Fibra, Director of Product Development and head of Sales& Marketing of “X by Orange”.

Thierry PAPIN (Ecole Centrale de Lyon) is Chief Executive Officer of TOTEM France, in charge of the development of this subsidiary in France.

After first experiences covering both technical and project management in the fixed and mobile telecommunication networks, Thierry Papin reached various responsibilities covering the Engineering and Build strategy of the Orange mobile network in France.

Then he was nominated CTO for Paris and its region during 6 years, in charge of the mobile network evolution and maintenance, and the fixed transmission network. Before joining TOTEM, Thierry was Deputy CEO of Sofrecom, Orange affiliate, in charge of the IT and Network business for operators and institutions outside France.

Cécile BOUDEAU (DESS in Business Management) is Human Resources Director of TOTEM Group.

After a few years as Recruitment and Human Resources Manager in various companies such as PPG, Excel, Cécile Boudeau joined the Orange Group in 1996.

Cécile Boudeau has worked in international environments of networks, Research & Development and Key Accounts as Human Resources Director since 2003. Then Cécile Boudeau was Director of Social Relations within the Technical Direction for France where she managed the creation of the Technical & Information System Direction during 5 years.

Then Cécile Boudeau was appointed Human Resources Director of the Orange General Secretariat from 2015 to 2018, before joining Orange International Networks Infrastructures and Services.

Mathilde Boistay (IEP PARIS 2021) is Communication and Brand Director at TOTEM Group.

Prior to her current role, she worked for the French President’s office before joining the Orange Group as project manager for lobbying and relations with local authorities. In 2016, she assumed the role of press officer in charge of crisis communications for the Orange Group, where she notably managed the Covid-19 crisis communication. Mathilde joined TOTEM as the Brand, Communications, and Influence Manager in November 2021, when the company was founded.

Vincent LESPINE (HEC Paris) is  Chief Financial Officer of TOTEM Group.

Vincent was Director of Transactions Financing and Equity Capital Markets. He was in charge of the execution of the Orange Group financings and led the main non-recourse financing transactions implemented by the Group. He was also responsible for carrying out transactions in the Equity Capital Markets and monitored the various listed participations of the Group.

Vincent joined the Orange Group in December 2015. He was previously working at Credit Agricole CIB in the team in charge of LBO and structured financings in the Telecom, Media and Technology sectorial franchise.

Sylvie LIENARD (SEA Tech/Telecom option – Aix-Marseille University – TELECOM SUD PARIS) is Chief Technology Officer and Chief  Security Officer of TOTEM Group.

After having practiced three years in the French Defence Army, she joined Orange Research&Development teams to lead projects in the domain of Intelligent Network. She then assumed three management positions in the Networks domain, first on mobile services, then on infrastructures and finally by being in charge of Orange France Mobile Access Network design.

She took new responsibilities in the IT domain in 2017, as Director of the IT for Orange France Mass Market segment, and joined TOTEM in 2022.

Tristan RENAULT (ENSTA-Paris Tech 1996) is Chief Information Officer of TOTEM Group, in charge of managing IT infrastructures and applications of the Information System of TOTEM Group and its affiliates.

Starting his career in consulting firms and system integrators, Tristan joined Orange in 2000 and took part, as architecture Lead or project director, in many major IT projects for Orange and its affiliates abroad.

In 2012, he moved to Sofrecom, Orange affiliate, in charge of consulting and integration for operators and institutions to develop IT consulting. Before joining TOTEM, Tristan was in charge of Business Development of IT and Network business at Sofrecom.

Serge LE POTIER (Ecole Polytechnique (X90), Télécom Paris (1995), PhD from Rennes University (1999) is Chief Strategy and Analytics Officer at TOTEM Group.

He started his engineer career with a research thesis at INRIA and then in R&D at Orange in the domain of wireless technology applied to Home LAN. He was then appointed Head of Lab in charge of livebox and set-top-boxes development.

He joined Orange France in 2010 in the Networks and Services Technical division, in charge of the unbundling of local sub-loop and the construction of business/wholesale network offers. Then he was appointed as Skills and Network Program Manager. In 2020, he was appointed Director of Strategy, Risk and Network Security, and, with the Finance Direction, led the conception phase of the TOTEM project.

Laetitia PAYSAN TEBOUL (University of Law of Angers – Law School of Poitiers) is General Counsel of TOTEM Group.

After having practiced four years as lawyer in Parisian law firms, she joined Orange in 2008 as Senior Lawyer in the French Wholesale market.  She then assumed three positions as Legal Manager within Purchasing Direction, Research and IT Direction and was since 2019 within International Carriers and Networks Direction.

 

The Board

 
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Nicolas Roy

Board Chairman

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Marie Wiedmer-Brouder

Board Member Independent

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Nicolas Ott

Board Member Independent

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Jérôme Berger

Board Member ORANGE

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Michaël Trabbia

Board Member ORANGE

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Elodie Le Corfec Langrenay

Board Member ORANGE

Nicolas ROY (École Normale Supérieure and Télécom ParisTech) is the CEO of TOTEM Group since November 1, 2021

Since July 2014, he was Director of Networks and Services Technical Division at Orange France, in charge of all network infrastructure in France, leading in particular Fiber To The Home deployment and 5G launch.

Director of Business Unit leader in charge of the P&L of Enterprise Network Services at Orange Business Services from 2010 to 2014, he was previously Chief Technical and Information Officer of Orange France. He started his career in the submarine cable industry, first as a project manager at sea, then as a representative of France Telecom in international consortium, to promote the installation of new submarine systems.

Marie Wiedmer Brouder is Chair of CARYATID Advisory, a real estate consultancy and expertise company since January 2021 and Chair of Caryatid Asset Management since September 1, 2014.

Previously, she was Deputy Managing Director at EUROSIC (2009) and member of the Executive Committee and Chair of SIIC Invest / ICADE (2008). Before that she was Director in the Real Estate Divisions of insurance companies (Assurances Fédérales Vie-Groupe Crédit Lyonnais then Allianz-AGF Immobilier) after a career in banks with large corporate accounts and in property leasing.

Marie Wiedmer Brouder was a member of several supervisory boards from 1997 to 2010, including at Lion SCPI where she was Chair of the Supervisory Board. Since October 2014, she has held the position of Director of the listed real estate company Société de la Tour Eiffel (SBF 120) and Chair of the Investment Committee since May 2019, Independent Director at Foncière Euris (Euronext), and a member of the Audit Committee.

She is Vice President of Fiabci (International Real Estate Federation), the Club de l’Immobilier and the Cercle des Femmes de l’Immobilier.

She has served several terms as a city councilor and as the environmental representative for the city of Asnières sur Seine, and graduated from ESLSCA with a DECS.

Nicolas Ott is currently Senior Advisor of Ardian Infrastructure, limited partner at Inovexus VC, and member of Italian Angels for Growth’s investment committee, the leading Italian business angels association.

Previously he was the General Manager of Arqiva Telecoms & M2M division, the UK leading independent towerco (2012-2018) and VP Strategy, Spectrum, Regulations & Public Affairs at EE, the UK mobile operator (2008-2012). Prior to this he had a 12 years career in the telecom industry at various finance positions (Orange/France Telecom, Equant, Global Crossing) and 10 years career in financial audit for customers such as LVMH Group and Vendome Group.

Nicolas Ott has a degree in finance from the European Business School and a DECS (ACA) degree.

Jerome Berger is the head of Orange investment in tech start-ups, managing 750m assets as President and Managing Partner of the Orange Ventures fund and as CEO of Orange Digital Investment.

From 2012 to 2019, he was the head of Orange Group Financing and Treasury, managing the Group’s Balance sheet and funding. Prior to that, he occupied various key positions at Orange, notably in equity capital markets as well as project and infrastructure financing in Europe, Africa and the Carribean region. Jerome Berger has a 20 year-experience as a Board member and serves today as a Director of Orange Bank and Brut, among others.

Michaël Trabbia was appointed Executive Vice President and CEO of Orange Wholesale on 3 April 2023.

Michaël Trabbia started his career at French regulator Arcep in 2001, where he contributed to several ministerial cabinets including European Affairs, regional planning, and industry.

After being appointed Director of Strategy and Development at TDF in 2007, he joined Orange in 2011, where he was first the Group’s SVP for Corporate Public Affairs, then Chief of Staff and Secretary of the Group’s Executive Committee.

In 2016, he was appointed CEO of Orange Belgium.

From 2020 to April 2023, Michaël Trabbia served as the Group’s Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, which he continues on an interim basis.

Michaël Trabbia is a graduate of École Polytechnique and Télécom ParisTech, and holds a master’s of advanced studies in industrial economics.

Elodie Le Corfec is director of Orange central group controlling, responsible for allocating resources, defining financial objectives and monitoring the group’s performance.

She has graduated from CentraleSupélec and ESCP Europe and held various responsibilities over 13 years within the Orange group.

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Our offices

La Défense Village 6
31, place ronde
92800 Puteaux
132 avenue Stalingrad
94 800 Villejuif

0801 907 893
Calle palos de la Frontera, 12
28012 Madrid

(+34) 910 883 523

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