Jacques Bonifay

CEO, Transatel

As CEO of Transatel, Jacques is head of the company’s general management, as well as shareholder relationships.

In November 2009, Jacques became President of Alternative Telecom, the French association made up of the country’s largest MVNOs, where he leads the group’s interests in relation to the French government and telecom regulatory authorities. He was also elected President of MVNO Europe in October 2012. The group includes major European operators, such as Liberty Global, Telenet, PosteMobile, Cyta Hellas, Voiceworks, and El Telecom (NRJ Mobile). Jacques is guiding their lobbying efforts to the European institutions.

Before founding Transatel, Jacques had a career in the space industry at Airbus Group, and afterwards as a consultant for McKinsey & Co. at the Paris office. Jacques later headed Strategy & Business Development for the Professional & Consumer Division of Alcatel, where he initiated new businesses based on fixed-mobile convergence and e-commerce with several operators.