Thales, Global Leader In Advanced Technologies, Strengthens Board With New Appointment

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4>&NewLine;Thales<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Thales&comma; global leader in advanced technologies&comma; has announced the appointment of Fabien Bortoluzzi as Managing Director&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His brief covers operations in Western &amp&semi; Central Africa&period; In this role&comma; he will be responsible for driving the civil and defence business of Thales in the region&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Prior to this appointment&comma; Fabien Bortoluzzi was Sales Director&comma; Asia Air Defense Systems for Thales Land and Air systems&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier in his career&comma; he was Key Account Manager&comma; Air Defense for Indonesia and head of Export Sales Eurasia and Northern Asia for Thales Land and Air systems&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Thales&comma; which brings technologically advanced solutions in Defence and Security&comma; Digital Identity and Security&comma; Aerospace&comma; and Transportation industries&comma; has been present in Africa for over 50 years&comma; and today employs over 1&comma;200 people in the continent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Group has established its West and Central Africa headquarter in Dakar&comma; Senegal as well as an office in Abidjan&comma; Ivory Coast&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thales has established references in the region and in particular&comma; in Senegal&period; The Group is partner to the Senegalese Armed Forces&comma; supplying equipment for seamless communications&comma; Air Surveillance and Training &amp&semi; Simulation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Group is part of some of the country’s major projects&comma; including Train Express Regional &lpar;TER&rpar; where it provides Signaling &lpar;ERTMS&rpar;&comma; ticketing and passenger information systems&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Headquartered in Dakar&comma; ASECNA&comma; is a key partner for Thales in the region&period; <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The region relies on Thales’s Topsky Air Traffic Control system and a complete range of NAVAIDS and Radars for navigation and surveillance to protect more than 16 million km² of airspace&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the space domain&comma; Thales Alenia Space is a partner to the ANGA &lpar;Augmented Navigation for Africa&rpar; programme&comma; led by ASECNA&period; This programme aims to provide Satellite Based Augmentation Services &lpar;SBAS&rpar; throughout the Africa and Indian Ocean &lpar;AFI&rpar; region&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thales has made a clear social commitment to promoting a strong corporate social responsibility policy in Africa&period; As a company embedded in the local ecosystem&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thales Solidarity charitable fund with Learning &amp&semi; Culture team and Polaris Asso&comma; in partnership with UN Women and the Embassy of France in Senegal&comma; have launched a programme to help young Senegalese women pursue digital careers called TECH4SHE&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thales which develops products and solutions that help make the world safer&comma; greener and more inclusive&comma; invested close to €4 billion a year in Research &amp&semi; Development&comma; particularly in key areas such as quantum technologies&comma; Edge computing&comma; 6G and cybersecurity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It has 77&comma;000 employees in 68 countries&period; In 2022&comma; the Group generated sales of €17&period;6 billion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;