SUEZ announces the appointment of Tiphaine Hecketsweiler as Chief Communications Officer of the Group. As a member of the Executive Committee, Tiphaine Hecketsweiler will take up her position on July 15, 2019.
A graduate of the Pantheon-Sorbonne University and holder of a postgraduate diploma in Corporate Finance and Financial Engineering from Paris Dauphine University in 1990, Tiphaine Hecketsweiler began her career at France Telecom Mobiles and then as Strategy Manager at Experian, in London.
In 2002, Tiphaine Hecketsweiler joined Image 7, an agency specialised in strategic consulting and institutional relations, in France and internationally, working as a Consultant. In 2010, Tiphaine Hecketsweiler joined Bull Group as Head of Communications. Following the acquisition by Atos, in 2014 Tiphaine Hecketsweiler became Deputy Head, Global Communications, in charge of the brand, media relations and internal communications and then Chief Communications Officer at Worldline (payment services specialist) within the same group.
In 2017, she was appointed Chief Communications Officer of the AccorHotels Group. Since February 2019, she has been Chief Communications Officer of the Fédération Francaise de l'Assurance (French Insurance Federation).
Tiphaine Hecketsweiler will report to Bertrand Camus, Chief Executive Officer of SUEZ Group.
"I am delighted to be able to have Tiphaine Hecketsweiler on board of SUEZ Group Executive Committee. Tiphaine Hecketsweiler will support the Group in its transformation. With her experience and knowledge of the challenges faced in an international communications environment developed across a number of listed multinational corporations as well as communications agencies in listed groups and agencies, Tiphaine will have the expertise to drive SUEZ's commitment as a leader in environmental transition, said Bertrand Camus, CEO of Suez.