Orange is one of the world's leading telecommunications operators, serving more than 167 million customers, including 106.9 million mobile customers and 11.4 million broadband internet (ADSL) customers, in the five continents. In 2007, Orange became the number three mobile operator and the number one provider of broadband internet services in Europe generating more than 51.7 billion euros of consolidated sales.

In the hour-long presentation, Marie-Catherine Combe, Executive Manager and Group Talent development, and Romain Meunier, Online Advertising Product manager and EDHEC graduate 2005, presented the Orange programme for young graduates selected among the top business schools in Europe.

The 3-year support programme consists in rapidly playing an active role in challenging projects for the group, taking real managerial responsibilities, developing graduates expertise in a variety of fields such as Sales, Marketing, Finance and Purchasing.

Romain Meunier, EDHEC Telecom Talents 2005 tells his story:

"I joined the Orange Group in 2005,  less than 2 months after the end of my final year at EDHEC. Having just graduated from the MSc in Marketing Management, I started working directly for the Dutch subsidiary Orange Nederland in Amsterdam, where I occupied the role of Product Functional Analyst in Voice Over IP. Although this position included mostly IT project management, it taught me how to evolve in a company focused on High Tech products and services.

After one and a half years there, I joined the corporate division in the strategic marketing department in 2007. In this new role I am in charge of the development of mobile advertising services for all of our Orange subsidiaries (France, UK, Spain, Poland, Portugal, Belgium and a few others). Being part of the Telecom Talent graduate team has provided me with excellent visibility and understanding of a wide variety of the company's business units. I also consider the level of responsibilities, given that is given to the team members, a real boost to my career.

A word of advice to close: be yourself, it's the only way to accomplish great things! "