Appointments within La Poste Groupe

A qualified lawyer and member of the Paris Bar, Stéphanie Fougou began her career at Orange Group. She was appointed Head of Legal Affairs for Wanadoo France in 2000, then Head of Legal Affairs for Orange France in 2006, before becoming Deputy Group General Counsel.

In 2011, she joined Club Med as Group General Secretary and, in 2014, was appointed Group General Secretary and Executive Committee member at Vallourec. In 2018, she became Group General Secretary and Executive Committee member at Accor Group before taking on similar responsibilities at Ingenico/Worldline and subsequently Technicolor Group, where she notably oversaw Legal Affairs, Board Secretariat, Compliance, Internal Audit and Public Affairs. She joined HBX Group as Group General Secretary in 2025.

Stéphanie Fougou is also a former Chair of the French Association of Corporate Counsel (AFJE) and has served as President of the European Company Lawyers Association (ECLA) since 2024.

She brings more than 25 years of experience within major international groups, primarily in corporate governance, legal affairs, compliance and risk management, M&A transactions and business transformation.

A graduate of École Centrale de Nantes, Pierre Gosset began his career at RATP.

In 1998, he joined Alstom Transport. After several years within the Signalling Division, he became Key Account Director for French local authorities before being promoted in 2010 to Head of the Tramway Platform and subsequently Vice President Engineering.

In 2015, Pierre Gosset joined SYSTRA as Group Technical Director, leading a global engineering organisation of nearly 3,000 employees.

In 2021, he joined Keolis as Chief Executive Officer of the Industrial Division and member of the Executive Committee. In this capacity, he oversaw all the Group’s industrial functions, including information systems, security, occupational health and safety, cybersecurity, the energy transition of a fleet of 24,000 vehicles, engineering, maintenance and procurement.

Throughout his career, Pierre Gosset has developed extensive expertise in leading complex industrial transformations, managing international organisations and driving performance programmes in highly demanding operational and safety environments, while fostering cross-functional collaboration.

A graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure des PTT in 1989 and holder of a degree in electronics, Philippe Bajou began his career at the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in 1979 and joined La Poste Groupe in 1981. From 1989 to 1990, he served as a special adviser to the Director of Common Affairs at the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. He then held several positions within La Poste’s Finance Department before being appointed Head of Financial Affairs and Equity Investments in 1995.

He led the CCP funds management project launched in November 1998, which resulted in the creation of Efiposte in March 2000, where he became Chief Executive Officer. From the creation of La Banque Postale in January 2006 until the end of 2012, Philippe Bajou served as the second member of its Management Board and as its second designated executive officer.

In December 2012, he was appointed Executive Vice President of La Poste Groupe and Chief Executive Officer of La Poste Retail Network, a position he held until June 2015. In February 2015, he became Chairman of La Poste Immobilier and Executive Vice President in charge of Transformation. In February 2016, he was appointed General Secretary while retaining responsibility for Transformation, with an expanded remit covering cross-functional functions and regional development.