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Michel Combes

Chief Executive Officer, Lambda

Search every verified Michel Combes interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Michel Combes, chief executive officer at Lambda, has appeared at technology conferences and industry panels discussing innovation, digital policy, and the role of technology in creativity. At a 2018 Web Summit session, he described technology as an enabler of creativity, noting that successful tech products often emerge from collaboration between technical staff and people with marketing or business backgrounds. He also outlined his company's approach to developing new user experiences, which involves bringing together multidisciplinary teams in internal labs to brainstorm and prioritize ideas before investing resources. In earlier appearances, Combes addressed European competitiveness and telecommunications regulation. At a 2014 FT-ETNO summit panel, he said Europe was not necessarily short of ideas or innovation but had largely failed to scale up innovation globally, citing that most globally scalable business models originated from very small or very large countries. At the Digiworld Summit in 2014, he discussed the importance of networks as a central part of the industry's future, emphasizing the need for investment in digital infrastructure and a unified digital single market in Europe. As CFO of France Telecom in 2009, he responded to analyst concerns about debt reduction and dividend policy, stating that the company had met its stated targets and planned to continue reducing leverage.

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