Raoul Jacquand | VP Strategic Alliances & External Affairs
Alcatel Submarine Networks

Raoul Jacquand joined ASN (Alcatel Submarine Networks) in early 2025 as VP Strategic Alliances & External Affairs, with the mandate to lead the company’s alliances, M&A and partnerships strategy, as well as its engagement with the industry-wide ecosystem of public & private institutions. Prior to that, Raoul acquired 30 years of experience in multiple industrial segments. He started his career in wireless network engineering with Nortel Networks with posting in France, Germany and the US before joining CGG, a geophysical exploration services company where he led the company’s presence in sub-Saharan Africa from South Africa. And lastly, before joining ASN, he worked for Dassault Systèmes , an engineering software company, with responsibilities spanning from product line management to regional business development. He is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École Nationale des Télécommunications de Paris.