Franck Lebeugle has officially taken up his post as Director of the Afnor Group's certification activities in France, known in particular for its brands such as NF, AFAQ and the European Ecolabel. He succeeds Florence Méaux.
Born in 1974, a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Franck Lebeugle devoted the first part of his career, between 1999 and 2007, to the standardization and deployment of 3G mobile networks within the Orange Group.
After taking part in the bidding process for 3G licenses in Spain, the Netherlands and France, he defended the telecom operator's interests on the standards group for the project. Third Generation Partnership Project ("3GPP") for Radio Access. In 2007, he joined the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel as head of the television broadcasting department, to continue and industrialize the rollout of the digital terrestrial television (DTT) network in France.
Deputy Director in charge of digital television in 2009, he led the transition to fully digital television, working alongside the public interest group France Télé Numérique.
From 2012, as Director of Technology, Franck Lebeugle contributed to the development and implementation of the digital development strategy for the audiovisual sector: gradual roll-out of high definition with the arrival of six new channels in 2013, work to increase the number of radio stations available on FM, and the first broadcasts of digital terrestrial radio in June 2014.
Franck Lebeugle succeeds Florence Méaux, appointed by the Council of Ministers as delegate for the renewal of the French government's senior management.
With over 60,000 certified sites in more than 100 countries, Afnor Certification provides certification and assessment engineering and services for 270 product and service categories. 8,600 personal certificates are also active. From standards-based reference systems to the creation of labels, Afnor Certification takes responsibility for supporting private and public players in defining the process best suited to their strategies, in multi-site modes on a national and international scale.
Learn more: www.afnor.org