{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"127649","rtpr_id":"nGNE11SzFn","ticker":"OVH","exchange":"Euronext Paris","all_tickers":["OVH"],"title":"REG-OVHcloud announces several changes to its organization and Executive Committee  ","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-08-26T05:00:00.089Z","article_body":"Roubaix, August 26, 2026 – OVH group, a sovereign, global player and\nEuropean leader in Cloud and AI, announces several changes within its\nExecutive Committee and continues the transformation of its go-to-market model\nto support the next phase of its growth.\n\nStéphanie Besnier, Chief Financial Officer of OVHcloud, has expressed her\nwish to step down from her role to pursue new opportunities outside the\nGroup. She will remain in her role until August 31. The recruitment of her\nsuccessor is underway. In the meantime, Julien Rabette, Deputy CFO of\nOVHcloud, will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer. The Board of\nDirectors and the Executive Committee thank Stéphanie Besnier for her\ncommitment and her contribution to the development of OVHcloud.\nOctave Klaba, founder and Chairman and CEO of OVHcloud, states : \n« I would like to thank Stéphanie for these three years of close\ncollaboration, and more particularly for the past twelve months, during which\nwe built the five-year strategic plan and the FY27 budget, starting on\nSeptember 1. The Group’s refinancing is secured through 2030. Now is the\ntime to execute! I wish Stéphanie every success for the future.” \n \nPierre Byramjee appointed Chief Revenue Officer Digital Cloud. He will lead\nthe development of this go-to-market segment, which supports digital native\ncustomers from Starters to Scalers, with one ambition: to accelerate their\ngrowth through a sovereign, competitive cloud that meets the specific\nrequirements of their industry. With extensive experience in tech and digital,\ngained notably at Dell, Microsoft and Stripe, he joins OVHcloud's Executive\nCommittee.   \n \nSylvain Siou appointed VP Customer Solutions & Success, within the Corporate\ngo-to-market.\nHis mission: to bring OVHcloud’s technological expertise closer to the\nbusiness challenges of its large accounts. He brings more than twenty years of\nexperience in pre-sales and customer support, gained notably at VMware,\nNutanix, EfficientIP and Keepit.\n\nAbout OVHcloud \nOVHcloud is a global player and European leader in cloud computing. For more\nthan 25 years, the Group has been putting its technological expertise at the\nservice of businesses, developers and public organizations, developing\ninnovative solutions in cloud, artificial intelligence, quantum computing and\nnext-generation infrastructure. With 46 data centers around the world,\nOVHcloud supports 1.7 million customers in more than 140 countries across 4\ncontinents. Its unique integrated model enables it to offer a sovereign,\nsustainable, high-performing and transparent cloud, designed to meet the\ncritical challenges of availability, resilience, security, compliance and cost\ncontrol. In a world where technology is shaping our future more every day,\nOVHcloud upholds a strong conviction: innovation must remain open, controlled\nand accessible to as many people as possible. By giving organizations the\nmeans to retain control over their data and their technology choices, OVHcloud\nhelps them innovate, build and freely deploy the digital world of tomorrow.\nOVHcloud, Innovation for Freedom.\n\n OVHcloud Contacts \n media.france@ovhcloud.com\n\nAttachment\n*     PR Announcement OVHcloud\n(https://ml-eu.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/768b2cc9-c277-4ab5-8060-7951d6a0f95f)","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNE11SzFn","title":"REG-OVHcloud announces several changes to its organization and Executive Committee  ","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"OVH","created":"2026-08-26T05:00:00.089Z","tickers":["OVH"],"exchange":"Euronext Paris","article_body":"Roubaix, August 26, 2026 – OVH group, a sovereign, global player and\nEuropean leader in Cloud and AI, announces several changes within its\nExecutive Committee and continues the transformation of its go-to-market model\nto support the next phase of its growth.\n\nStéphanie Besnier, Chief Financial Officer of OVHcloud, has expressed her\nwish to step down from her role to pursue new opportunities outside the\nGroup. She will remain in her role until August 31. The recruitment of her\nsuccessor is underway. In the meantime, Julien Rabette, Deputy CFO of\nOVHcloud, will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer. The Board of\nDirectors and the Executive Committee thank Stéphanie Besnier for her\ncommitment and her contribution to the development of OVHcloud.\nOctave Klaba, founder and Chairman and CEO of OVHcloud, states : \n« I would like to thank Stéphanie for these three years of close\ncollaboration, and more particularly for the past twelve months, during which\nwe built the five-year strategic plan and the FY27 budget, starting on\nSeptember 1. The Group’s refinancing is secured through 2030. Now is the\ntime to execute! I wish Stéphanie every success for the future.” \n \nPierre Byramjee appointed Chief Revenue Officer Digital Cloud. He will lead\nthe development of this go-to-market segment, which supports digital native\ncustomers from Starters to Scalers, with one ambition: to accelerate their\ngrowth through a sovereign, competitive cloud that meets the specific\nrequirements of their industry. With extensive experience in tech and digital,\ngained notably at Dell, Microsoft and Stripe, he joins OVHcloud's Executive\nCommittee.   \n \nSylvain Siou appointed VP Customer Solutions & Success, within the Corporate\ngo-to-market.\nHis mission: to bring OVHcloud’s technological expertise closer to the\nbusiness challenges of its large accounts. He brings more than twenty years of\nexperience in pre-sales and customer support, gained notably at VMware,\nNutanix, EfficientIP and Keepit.\n\nAbout OVHcloud \nOVHcloud is a global player and European leader in cloud computing. For more\nthan 25 years, the Group has been putting its technological expertise at the\nservice of businesses, developers and public organizations, developing\ninnovative solutions in cloud, artificial intelligence, quantum computing and\nnext-generation infrastructure. With 46 data centers around the world,\nOVHcloud supports 1.7 million customers in more than 140 countries across 4\ncontinents. Its unique integrated model enables it to offer a sovereign,\nsustainable, high-performing and transparent cloud, designed to meet the\ncritical challenges of availability, resilience, security, compliance and cost\ncontrol. In a world where technology is shaping our future more every day,\nOVHcloud upholds a strong conviction: innovation must remain open, controlled\nand accessible to as many people as possible. 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