The inauguration of ORANGE amphitheatre on EDHEC's Lille campus.

On January 17, 2008, Carole Froucht, Regional Manager of ORANGE, the key brand of France Telecom, and Anne Zuccarelli, Corporate Relations and Careers Manager at EDHEC, inaugurated the ORANGE amphitheatre on the School's Lille campus.

For ORANGE, one of the leading international telecom operators with more than 167 million customers worldwide, this partnership will further relations with EDHEC Business School and support the recruitment needs of the group. The quality of the cursus, the international dimension and the European ranking of EDHEC make it one of the group's major business school partners.

ORANGE signed a partnership with EDHEC for a period of three years and integrated the EDHEC Business Club, reserved for EDHEC sponsors and which now includes over 140 partners.

For young graduates of EDHEC, Orange represents an opportunity to work in an exciting industry, evolving in an international dimension group, offering a wide variety of career opportunities. ORANGE counts currently 90 EDHEC alumni in leadership positions, particularly in the areas of Sales, Marketing and Finance.

ORANGE regularly recruits students from among EDHEC graduates, mainly through the Telecom Talents graduate programme. Graduates benefit from special integration and career monitoring and usually integrate top position by the end of the programme.