PARIS - SUEZ announced the appointment of Tiphaine Hecketsweiler as chief communications officer (CCO) of the Group. As a member of the executive committee, Hecketsweiler will take up her position on July 15, 2019.

A graduate of the Pantheon-Sorbonne University and holder of a postgraduate diploma in Corporate Finance and Financial Engineering from Paris Dauphine University in 1990, Hecketsweiler began her career at France Telecom Mobiles and then as Strategy Manager at Experian, in London.

In 2002, Hecketsweiler joined Image 7, an agency specialized in strategic consulting and institutional relations, in France and internationally, working as a Consultant. In 2010, Hecketsweiler joined Bull Group as Head of Communications. Following the acquisition by Atos, in 2014 Hecketsweiler became Deputy Head, Global Communications, in charge of the brand, media relations and internal communications and then CCO at Worldline (payment services specialist) within the same group.

In 2017, she was appointed CCO of the AccorHotels Group. Since February 2019, she has been Chief Communications Officer of the Fédération Francaise de l'Assurance (French Insurance Federation).

Hecketsweiler will report to Bertrand Camus, CEO of SUEZ Group.