Most Powerful Women: EMEA

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Dominique Leroy

Most Powerful Women 2015
pickup Dominque Leroy, CEO ProximusPhotograph by Francois Lenoir—Reuters/Corbis
  • Title
    CEO
  • Affiliation
    Proximus
  • Country
    Belgium
  • Age
    50

Leroy took over the Belgian telecom company’s top job in 2014, stepping in after the company’s largest shareholder—the Belgian government—fired her predecessor for publicly criticizing it. After a downward slide in revenue before she took over, Leroy revived Proximus’s business in 2014, closing the year with net profit up 3.8%. The company grew its TV customers by 8.7% and mobile customers by 10.4%, in part by focusing on improving customer service. In early 2015, the company introduced free LTE access to its customers. —Claire Groden

Personal Information

CountryBelgium
Previous Rank7
Newcomer?NO

Company Information

2014 Revenues7,919
2014 Profits869
Market Value (as of 09/01/15)11,910