Bouygues SA announced the appointment of DIDIER CASAS as general counsel. Didier Casas, 52 years old, is taking over from Arnaud Van Eeckhout as Group General Counsel with effect from 10 October. He graduated from IEP (Grenoble) in 1992, holds a DEA postgraduate diploma in law (1993) and studied at ENA between 1996 and 1998.

He began his career as a parliamentary assistant before joining France's Conseil d'Etat (Supreme Administrative Court), first as an auditor, then as a 'Master of Requests'. He then became a government commissioner before being appointed General Secretary at Dexia Crédit Local in 2008. He joined the Bouygues group in 2011 as General Counsel for Bouygues Telecom in charge of public relations and regulatory affairs and communication.

In 2016, he was promoted to Executive Vice-President with responsibilities expanded to cover human resources and purchasing. In 2020, he joined TF1 as General Counsel in charge of institutional relations, regulatory and legal affairs and issues related to compliance and ethics. At Bouygues SA, he will be responsible for the Group's legal affairs and the secretariat of the Board of Directors, as well as the Group's public relations.

He will oversee issues related to compliance and ethics and manage public relations and dealings with France's securities regulator, the AMF.