Altice reshuffles management as Combes becomes CEO

French media conglomerate Altice has confirmed a management restructure seeing Michel Combes become its new Chief Exec.
Combes’ rise through the ranks has been swift since joining from Alcatel-Lucent less than a year ago. Brought in following the Nokia/ALU merger last year, Combes held the COO post and headed up its entire Numericable biz. Following Altice’s $17.7 billion purchase of American cable player Cablevision, a rejig of the top level management teams will see Combes take the