Laurent has a significant experience of around 30 years in the High-Tech sector; notably at Hewlett-Packard where he was General Manager of Services and Support, then General Manager of the IT and Business Solutions activity. Laurent was subsequently Vice-President Europe and President of Lucent Technologies France and finally COO then CEO of Comverse Netcentrex (a company specializing in telephony over IP protocol). He was Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director before becoming Chief Executive Officer of Anevia in February 2015.