Franck Lebeugle is AFNOR Group’s new director of certification activities.
On November 3, Franck Lebeugle officially took up his post as Director of the AFNOR Group’s certification activities in France, known in particular for its trust marks such as NF, AFAQ and the European Ecolabel.
Born in 1974, a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, Franck Lebeugle devoted the first part of his career, between 1999 and 2007, to the standardization and deployment of 3G mobile networks within the Orange Group. After taking part in the bidding process for 3G licenses in Spain, the Netherlands and France, he defended the telecom operator’s interests in the Third Generation Partnership Project (“3GPP”) standardization group for radio access.
In 2007, he joined the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel as head of the television broadcasting department, to continue and industrialize the rollout of the digital terrestrial television (DTT) network in France. Deputy Director in charge of digital television in 2009, he led the transition to fully digital television, working alongside the public interest group France Télé Numérique. From 2012, as Director of Technology, Franck Lebeugle contributed to the development and implementation of the digital development strategy for the audiovisual sector: gradual roll-out of high definition with the arrival of six new channels in 2013, work to increase the number of radio stations available on FM, and the first broadcasts of digital terrestrial radio in June 2014.
Franck Lebeugle succeeds Florence Méaux, appointed by the Council of Ministers as Delegate for the renewal of the French government’s senior management.
AFNOR Certification is France’s leading certification company. AFNOR Certification, which issues widely recognized trust marks such as NF, AFAQ and the European Ecolabel, offers companies and professionals the opportunity to be recognized by signs of quality. With over 60,000 certified sites in more than 100 countries, AFNOR Certification provides certification and assessment services and engineering for 270 product and service categories. 8,600 personal certificates are also active. From standards-based reference systems to the creation of labels, AFNOR Certification takes responsibility for supporting private and public sector players in defining the process best suited to their strategies, in multi-site modes on a national and international scale.
The AFNOR Group is organized around 4 main areas of expertise: voluntary standardization, certification, publishing of technical and professional information solutions and services, and training. Headed by Olivier Peyrat, the AFNOR Group employs over 1,300 people in 13 regional delegations in France and 37 countries worldwide. Internationally, the Group provides certification and training services in 100 countries. Today, more than 50,000 customers place their trust in us.
