• First appointed as a director on: May 20, 2022.

• Current term due to expire at the close of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting to be called to approve the financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2027.

• French national.

Hélène Auriol‑Potier built her career in the digital technologies and telecommunications sector in the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia. She began her career at France Télécom in New York in 1986.

In 1990, she joined the Canadian mobile telecommunications company Nortel Networks Corporation, where she spent sixteen years, in various management functions, in particular as Vice-president of the Global Mobile Sales Division and subsequently EMEA Vice-President of Services & Operations.

In 2006, Hélène Auriol‑Potier joined Dell Technologies Inc. as Chief Executive Officer for Africa, the Mediterranean and CEE. She then joined the Microsoft Corporation where she held several management positions over ten years, in particular Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Singapore, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Dynamics Europe and subsequently Chief Executive Officer of General Artificial Intelligence Europe.

From November 2018 to December 2020 she was Executive Vice-President of international activities at Orange, and at the same time Executive Committee member of Orange Business Services. Hélène Auriol‑Potier also held and in some cases still holds several positions as director in Europe as well as the United States and India. Hélène Auriol‑Potier is a graduate of École nationale supérieure des télécommunications de Paris and the Executive Program of the INSEAD business school.

Principal position outside Accor: Director of various companies; Senior advisor– Warburg Pincus LLC (unlisted) – United States.