Orange linked to management reshuffle

The UK chief executive of mobile phone company Orange is today reported to be leaving his post following a management shake up.

The move follows a review of the business by parent company France Telecom’s head of European and Middle Eastern mobile operations Olaf Swantee after a slide in profitability at the UK arm, according to the Financial Times.

Bernard Ghillebaert, head of Orange UK, is expected to be replaced by a British manager from outside the telecoms group.

France Telecom declined to comment.