{"id":9254,"date":"2026-03-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optimum-te.com\/?p=9254"},"modified":"2026-03-05T09:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T08:58:10","slug":"laurent-pillot-joins-optimum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.optimum-te.com\/en\/corporate-en\/laurent-pillot-joins-optimum\/","title":{"rendered":"Laurent Pillot joins OPTIMUM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>We are delighted to welcome Laurent Pillot this week, who joins OPTIMUM as Director for Central and Eastern France, based in our new offices in Lyon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Laurent brings with him a wealth of experience in construction and trenchless work, including over 20 years at the head of a specialised HDD contractor.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>This new appointment will further strengthen our support to customers across the region, providing the tailored expertise needed to ensure key trenchless projects run smoothly, on time and on budget.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to welcome Laurent Pillot this week, who joins OPTIMUM as Director for Central and Eastern France, based in our new offices in Lyon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-9254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate-en","tag-trenchless-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - 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