LightOn split the chair and CEO roles, naming Jean-Philippe Baert CEO after Igor Carron resigned

Written by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model, from public records. Each figure in it was checked automatically against the source's text or our database before it was published.

LightOn said on Jul 9, 2026 that its board of directors had taken note, at a meeting held that day, of the resignation of Igor Carron from his positions as chairman and chief executive and from his office as a director. At the same meeting, the board decided to separate the roles of chairman and chief executive, appointing Jean-Philippe Baert as chief executive and Marie de Lauzon as chair of the board. The company said the appointments marked a new phase in its development, aimed at strengthening operational execution, accelerating commercial growth and supporting the rollout of its growth strategy. The AMF, the French financial markets authority, lists the release as inside information, the label for what a listed company must make public because it may move its share price.1^,2^,3^,4^,5

The release said Baert had more than 30 years of experience in business-to-business software-as-a-service. It listed general management, operational and commercial leadership roles at companies including Exact Target, Salesforce, GE Digital, Mention Solution and Splio, and at several private-equity-backed companies.6^,7

De Lauzon, the release said, had been an independent director of LightOn since its initial public offering in 2024 and had over 20 years of executive and governance experience in listed companies and in high-growth international environments. It listed her earlier roles as deputy CEO of 2CRSi from 2019 to 2022 and chief corporate officer of Voltalia from 2014 to 2019, where, it said, she contributed to capital markets transactions representing more than €560 million in funds raised. The release said she chaired LightOn’s Audit and Risk Committee, was also a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, and had served on several boards, including those of 2CRSi and Entech.8^,9^,10

Baert thanked the board for its confidence and said joining LightOn meant taking part in a particularly ambitious technological and industrial venture. He said he was especially enthusiastic about helping to accelerate LightOn’s commercial and operational development. De Lauzon paid tribute to the work Carron accomplished in recent years and to what she called his decisive contribution to LightOn’s development in the AI market. She said the priority was now to strengthen commercial execution, accelerate the conversion of technological potential into recurring revenue and set the company on a path of sustainable growth.11^,12^,13^,14^,15

We hold this release only, as the issuer’s distributor filed it: two pages, with pictures and layout left out, and none of the documents it refers to. The text we hold gives no reason for Carron’s resignation.16^,17