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Doctor or decorator? 整改还是整容? Stphane Richard, the new boss of France Telecom,wants to overhaul its strategy as well as itsoffices; 法国电信新任CEO Stphane Richard 准备大举革新经营战略，办公环境也待旧貌换新颜; When Stphane Richard appeared recently in Paris Match, a celebrity and news magazine,lightly tanned in an open-necked shirt and leaning jauntily against the corporate logo of hisnew firm, France Telecom, he raised eyebrows in the buttoned-down world of Frenchtelecoms. Mr Richard did not attend the elite engineering school which produces almost all ofFrances senior telecoms executives, including his predecessor at France Telecom, DidierLombard, and the boss of Vivendi, a rival. Instead, he is a political operator who has made afortune in property. He is a friend of Nicolas Sarkozy, Frances president, and worked untilrecently as chief of staff to the finance minister. He became boss of France Telecom lastmonth with the immediate task of responding to a wave of suicides among employees whichhad prompted a political outcry. 最近，Stphane Richard的照片登上了名人资讯杂志《巴黎竞赛画报》，他穿着敞领衬衫，肤色微黑，背靠着公司的标志，看起来很时尚。他新执掌的公司法国电信相当传统，这一举动也让全公司吃了一惊。法国电信业的绝大部分高管都出身著名工程院校，包括Stphane Richard的前任Didier Lombard，还有法国电信对头公司威望迪集团的老总。和这些人背景不同，Stphane Richard是个政治活动家，靠房地产起家。他是萨科奇的好友，直到最近还是财政部的办公厅主任。上个月他成为法国电信的首席执行长，上任后立即着手处理公司员工自杀潮。此前，法国电信员工的连续自杀曾引发政治抗议。 | 
