Education
Bouverot attended the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris where she studied mathematics and computer science leading to an Master of Surgery and later a Doctor of Philosophy (in 1991). She also graduated in telecommunications at what is now Mines ParisTech.
Career
Participant of her schooling was in the United States where she learnt to read and write in English before turning to French. In the early 1990s, she moved to Mexico as Information Technology project manager for Telmex. From 1996, worked for the United States. company Global One until 2002 when she was appointed Vice President at Equant"s Information Technology services unit
In 2004, she was chief of staff to the Chief Executive Officer of Orange in the United Kingdom, returning to Paris in 2007 to work on international business development with assignments in Kenya, Armenia, Tunisian and Portugal.
She then became Executive Vice President, Mobile Services, for France Télécom Orange. Her role as chair and Chief Executive Officer of Morpho was effective from 1 August 2015.
Commenting on her four-year term with GSMA, Bouverot stated:
"Mobile is undeniably the most dynamic and rapidly evolving sector in technology today, creating significant opportunities for mobile operators and providing important socio-economic benefits for consumers and businesses around the world. I am very proud of the progress that the GSMA has made in aligning with our members around key industry initiatives, driving forward important advocacy programmes and convening the broad mobile communications ecosystem at leading events such as Mobile World Congress."
While she was with GSMA, Bouverot promoted initiatives for attracting more women to work in the mobile and Information and communications technology sectors, launching the Connected Women programme which hosts events around the world.
She has also been instrumental in organizing the GSMA"s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Held each year, the event attracts prominent speakers from the mobile and related fields.
Membership
In August 2015, she was appointed chair and Chief Executive Officer of the French electronic security company Morpho after spending four years as director general and board member of the Group Special Mobile Association (GSMA). In 2011, she was appointed director general and board member of GSMA, the global association of mobile operators.