Vivendi: Canal+ Group: Changes in Governance
03 September 2015 - 7:35PM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
Vivendi (Paris:VIV):
The Canal+ Group Supervisory Board met today, with all its
members in attendance: Vincent Bolloré, Arnaud de Puyfontaine,
Frédéric Crépin, Simon Gillham, Hervé Philippe, Stéphane Roussel
and Vincent Vallejo, as well as the representative of the employee
shareholders, Eric Bayle.
During the meeting Vincent Bolloré was appointed Chairman of the
Canal+ Group Supervisory Board.
The Supervisory Board also decided to strengthen the Canal+
Group Management Board by appointing two additional members: Julien
Verley and Jean-Christophe Thiery. The latter will become the
Chairman of the Canal+ Group Management Board while Maxime Saada
continues as the Chief Executive Officer.
The Supervisory Board wishes to warmly thank Bertrand Meheut for
his outstanding work at the helm of Canal+ Group for the last 13
years. He has been responsible for the company’s spectacular
recovery and its transformation into the largest French media
group, with leading positions in television and film. Bertrand
Meheut will remain as special advisor to Vincent Bolloré on the
significant transformation that Vivendi wants to achieve with
Canal+ Group.
The Canal+ Group Management Board is now made up of
Jean-Christophe Thiery, Maxime Saada, Grégoire Castaing and Julien
Verley.
Jean-Christophe Thiery, Chairman of Bolloré Média, Chairman
of the Canal+ Group Management Board
A graduate from the French ENA school in 1997, Jean-Christophe
Thiery joins the Bolloré Group in 2001 to develop a media pool
after serving four years in public administration, including the
Finance Department. In November 2001, he is appointed Director of
Euromedia and the recently privatized SFP. In this capacity, he
takes part on behalf of the Bolloré Group in building a European
leader in the provision of technical services for the audiovisual
and cinema industries.In 2002, Jean-Christophe Thiery prepares the
digital terrestrial television application for Direct 8, and
subsequently its launch. As of 2006, he develops together with
Yannick Bolloré an audiovisual pool including Direct 8 and later on
Direct Star, bought from Lagardère in 2010. In 2007, he prepares
the launch of the free newspaper Direct Matin of which he is the
Chairman today. Jean-Christophe Thiery is also in charge of the
Bolloré Group’s telecoms activities.
Julien Verley, Chief Executive Officer of nc+
Julien Verley started his career in 1990 in the investment
company Euris, together with Jean-Charles Naouri. In 1998, he
joined Rhône-Pulenc, now Sanofi, where he held several financial
and operational positions.Julien Verley joined Canal+ Group as
Chief Financial Officer in 2006 and was appointed in addition
Executive Vice President, Strategy, in 2011.In November 2012, he
was appointed Chief Executive Officer of nc+, the new company
resulting from the merger of Cyfra+, Canal+ Group’s DTH platform in
Poland, and the Polish satellite platform “n”. Today, nc+ is the
Polish leading premium pay-TV platform. Poland is the second
largest market for Canal+ Group after France.
About Vivendi
Vivendi is an integrated media and content group. The company
operates businesses throughout the media value chain, from talent
discovery to the creation, production and distribution of content.
The main subsidiaries of Vivendi comprise Canal+ Group and
Universal Music Group. Canal+ is the leading pay-TV operator in
France, and also serves markets in Africa, Poland and Vietnam.
Canal+ operations include Studiocanal, a leading European player in
production, sales and distribution of film and TV series. Universal
Music Group is the world leader in recorded music, music publishing
and merchandising, with more than 50 labels covering all genres. A
separate division, Vivendi Village, brings together Vivendi
Ticketing (ticketing in the UK, France and the U.S.), MyBestPro
(experts counseling), Watchever (subscription video-on-demand) and
the Paris-based concert venue L’Olympia. With over 2.5 billion
videos viewed each month, Dailymotion is one of the biggest
aggregation and distribution platforms in the world.
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