Virginie Calmels

Virginie Calmels
Vice-president of The Republicans
Assumed office
13 December 2017
President Laurent Wauquiez
Preceded by Laurent Wauquiez
Personal details
Born (1971-02-11) 11 February 1971
Talence, France
Nationality French
Political party The Republicans
Alma mater Toulouse Business School
INSEAD

Virginie Calmels (born 11 February 1971) is a French businesswoman and politician. She is the former chief executive officer (CEO) of Canal+ and Endemol.[1] She is currently Alain Juppé’s deputy in Bordeaux.[2][3] She is also the regional councillor of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.[4]

Education

Calmels holds a diploma in accounting and auditing from the Ecole supérieure de commerce (ESC) in Toulouse. She also studied the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at INSEAD.[5]

Career

Calmels started her career in 1993 as the financial auditor for Salustro Reydel.[6] In 2000, she joined CANAL+ as its finance director and was later promoted as its CEO. She left CANAL+ in 2002.[7]

In 2003, Calmels was at first appointed as general director of Endemol France and later became its president in 2007. In 2012, Virginie Calmels was promoted to the role of COO of Endemol world while remaining CEO of Endemol France’s unit.[8] She left the Endemol Group in 2013.[9]

In January 2013, Calmels replaced Mr. Antoine Jeancourt-Galignani as chairman of Euro Disney S.C.A.[10]

In March 2016, she was appointed as a member of Assystem’s board of directors.[11]

References

  1. ↑ magazine, Le Point,. "Virginie Calmels : Biographie et articles – Le Point". Le Point.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  2. ↑ "'France is not the U.S.,' presidential hopeful Juppe's camp says". Reuters. 2016. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  3. ↑ Willsher, Kim (2016-11-19). "'Too old? Never!' Alain Juppé's home city rallies to Le Pen challenger". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  4. ↑ Editorial, Reuters. "Stock Quotes & Company News | Reuters.com". U.S. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  5. ↑ "ASSYSTEM : Virginie Calmels". lesechos.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  6. ↑ Dutheil, Guy (2008-07-11). "Virginie Calmels : la dame de fer de la télé". Le Monde.fr (in French). ISSN 1950-6244. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  7. ↑ "Virginie Calmels joins the Assystem Board of Directors" (PDF). assystem.com. 2016.
  8. ↑ "Endemol Group Names Tim Hincks President, Virginie Calmels COO". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  9. ↑ "Endemol COO Virginie Calmels Resigns". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  10. ↑ "Virginie Calmels appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board" (PDF). corporate.disneylandparis.com. 2013.
  11. ↑ "ASSYSTEM : Virginie Calmels joins the Assystem Board of Directors". Informazione - Comunicati Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-09-19.
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