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Virginie Calmels

Ms Virginie Calmels is a business woman with an extensive track record in the entertainment industry and an experienced Board Member.

Virginie Calmels is founder and Chairman of SHOWer Company, Chairman of CV Education Company, higher educational establishment in future jobs in the field of digital marketing and creative industry. The first campus of « FUTURAe school » opened in October 2020 in Boulogne Billancourt (Paris' suburb). Around 200 students currently study in FUTURAe.

Virginie Calmels is also Board Member of Iliad (Free) since June 2009, independant Board Member of Assystem since March 2016. Since November 2019, she's Chairman of Oui Care's Strategic Council and Honorary Chairman of Oui Care Foundation combating violence against women and promoting gender equality.

Mrs Virginie Calmels began her career in 1993 as a Finance Auditor within Salustro Reydel. She then joined Canal+ Group where she held successively various positions as CFO of NC Numericable, CFO for International and Development as well as CFO of Canal+ SA, before being promoted COO and then Co-General Manager of the French Canal+ channel.

She joined Endemol France in 2003 as General Manager, and in October 2007 she is appointed Chairman and CEO of Endemol France. In May 2012 she is promoted COO of Endemol Worldwide Group and remained Chairman of Endemol France, both mandates which she resigned from in January 2013.

She used to be chairman of the Supervisory Board of Eurodisney since March 2011 until her resignation in January 2017. She was also independent director of Technicolor from May 2014 to May 2017.

In March 2014, Mrs Virginie Calmels was elected in Bordeaux behind Alain Juppé, as first Deputy Mayor in charge of Economy, Employment and sustainable growth, and she was also Vice President of Bordeaux Metropolis and Chairman of Bordeaux Euratlantique EPA. She resigned from these elected mandates in February 2019, after 5 years. She was elected in Nouvelle Aquitaine Region as per 2015 to 2020.

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