Christophe Pinard-Legry has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of CANAL+ Europe, in addition to his current role as Chief Executive Officer of CANAL+ France, in charge of Business activities. In this capacity, he becomes a member of the CANAL+ Management Board, chaired by Maxime Saada, alongside Amandine Ferré, Anna Marsh, David Mignot and Gérald Brice Viret (permanent invitee).
In his new role, Christophe Pinard-Legry's core mission will be to oversee the group's subsidiaries and coordinate all of CANAL+'s activities across Europe, thereby strengthening the group's leadership position in Europe in the long term.
Operating in 10 European countries and 11 overseas territories, CANAL+ Europe has over 18 million subscribers and encompasses CANAL+ France, co-managed by Christophe Pinard-Legry with Gérald-Brice Viret, CEO of CANAL+ France in charge of Programmes and Channels, CANAL+ Overseas, led by Aline Alix; CANAL+ Benelux & Central Europe, led by Yassine Bouzoubaa; as well as CANAL+ Poland, led by Edyta Sadowska.
Christophe Pinard-Legry joined CANAL+ in 2016 as Commercial Director for France. He subsequently held several key positions within the group: Director of Marketing and Commerce for France (2017-2018), Director of Marketing, Sales and Customer Services (2018-2021), Managing Director of Marketing, Sales and Customer Services at CANAL+ France (2021-2022) and CEO of CANAL+ France in charge of Business activities (2022-2026).
Before joining CANAL+, he was Director of Enterprise Market at SFR Business, after having held several senior positions at SFR, including Marketing Director (2009-2012) and Commercial Director (2012-2015). He began his career in 1997 at Henkel in Marketing before joining the E. Leclerc Group in 1999 as Marketing Category Manager.
Christophe Pinard-Legry is a graduate of EM Lyon.
Photo credit: Benjamin Decoin / CANAL+
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