Virginie Calmels

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 was Alain Juppé’s deputy mayor in Bordeaux.^[2][3] She is also the regional councillor of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.^[4]

Virginie Calmels
Virginie Calmels in 2016
Member of the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
In office 4 January 2016 – 30 September 2020
President	Alain Rousset
Deputy Mayor of Bordeaux
In office 23 March 2014 – 14 February 2019
Mayor	Alain Juppé
Vice-President of The Republicans
In office 13 December 2017 – 17 June 2018
President	Laurent Wauquiez
Preceded by	Laurent Wauquiez
Succeeded by	Jean Leonetti
Personal details
Born	(1971-02-11) 11 February 1971 (age 54) Talence, France
Political party	The Republicans
Spouse	Jérôme Chartier ​ ​ (m. 2017; div. 2021)​
Education	Lycée Marceau
Alma mater	Toulouse Business School INSEAD

Education

Calmels holds a diploma in accounting and auditing from the École supérieure de commerce (ESC) in Toulouse in 1993. 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]