Virginie Calmels


Virginie Calmels is a French businesswoman and politician. She is the former chief executive officer of Canal+ and Endemol. She is currently Alain Juppé’s deputy in Bordeaux. She is also the regional councillor of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Education

Calmels holds a diploma in accounting and auditing from the Ecole supérieure de commerce in Toulouse. She also studied the Advanced Management Program at INSEAD.

Career

Calmels started her career in 1993 as the financial auditor for Salustro Reydel. In 2000, she joined CANAL+ as its finance director and was later promoted as its CEO. She left CANAL+ in 2002.
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. She left the Endemol Group in 2013.
In January 2013, Calmels replaced Mr. Antoine Jeancourt-Galignani as chairman of Euro Disney S.C.A.
In March 2016, she was appointed as a member of Assystem’s board of directors.