Lagardère: Maxime Saada (Canal+) vice-president of the group & member of the executive committee

Maxime Saada, chairman of the management board of the pay and free-TV group Canal+, has been appointed vice-president of Lagardère group with effect from November 2023, announced the French media and entertainment group on 29/11/2023. He will join the group's executive committee and retain his current position.

This announcement comes after Vivendi, parent company of the Canal+ group, finalised its merger with the Lagardère group on 20/11/2023. The Vivendi group currently holds "approximately 60% of Lagardère's share capital and can now fully exercise slightly over 50% of its voting rights," said the group.

"Maxime Saada is among the most experienced and talented media operators. His indisputable success is an example to us all. His experience heading up the Canal+ group and the various other Vivendi subsidiaries he leads, including Dailymotion and L'Olympia, will be a major asset for the development and strategy of the Lagardère group. We are looking forward to working with him, and I'm personally delighted and flattered to have him on board," said Arnaud Lagardère, chairman and…