Vivendi

Member of the Supervisory Board

Belgian citizen

Business address

Expertise and experience

Mr. Jean-Yves Charlier, born on November 29, 1963 in Belgium, holds a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in strategy and marketing from Wharton Business School. In 1987, Mr. Charlier joined the Wang group in France where he served in several different sales and marketing management positions. From 1993 to 1995, he was responsible for the integration services division in Europe based in London, before becoming Vice-President of Wang International in 1995. In 1996, he was appointed President of the Equant group, first for the integration services division, and then for all worldwide group marketing, sales and services operations. In 2002, Jean-Yves Charlier joined the BT group, with responsibility for Europe and operations within the Global Services division. In 2004, he joined the Fidelity International group as Vice President and was appointed Chairman and CEO of Colt Telecom Group with responsibility for restructuring the European telecommunications operator. Since 2007, Jean-Yves Charlier has served as Chief Executive Officer of Promethean, a company that specializes in interactive educational products and media for teachers.

Positions currently held

Promethean (United Kingdom), Chief Executive Officer

Positions previously held that expired during the last five years

Colt Telecom Group (Luxembourg), Chairman-Chief Executive Officer