Vivendi

Member of the Management Board

French Citizen

Business address

Expertise and experience

Mr. Philippe Capron was born on May 25, 1958 in Paris and is a graduate of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales and of the Paris Institut d’Etudes Politiques. From 1979 to 1981 he was an assistant to the Chairman and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Sacilor. After leaving the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) in 1985, he became an Inspector of Finance. Advisor to the Chairman and CEO of Duménil Leblé (the Cérus group) from 1990 to 1992, he then became a Partner in the strategy consulting firm, Bain & Company from 1992 to 1994.
From 1994 to 1997 he was the director of international development and a member of the Executive Committee of the Euler group, and then was Chairman and CEO of Euler-SFAC from 1998 to 2000. In November 2000, he joined the Usinor group as Chief Financial Officer and was also a member of the Executive Committee until 2002 when he was appointed Executive Vice-President of the Arcelor group, responsible for the packaging steels division and then the distribution and international trading businesses. At the beginning of 2006, he became Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Management Committee of Arcelor.
In January 2007, Mr. Philippe Capron joined Vivendi as Chief Administrative Officer. He was appointed to the Management Board and as Chief Financial Officer in April 2007.

Positions currently held

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (United States), Director
Maroc Telecom (Morocco), Member of the Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee
SFR, Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee
Groupe Canal+, Member of the Supervisory Board
Canal+ France, Member of the Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee
GVT Holdings SA (Brazil), Director

Other positions and functions

Groupe Virbac, Member of the Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee
Tinibu Square, Director
Member of the Société d’Economie Politique

Positions previously held that expired during the last five years

NBC Universal, Inc. (United States), Director
Vivendi Games, Inc. (United States), Director
Sollac Ambalaj (Turkey), Chairman of the Board of Directors
Arcelor International (Luxembourg), Chairman
Arcelor Projects (Luxembourg), Chairman
Arcelor Treasury (Luxembourg), Manager
Skyline (USA), Chairman of the Board of Directors
Achatpro, Chairman of the Supervisory Board