January 7, 2009
Roland Mihaïl appointed as Advisor to the Chairman of the Management Board
Vivendi has announced the appointment of Roland Mihaïl as an advisor to the Chairman of the Management Board, Jean-Bernard Lévy.
Before joining Vivendi, Roland Mihaïl was responsible for the internet site of Capital, a French financial monthly magazine, and for the weekly interview of the personality on France Inter.
During his career as a journalist he was, in particular, the editor in chief for several magazines: Le Point, Le Figaro, L’Evénement du Jeudi, Europe 1 and La Lettre de l’Expansion.
Between 1998 and 2006, Roland Mihaïl was advisor to the Chairman of the Management Board of the Express-Expansion group, Denis Jeambar, after working as special advisor to the Chairman of Havas, Pierre Dauzier.
About Vivendi
A world leader in communications and entertainment, Vivendi controls Universal Music Group (#1 in music worldwide), Activision Blizzard (#1 in video games worldwide), SFR (#2 in mobile and fixed telecom in France), Maroc Telecom (#1 in mobile and fixed telecom in Morocco), Canal+ (#1 in pay-TV in France and Poland), and owns 20% of NBCU (leading U.S. media and entertainment group). In 2007, Vivendi achieved revenues of 21.7 billion euros and adjusted net income of 2.8 billion euros. With operations in 77 countries, the Group has about 43,000 employees.