Jean-Bernard Lévy
Chairman of the Management Board of Vivendi
Director since: 2007
Current appointment ends: 2015 General Meeting
Age: 57
Appointments in listed companies: Chairman of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (USA), Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Maroc Telecom (Morocco) and Director of Société Générale.
Other appointments: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Canal Plus Group and of Canal Plus France, Chairman of the Board of Directors of GVT Holding SA (Brazil) and Director of SFR. Jean-Bernard Lévy is also a Director of the Institut Pasteur, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Viroxis, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institut Télécom and member of the Advisory Board of Paris Europlace.
Appointments that have expired during the last five financial years: Director of NBC Universal, Inc. (USA).
Background: Jean-Bernard Lévy is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and Telecom ParisTech. He was an engineer at France Telecom from 1978 to 1986, and then technical adviser to Gérard Longuet, the French Minister with responsibility for Postal Services and Telecommunications from 1986 to 1988; General Manager, Communication Satellites at Matra Marconi Space from 1988 to 1993 and Chief of Staff to Gérard Longuet, the French Minister for Industry, Postal Services and Telecommunications and Foreign Trade from 1993 to 1994. From 1995 to 1998, Mr Lévy was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Matra Communication, then Managing Partner, Corporate Finance at Oddo Pinatton from 1998 to 2002. He joined Vivendi Universal in August 2002 as Chief Operating Officer and was appointed Chairman of the Management Board of Vivendi on 28 April 2005.