Christophe Pinard-Legry Appointed CEO of Canal+ Europe

Christophe Pinard-Legry has been appointed CEO of Canal+ Europe, in addition to his current role as CEO of Canal+ France, in charge of business activities. He also becomes a member of the Canal+ management board, chaired by Maxime Saada, alongside Amandine Ferré, Anna Marsh, David Mignot and Gérald‑Brice Viret.

In his new role, Pinard-Legry’s core mission will be to oversee the global media and entertainment company’s subsidiaries and coordinate all of the group’s activities across Europe.

Canal+ Europe, which operates in 10 European countries and 11 overseas territories, has over 18 million subscribers. It encompasses Canal+ France, co-managed by Pinard-Legry with Gérald-Brice Viret, CEO of Canal+ France in charge of programs and channels; Canal+ Overseas, led by Aline Alix; Canal+ Benelux and Central Europe, led by Yassine Bouzoubaa; as well as Canal+ Poland, led by Edyta Sadowska.

Pinard-Legry joined Canal+ in 2016 as commercial director for France. He subsequently held several key positions within the group: director of marketing and commerce for France (2017-2018), director of marketing, sales and customer services (2018-2021), managing director of marketing, sales and customer services at Canal+ France (2021-2022), and CEO of Canal+ France in charge of business activities (2022-2026).

Before joining Canal+, he was director of enterprise market at SFR Business, after having held several senior positions at SFR, including marketing director (2009-2012) and commercial director (2012-2015). He began his career in 1997 at Henkel in marketing before joining the E. Leclerc Group in 1999 as marketing category manager.

Pinard-Legry is a graduate of EM Lyon.