Canal+ Group hires Thomas Follin as Chief Global Transformation Officer to face the emergence of global platforms

Thomas Follin, formerly CEO of Salto, the former streaming platform of TF1, M6 and France Télévisions, joins the Canal+ group as Chief Global Transformation Officer. Thomas Follin will be responsible for accelerating the transformation of the Canal+ group.

Emergence of global platforms

The Canal+ group announces that it wants to be stronger in a rapidly changing market and in the face of an environment that is being reshaped with the emergence of global platforms. The group wants to strengthen its integration and pooling of its strategic assets. Thomas Follin will be responsible for actions aimed at pooling efforts to create and produce audiovisual content for all of the group’s countries. He will act alongside Anna Marsh, CEO of StudioCanal and the heads of the geographical areas.

Thanks to his experience in the development of the Salto platform, Thomas Follin will also be involved in the coordination of projects aimed at globally platforming the group’s activity, digitizing all the group’s businesses and optimizing the methods of cooperation between the business businesses, the geographies, and Tech professions. He will speak alongside Jacques du Puy, member of the executive board of Canal+ and president of Canal+ International, Christophe Pinard¬Legry, CEO of Canal+ France in charge of commerce, digital, marketing, operations, customer service and markets. professionals and Stéphane Baumier, Director of Technologies and Information Systems for the Canal+ group.

Thomas Follin reports directly to the Chairman of the Management Board

Thomas Follin will report directly to Maxime Saada, Chairman of the Management Board of the Canal+ group, and will work in close collaboration with the entire Management Board. He will join the group from May 9, 2023. From September 2019 to March 2023, Thomas Follin is CEO of Salto. In 2016, he was Deputy CEO within the M6 Group, in charge of 6play and the distribution of channels and audiovisual services. As such, he was a member of the M6 Executive Committee.

Thomas Follin joined the M6 group in 2002 as a strategic project manager and joined the digital teams of M6 as director of New Media Channels. At the end of 2022, the Canal+ group is present in 50 countries and has 25.5 million subscribers, including 16 million outside France.