He was born in Villefranche-sur- Saône, France, in 1950. Graduated in Law from the University of Bordeaux and in Political Science from the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux. From 1974 to 1986, he was a senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Trade and the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, and represented the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Zurich. He also served at the General Authority of Telecommunications and Public Services of the Video Communications Delegation. In 1986 he took up his new appointment as Head of Multimedia Operations at Lyonnaise des Eaux and, a year later, as General Manager at M6 (Métrole Televisión, S.A.). He has been the Chairman of M6 since 2000. He is a member of the Management Committee at Bertelsmann, A.G. and of the Operations Management Committee at RTL Group, S.A. Other positions within the M6 and RTL groups: A. permanent representative of (a) Mètropole Tèlèvision in his capacity as Chairman of M6 Publicité S.A.S., Immobilière M6 S.A.S., M6 Interations, SD.A.S., M6 Foot, S.A.S; (b) Métrole Televisión as director of C. Productions, S.A ., Extension TV, S.A.S., Societé D'Exploitation Radio Chic-Serc, S.A. and Société de Développement de Radio Diffusion-Sodera, S.A;; (c) Métropole Télévision as managing partner of SCI du 107, Avenue Charles de Gaulle, (d) C. Production, S.A. as director of M6 Films, S.A. (e) M6 Publicité, S.A.S. cas director of M6, S.A., M6 Diffusión S.A., M6, S.A.; B- in his own name: Chairman of Societé Nouvelle de Distribution, S.A. Other positions outside the M6 and RTL groups: independent director at GL Events S.A. (listed in France); independent director, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Appointments and Strategy Committee of Natixis, S.A. He is a patron of " Fondation d'entreprise " of the M6 group, a board member of the association "Sortir de prison intégrer l'entreprise Spile" and President of the "Association des chaînes privées".