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CHRISTOPHE PINARD-LEGRY

Member of the Management Board, CEO of CANAL+ Europe and CEO of CANAL+ France, in charge of Business activities

Biography

Experience

Christophe Pinard-Legry is Chief Executive Officer of CANAL+ Europe, in addition to his role as Chief Executive Officer of CANAL+ France in charge of Business activities. He has been Member of the Management Board of CANAL+ since April 2026. 

He 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+, Christophe Pinard-Legry 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.

Christophe Pinard-Legry is a graduate of EM Lyon.

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