Canal+ rejigs management board with new roles for Jacques du Puy, Anna Marsh, Amandine Ferré

French pay TV group Canal+ is rejigging its management structure under CEO Maxime Saada, with new responsibilities for board members Jacques du Puy, Anna Marsh and Amandine Ferré.

Jacques du Puy

Du Puy is now in charge of global pay TV, a new division bringing together all Canal+’s pay TV activities in France, Poland, Central Europe (Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania), Africa and Asia.

The exec has been with Canal+ for 12 years and has been on the management board since 2016. Prior to his new role, he had been president of Canal+ International since January 2013.

Marsh has been appointed chief content officer of Canal+, in addition to her responsibilities as deputy CEO of Canal+ and CEO of StudioCanal. This new role has four objectives: to strengthen the deployment of a global content strategy at group level; facilitate the integration of global content while respecting the specifics of each region; optimise the sharing of know-how between local and central teams; and identify success factors for acquisitions and productions based on Canal+ data.

Marsh, who has more than 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry, has been CEO of StudioCanal since December 2019. In 2022, she was appointed to the management board and made deputy CEO of Canal+. She first joined the company in 2008 as VP international sales.

Marsh has previously held various key positions within Canal+, including head of international distribution strategy, head of international sales, exec VP of international distribution and MD of StudioCanal UK.

Ferré, chief financial officer at Canal+ and the exec responsible for corporate social responsibility, is now in charge of all the financial functions of the group and all its entities, which report directly to her.

She joined Canal+ in 2010, with previous roles at the company including director of business development for StudioCanal in China and chief financial officer of Canal+ Tech.

Saada said: “Canal+ has grown considerably in recent years. In 10 years, the group has doubled its number of subscribers, reaching nearly 27 million in more than 50 countries. This new organisation should enable us to fully leverage the beneficial effects of Canal+’s global footprint by strengthening the synergies between all its regions. I would like to congratulate the members of the management board on their new responsibilities.”