(AOF) – Lagardère announces the appointment of Grégoire Castaing as deputy general manager of the group in charge of finances, with effect from June 3, 2024. Reporting to the chairman and CEO, he joins the executive committee from that same date . Joining the Canal+ group in 2007, as deputy director of internal audit, he was successively promoted to the positions of director of financial services, then financial director, and finally deputy general director in charge of finance and management. strategy and member of the management board.
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