Paris, Amsterdam – Virginie Calmels has resigned from her positions as COO of Endemol Group and CEO of Endemol France, and will leave the company shortly. Calmels joined Endemol in September 2003 and successively held the positions of Managing Director, then CEO of Endemol France, before being promoted to COO of Endemol Group.

Just Spee, CEO of Endemol, said: “Virginie did a great job in the different roles she held within the group and I wish her the very best for her future.”

“I would like to thank all the people I’ve worked with over the last nine and a half years, especially shareholders, the management board, the managing directors in all territories and all the employees I was in contact with, particularly Endemol France’s team. I wish all of them the best for the future in the great creative and international group that Endemol is; and I wish every success to my successors both in France and at group level,” said Calmels.