Global content creator, producer and distributor Endemol Shine Group announced plans to integrate the company’s local businesses in France. Endemol France and Shine France, which currently operate separately, will come under one banner, Endemol Shine France.
Endemol France President Nicolas Coppermann will lead the newly integrated business. Shine France President Thierry Lachkar has decided to step down at Shine France after Endemol Shine France has been launched and his departure is expected in early 2017.
Sophie Turner Laing comments: “I want to pay tribute to Thierry’s superb leadership and all he has done to build Shine France into the world-class business it is today. He has our deepest gratitude and will be missed here enormously when he goes. Moving forward, we believe that combining the considerable strengths of the Shine and Endemol teams in France under Nicolas will create a local powerhouse that is best positioned to deliver channel defining content to our customers and leverage future opportunities in the fast-changing marketplace. The process of bringing the two businesses together will now begin and we are incredibly excited about launching Endemol Shine France at the start of 2017 with Nicolas at the helm.”
Nicolas Coppermann comments: “The launch of Endemol Shine France will mean a genuinely exciting new chapter for the business here. It will unite creative, production and entrepreneurial talent who together have delivered some of the biggest hits to come out of the French market. Bringing us together will broaden our collective reach in the marketplace and further enhance our ability to bring the best ideas to life across different platforms and genres. I feel extremely lucky to have the opportunity to work with such an exceptional combined team and I can’t wait for us to embark on our new adventure together as Endemol Shine France.”
Work will begin on the integration of the two businesses with the ambition of being completed by early next year. The integration and launch of Endemol Shine France is subject to the prior consultation of the works council of Endemol France and the prior approval by the relevant merger control authorities.
