Dominique D'Hinnin
Member of the Board of Directors
Chairman of the Audit, Risks and Compliance Commission
Dominique D'Hinnin is an outstanding media sector professional and was a co-managing partner and CFO of the French group Lagardere, a world leader in the publishing sector.
D'Hinnin began his career at the Inspection générale des finances (Ministry of Finance of France). In 1990, he joined Lagardere as Chief Internal Auditor, where he played an active role in the financial and legal restructuring of the Group to create Lagardere SCA and where he oversaw the merger of Matra with Hachette and three years later he was appointed CFO of the publisher Hachette Livre. In 1994, he was appointed Executive Vice President of Grolier Inc (Connecticut, USA) where he undertook the overhaul and development of the company in the US, UK and Asia, and the launch of Grolier Interactive Europe.
D'Hinnin was a member of the boards of Marie Claire Album and Holding Evelyne Prouvost until April 2016. He has also sat on the boards of Editions Amaury SA (2011-2013), and on the Strategic Council at PricewaterhouseCoopers France (2009-2013); he was a member of the Remuneration Committee and Audit Committee at EADS-Airbus (2007-2013), and Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board and member of the Audit Committee of Canal + France (2007-2013).
He was also vice chairman and head of the Audit Committee at Atari - Infogrames Entertainment SA (2005 to 2011) and member of the Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Le Monde SA between 2005 and 2010.
He currently is chairman of the board of EUTELSAT Communications, a French Satellite Service Company. He is also a board member of EDENRED, a French Corporate Services Company, Technicolor, a French technology Company, Louis Delhaize, S.A, a Belgium private retail group, and Golden Falcon, an US public company.
Dominique D'Hinnin received his undergraduate degree from École Normale Supérieure (in classical culture) and a graduate degree from Ecole Nationale d'Administration, between 1979 and 1986.
Category:
Independent
First and last appointments:
- May 6, 2016
- June 3, 2019
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