Romain BESSI

After graduating from Neoma Business School and studies at Dublin City University, Romain Bessi began his career as an auditor at Ernst & Young. In 1997, he joined the Canal + Group as management accountant of the premium sports department, before becoming Financial Manager of Sport + the international company that negotiates sports royalty contracts. Romain joined Canal + Nordic, in Sweden, as Chief Financial Officer in 2000 and was subsequently appointed Chief Executive Officer. In 2002 he took over the financial management of the French Canal + group and the publishing department following the acquisition acquisition of TPS. In 2007, Romain was appointed to the Studiocanal management board, first as Deputy Managing Director for strategy, finance and technology, then Chief Operating officer. Up to his departure from the Canal + Group at the end of 2016, Romain led the European expansion of StudioCanal including fiction productions, aiming to become an international key player in the production and distribution of films and fiction. In 2017, he joined the group TF1 as Deputy Director for International Affairs before being appointed Deputy CEO in April 2018, of the Newen Group. He was in charge of international relations , distribution, animation and support functions before taking on the role, in 2019, as President of TF1 Studios. On February 1, 2022 he will assume the role as CEO of Newen Studios.