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Mr. Dominique Delport was born on November 21, 1967. He is a
graduate of the EM Lyon (
Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Lyon
) and
a winner of the MBA Moot Corp International Challenge hosted by the
University of Texas, Austin, and also the recipient of an Emmy Award.
He has had three distinct professional careers: television journalist,
Internet entrepreneur, and head of a media agency, which gives him
expertise in content, digital and media at the international level.
Mr. Delport began his career as Deputy Chief Editor for the television
channel M6 Lyon, and then became Chief Editor at M6 Lille. In 1996,
he was appointed Chief Editor at M6, the second largest private
television channel in France.
From 1996 to 2000, he directed the news program “6 Minutes”
(4 million daily viewers) and news reports (including “Zone Interdite”
and “Capital”).
In April 2000, he gave up his career in television to move into the
world of start-ups, forming the young streaming multimedia company
“Streampower”, where he served as Chairman-CEO.
In October 2001, Streampower became a 75% subsidiary of the Rivaud
Media group (Bolloré Group).
In 2003, Dominique Delport launched a daily program on Canal+,
“Merci pour l’info”, and in 2004 he created and produced for France 5
the program “C.U.L.T.”, an interactive televised broadcast on urban
cultures featuring live videos from bloggers.
After participating in the launch of Direct 8 (TNT), Dominique Delport
hosted the weekly show titled “8-Fi”, a live broadcast devoted to new
media and technologies.
Dominique Delport joined Media Planning Group (MPG) on February 1,
2006 as Chief Executive Officer, while retaining his position as
Chairman-CEO at Streampower. He was appointed Chief Executive of
MPG France in June 2006 and then, in February 2007, Chief Executive
Officer of Havas Media France.
In February 2008, he was promoted to the position of Chairman-Chief
Executive Officer of Havas Media France.
In February 2009, he was elected to a two-year term as President
of the Union of Media Consulting and Purchasing (UDECAM), the
organization for all French media agencies.
Following the success of the integrated organization of Havas Media
France, he was named CEO of the Havas Media Group global network.
As a member of the Executive Committee of Havas Media Group,
today, he supervises all brands, customers, commercial activities,
research and the economic watch for the Group’s 126 markets, under
the direction of Yannick Bolloré, Chairman-CEO of Havas.
In November 2013, he was given direct responsibility for Havas Media
Group in the United Kingdom as Chairman.
He is also a member of the Facebook Client Council.
“Campaign” magazine ranked him in the “Top 3 UK Media Suit” in
2013, and according to the barometer TweetBosses he is one of the
most followed Chairman-CEOs on social media in France.
Dominique Delport
French citizen
Business Address
Havas Media - 2 bis, rue Godefroy - 92800 Puteaux - France
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