Mr. Luc Besson

Artistic Director and interim CEO until February 29th, 2024

Luc Besson began his career as a producer and director in the early 1980s. He has directed seventeen feature-length films, including “Subway”, “The Big Blue”, “Nikita”, “Léon (The Professional)”, “The Fifth Element” (for which he won the César for best director in 1997), the animated trilogy “Arthur and the Invisibles”, “Lucy”, as well as “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”. Franchises of note include “Taken”, “Transporter” and “Taxi”. In May 2000, Luc Besson was president of the jury of Cannes International Film Festival, becoming the youngest jury president in the history of this festival. A César, BAFTA and Lumiere Award winning filmmaker, he was named International Producer of the year by The Hollywood Reporter in 2017. Films written and/or directed by Luc Besson have grossed more than $3.0 billion at the worldwide box office to date. He founded EuropaCorp in 1999.

Mrs. Deborah Carlson

Director

Deborah Carlson is a graduate of the State University of New York in Albany (United States) and New York University (United States) where she gained a masters in business administration in Finance. She began her career at the Industrial Bank of Japan. After 16 years at Dresdner Bank where she held the positions of First Vice President - Corporate Banking then Director of Capital Markets Origination, in 2004 Deborah Carlson joined Lloyds Bank Group PLC as Senior Vice President in charge of US Media and Telecommunications. Since 2016 she has held the position of Director in the Corporate Banking Department of KBC bank in New York (United States).

Mr. James Moore

Director

James Moore began his career at J.P. Morgan where he spent 16 years working on asset structuring operations and contributing to the creation of over $20 billion in securities. He then moved to the investment banking sector where he became Client Executive in the Specialist Bank and Financial Companies Department. After joining ABN Amro as head of the Asset Backed Securities Department, for the North America region, James Moore went on to work for the private bank Dresdner Kleinworten as Director General of the Financial Institutions Department for the Americas region. James Moore is a founding member of Vine Alternative Investments Group, where he is the current Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner. He also sits on Vine’s investment committee and is responsible for overseeing the company’s operations.

Mrs. Alexandra Voss

Director

Alexandra Voss is a graduate of Barnard College of Columbia University in New York (United States) where she gained a bachelor degree in economics and was awarded the “CFA Charterholder” certificate by the CFA Institute. She began her career at BMO Capital Markets in New York (United States) as an Investment Banking Analyst. In 2013 she joined New Holland Capital as a Senior Portfolio Analyst. Since February 2019 she has been a Director at the Informed Portfolio Management investment fund.

Mr. Jacques-Henri Eyraud

Director

Jacques-Henri Eyraud has spent 30 years in the sports, media and entertainment industry. He has worked for Disney in Europe, set up Sporever, a European leader in digital sports content, and bought Olympique de Marseille, a club he managed for almost 5 years. Jacques-Henri Eyraud is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris. He holds a D.E.S.S. in management of television, telecommunications and online services from Paris-Dauphine and a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.