Ferré previously spearheaded the French TV group's acquisition of Chinese streamer Viu and flew back from China to Paris earlier this year after getting a call from Canal+ Group CEO and Vivendi board member Maxime Saada, whom she's known from her early days working as a strategy consultant at Roland Berger. "You only do a listing once in a career, so I wasn't going to turn it down!" she says. Ferré, 41, comes in with a deep knowledge of both Canal+ and the international market, having grown up in Africa and lived in India and China. "I've had nine jobs in 15 years — It gives me a good overview of what the group does," she says, citing her experience at Dailymotion, the Canal+-owned online video sharing platform, as well as Canal+ Tech and Studiocanal.