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| Agnès
TOURAINE |
Managing
Partner
ACT III Consultants |
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26/11/04 – 09:00 |
Table
ronde : Internet Acte II Une nouvelle
donne pour le e-commerce ? |
Round-Table:
Internet Act II :
What's the new deal in e-commerce
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Agnès Touraine holds a degree in
Law and graduated from the Paris Institut
d'Etudes Politiques in 1978. She obtained
an MBA from Columbia University Business
School, New York, in 1980.
She joined McKinsey in 1981 and spent five
years with the firm. From 1985 to 1995,
she pursued her career at Hachette (Lagardère
group) where she was successively Sr Vice
President of Strategy for the Lagardère
group and Head of Hachette's Consumer Publishing
division.
In 1995, Agnès joined CEP Communication
to launch Liris Interactive as Chairman
and CEO. Liris Interactive, one of France's
first start-ups in multimedia, became Havas
Interactive at the end of 1997.
In 1998, Havas Interactive significantly
expanded its scope with the acquisition
of Cendant Software, the US leader in edutainment
and interactive games. As a result, Agnès
became Executive Vice President in charge
of the Consumer division of Havas.
In 2000, within the context of the merger
between Vivendi and Universal, she was appointed
Vice Chairman and CEO of Havas, which became
Vivendi Universal Publishing. Immediately
afterwards, Agnès Touraine was appointed
Chairman and CEO of Vivendi Universal Publishing.
VUP, third-largest consumer publisher world-wide,
generated revenues of €4.7 billion
in 2001 and EBITDA of €827 million.
In its five business sectors—education
(no. 2 world-wide), reference (no. 1 world-wide),
literature (no. 1 in France), games (no.
2 world-wide in PC), edutainment (no. 1
world-wide), and consumer magazines—VUP
reinforced its market share, international
presence, and profitability.
At the end of 2003, further to Vivendi Universal’s
decision to sell most of the Vivendi Universal
Publishing activities, Agnès Touraine
left the Group and created Act III Consultants,
a management consulting firm
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