A graduate of Ecole Supérieure de Commerce (ESC) in Marseille and holding a DESS graduate degree from CELSA, Richard Caillat began his career in 1988 at the French television channel “La Cinq”, where he implemented its interactive policy. He joined the HighCo Group in 1991 and in 1994 became a member of the Management Board. He was appointed Co-Chairman from 2002 to 2006 before being named Chairman in 2006.  

In 2013, Richard Caillat became Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

In 2010, Richard Caillat personally produced his first theatre play, “La Mère” (The Mother). He then created Arts Live Entertainment to give the internet a key role in the production of performing arts shows. He became Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Théâtre de Paris. 

Since 20 December 2017, Richard Caillat has held a seat on the Board of Directors of Olympique de Marseille-Association, alongside other leaders including Basile Boli, Jean-Pierre Chanal (City of Marseille), Djamel Agaoua (Chief Executive Officer of Viber) and Rodolphe Saadé (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CMA CGM).

Date of 1st term of office : June 2013 

Shareholding: Richard Caillat Holds 87,229 HighCo shares on March 1, 2022.

Independant member : no 

Other term of office : See PDF file below 

Term of office: 2024 Annual general meeting

Age: 57

French nationality

Nathalie Biderman began her career as a lawyer at the Paris Bar. After advising the Olympic Organising Committee in Albertville on its marketing and communication strategy, she joined the US corporate law firm Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. In New York then in Paris, she advised multinational companies in their expansion and restructuring policies in Europe, especially in the media, communication and information technology sectors.

Nathalie Biderman left the Bar in 1999 to take part in the internet adventure. Based in Barcelona, she joined the founding team of eDreams, the online travel website that went on to become one of the leaders in Europe. Today, the company is owned by the investment fund Permira and Axa Private Equity.

In 2003, Nathalie Biderman joined Havas Group, first with its international division before serving as COO for the Euro RSCG Worldwide PR global network (now Havas Worldwide PR). For nearly 10 years, she advised French and international groups, and institutions, international NGOs and political and economic figures both in France and abroad in their communication strategies.

Bringing together the value of this unique expertise and a vast international network built over years, in 2012 she set up the international development strategy consultancy Calya Consultants. The firm targets companies that aim to gain an international dimension, especially by forming strategic partnerships and investing in innovative technology solutions.

Nathalie Biderman holds an MBA from INSEAD, a Master’s degree in international law from Georgetown University, a DESS graduate degree and a degree in corporate and tax law from University Panthéon-Assas (Paris II). She is registered with the New York Bar.

Date of 1st term of office : June 2013 

Shareholding: Nathalie Biderman Holds 2 HighCo shares on March 1, 2022.

Independant member : yes 

Member of the Audit & CSR Commitee : yes 

Member of Compensation & Governance Commitee : yes 

Other term of office : See PDF file below 

Term of office: 2025 Annual general meeting

Age: 55

French nationality

Before joining VMLY&R Paris as CEO, Cécile graduated from the European Business School in 1993 and started her career at TBWA, working mainly on Danone. She then moved on to BBDP & Fils during the inception of the agency in France.

Cécile later joined BBDO in 1999 where she took on leads such as Pepsi Worldwide, Masterfoods Europe and Wrigleys Europe.

To enhance her international experience, Cécile took on the general direction of the BBDO Agency in Turkey for two years before joining Publicis in 2007 as global client officer, managing worldwide brands like Orange, Coca-Cola, Carrefour, Heineken, St Gobain and Engie.

Cécile’s goal has always been to develop the growth of the brands she’s worked for, increase their worldwide coherence, make them more accessible, aspirational and, ultimately, more attractive.

For over two years, Cécile has worked with VivaTech so she is also close to France’s tech and start-up world in France.

Member of Compensation & Governance Commitee : yes 

Term of office: 2023 Annual general meeting

Other term of office: VMLY&R (SAS) – CEO

Âge: 50

Nationalité: French

1987 Durham University degree in French & German.

Dominic started his career at Price Waterhouse in 1987 where he advised several FTSE 100 companies and multinationals specialising in mergers and acquisitions across Europe.

His media career began in 1997 when he joined CIA as Chief Financial Officer of CIA Europe and was heavily involved in building and consolidating the European network. He became Chief Operating Officer when the CIA regions were aligned to create CIA Worldwide in 2001, moving to CEO in 2002.

Dominic was appointed Chief Executive Officer for GroupM across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in 2008, after a three-year tenure as Managing Director at GroupM EMEA. His responsibilities include managing and growing the European media and digital services across the group – including organic growth as well as mergers and acquisitions.

In 2016, he gained the additional role of CEO at the WPP Sports Practice, the global entry point to WPP’s sports marketing services and solutions. Overseeing the strategic vision of the organisation, Dominic’s focus is to drive the development of WPP’s global sports marketing offering, managing key client relationships and being WPP’s voice in the world of sports marketing.

Date of 1st term of WPP 2005 Ltd : October 1999 

Independant member : yes 

Member of the Audit & CSR Commitee : yes 

Member of Compensation & Governance Commitee : yes 

Shareholding : Dominic Grainger doesn’t hold any HighCo shares as of March 1, 2022 

Other term of office : See PDF file below 

Member of the Audit & CSR Commitee : yes 

Term of office: 2023 Annual general meeting

Age: 56

British nationality

Cyril is the founder and Chairman of WeShareBonds, a property investment crowdfunding platform.

A graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen (1995), Cyril began his career at EY Corporate Finance. He moved on to J.P. Morgan (London), where he worked in the Loan and High Yield Capital Markets department and then in Acquisition Finance.

In 2000, he was recruited by the French SME Consodata, European leader in marketing databases, as Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, taking on the responsibility of Financial Communication and the monitoring of companies acquired by Consodata.

After the company was sold in 2003, Cyril founded Phillimore, a private equity fund specialised in financing SMEs. He founded WeShareBonds in 2015.

Date of 1st term of office: August 2022

Independant member : yes 

Member of the Audit & CSR Commitee : yes 

Term of office: 2024 Annual general meeting

Other term of office :

– Wiseprofits SAS – Président

– Phillimore Conseil SAS – Président

– Phillimore Investiment SAS – Président

– Phillimore Partners SAS – Président

– PH3 SAS – Président

Age: 51

Nationality: French