Lorella Gessa, Vivendi's Director of Communications, said: "These exchanges of functions within the Group and the cross-fertilisation of skills that they allow are a further step towards closer integration of the various activities of the Vivendi group. These are concrete examples of internal mobility that reflect the Group's commitment to developing talent within the Group.

Lorella Gessa has a degree in French and English literature and a Masters in Strategic Communications from Columbia University in New York. She began her career at IBM in Italy and the United States, before holding positions at Ford and Sara Lee, before joining Havas Group. She has been Director of Communications since June 2007, before being appointed Director of Communications of Vivendi and joining its Executive Committee in June 2022.