Bernard Spitz
Chairman, Bernard SPITZ Conseil, France (2006)
Bernard Spitz is the CEO of BS Conseil, a French consulting company, which provides key advice to international business leaders in the process of strategic decision-making. BSC covers a wide range of areas including media, content, financial, legal, regulatory, technical, institutional and lobbying.
Prior to his post Mr. Spitz was Head of strategy of Vivendi Universal from 2000 to 2004 and was Senior Vice President for corporate affairs of Canal + from 1992 to 1996. He is a member of the Council of State and of the Economic and Social Council, as well as a former top adviser to the Prime Minister of France Michel Rocard. Mr. Spitz teaches Digital Communication Economics at the University of La Sorbonne in Paris and holds the post of General Secretary of the Think Tank En Temps Réel (France). Mr. Spitz was recently appointed as “special advisor” by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs for the 120th Anniversary of relationships between Korea and France.
He graduated with a MBA from the ESSEC business school, the school of Political Science and Economics and the National School of Public Administration (ENA).