As the ink dries on the
, the firm has released details of its new management structure, complete with its eleven-strong gamg of Board members.
The new structure is as follows:
Robert Kotick: President and Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard
Mike Griffith: President and Chief Executive Officer of Activision Publishing, which includes the Sierra Entertainment, Sierra Online and Vivendi Games Mobile divisions in addition to the Activision business.
Bruce Hack: Vice-Chairman and Chief Corporate Officer of Activision Blizzard, accountable for leading the merger integration and the finance, human resources and legal functions.
Mike Morhaime: President and Chief Executive Officer of Blizzard Entertainment.
Thomas Tippl: Chief Financial Officer of Activision Blizzard
Jean-Franois Grollemund: Chief Merger Officer of Activision Blizzard.
The Board of Directors of Activision Blizzard consists of eleven members: six directors designated by Vivendi, two Activision management directors and three independent directors from Activision’s board of directors.
Ren Pnisson, a member of the Management Board of Vivendi and Chairman of Vivendi Games, will serve as Chairman of Activision Blizzard.
Brian Kelly, Co-Chairman of Activision, will serve as Co-Chairman of Activision Blizzard.
The three independent directors are Richard Sarnoff, Robert J. Corti and Robert Morgado.
Other Activision Blizzard directors will be Robert Kotick, Bruce Hack, Jean-Bernard Lvy (Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer of Vivendi); Doug Morris (Member of the Management Board of Vivendi and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Universal Music Group); Philippe Capron (Member of the Management Board and Chief Financial Officer of Vivendi) and Frdric Crpin (Senior Vice President, Head of Legal Department of Vivendi).