Appointments of Guillaume Clément and Bichoï Bastha to the management of Dailymotion
Guillaume Clément has been appointed CEO of Dailymotion. Since May 2020, he has held the position of Chief Operating Officer at Dailymotion and will assume his new role starting June 17. Maxime Saada, who was previously the Chairman and CEO of Dailymotion, will become the Chairman of Dailymotion.
Bichoï Bastha has been appointed General Manager of Dailymotion and CEO of Dailymotion Advertising. He will retain his current roles as Chief Business Officer and Chief Revenue Officer of Dailymotion. He will assume his new role starting June 17.
Maxime Saada, Chairman of Dailymotion, stated: “I am very pleased to announce the appointments of Guillaume Clément as CEO and Bichoï Bastha as General Manager of Dailymotion. Both have been essential in the transformation and recovery of Dailymotion over the past few years. Their leadership, strategic expertise, and execution capabilities will be key to accelerating the growth of the platform in the global online video market. I wish them great success and look forward to continuing to support them, now as Chairman.”
Biography: Guillaume Clément
With strategic and technical expertise gained notably in the media industry at Accenture, Guillaume Clément has been the architect of Dailymotion’s transformation since joining the company in 2014. As CTO, he led the platform’s technical strategy, ensuring its quality, availability, and performance on a global scale. From 2020 onwards, as COO – responsible for the engineering, product, data, design, marketing, and operations teams across both B2C and B2B scopes – he delivered a reinvented version of Dailymotion to the market, capable of competing technically and conceptually with international market giants.
Biography: Bichoï Bastha
Before becoming Deputy CEO at Dailymotion, Bichoï Bastha led several teams dedicated to the development and monetization of advertising solutions for agencies and advertisers since joining in 2009. Under his leadership, Dailymotion established itself as a major player in video advertising innovation. He contributed to the expansion of the company’s proprietary advertising platform capabilities and its integration with leading DSPs through the launch of Dailymotion’s Ad-Exchange technology. More recently, as Chief Revenue and Business Officer, he played a key role in accelerating revenue growth. His deep understanding of the digital ecosystem and strategic vision have positioned Dailymotion as a global leader in video advertising by establishing close relationships with brands.