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Abbreviation | SELL |
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Formation | 1995 |
Purpose | Promote the interests of video game developers |
Region served | France |
SELL (Syndicat des éditeurs de logiciels de loisirs) is a French organisation created in 1995 that promotes the interests of video game developers. It was founded by Infogrames' CEO Bruno Bonnell. [1] The group mainly distributes information about video game professionals to authorities and consumers. The group is chaired by Julie Chalmette from Bethesda France since 2016, [2] [3] [4] and the general delegate is Nicolas Vignolles since 2020. [5]
From June 1999 until the arrival in 2003 of PEGI, the organisation rated the content of video games in France. [6]
In 1995, Bruno Bonnell, then CEO of Infogrames, founded the SELL and became its first Chairman; Hervé Pasgrimaud was appointed General Delegate. [7] [8]
In 2002, Jean-Claude Larue became chairman, [9] then general delegate between 2003 and 2012.
In 2003, Christian Bellone succeeded Jean-Claude Larue as president. [10] He was re-elected in 2004. [11]
In 2005, SELL was chaired by Geoffroy Sardin (then CEO of Ubisoft France), [12] [13] and counted some forty members.
In 2006, Philippe Sauze succeeded him as president. [14] He was re-elected in 2007 [15] and 2008. [16]
In 2009, Georges Fornay took over the presidency of SELL, [17] having previously been a member of the Board of Directors. [18] Fornay stepped down from the presidency in 2011, [19] then became secretary general between 2011 and 2012. [20]
From September 2011 to September 2013, the union is chaired by James Rebours, Managing Director of SEGA France and Germany. [21] [22]
In September 2012, David Neichel, CEO of Activision Blizzard France, was elected president of the SELL; [23] [24] Emmanuel Martin was appointed interim delegate general, before being appointed delegate general on August 1, 2013. [25]
In November 2014, Jean-Claude Ghinozzi, director of Microsoft France's Retail Sales and Marketing division, was elected president for a two-year term. [26]
In December 2016, Julie Chalmette, General Manager of Bethesda, was unanimously elected president of SELL. [27] She is re-elected for a two-year term in 2018, [28] and again in 2020. [29]
In September 2020, Nicolas Vignolles is appointed SELL General Delegate. [30]