AFP appoints Emmanuel Hoog as new chairman
The board of the international news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Thursday appointed Emmanuel Hoog, an experienced administrator of media and cultural bodies, as its new chairman and chief executive.
The board of the international news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Thursday appointed Emmanuel Hoog, an experienced administrator of media and cultural bodies, as its new chairman and chief executive.
The 47-year-old is currently head of the National Audiovisual Institute (INA), France's public film and video archive, where he has overseen a huge programme to digitise hundreds of thousands of hours of footage. He replaces Pierre Louette who is leaving the agency to take up a senior executive position at France Telecom.