AFP’s Sales and Marketing Group Director Erik Monjalous is leaving the Agency at the end of September

Over his five years at AFP, Erik Monjalous implemented a policy of diversifying and adapting sales for new platforms and new media.

With the same determination, he has also contributed to AFP's increased international presence by playing close attention to the specific needs of different regions.

His replacement, Olivier Lombardie, 47, is a graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris. He began his career as a director of French magazine group Prisma Presse, then became administrator of the Theatre National de Chaillot in Paris, before joining the Opera Comique as deputy director. From 2001 to 2010, he was Chief Operating Officer of the National Audiovisual Institute (INA).