By: (AP) Agence France-Presse on Tuesday chose a member of its senior management, Pierre Louette, to be the news agency's new chairman and chief executive.
AFP's board elected Louette, 42, to replace Bertrand Eveno, who announced last month he was resigning for personal reasons. The resignation came as staff approved a no-confidence motion in management after a decision to hand news photographs over to police.
The new chairman and chief executive was the only candidate approved by the selection committee to replace Eveno, said AFP's information director, Pierre Taillefer.
Louette has been the agency's executive vice president since 2003. He also served in the Cabinet of former Prime Minister Edouard Balladur and worked for state broadcaster France Televisions. His private-sector jobs included posts in Havas Advertising and at an investment fund run by LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton Group's chairman, Bernard Arnault.
Louette was elected by AFP's board, which includes representatives from personnel, the national and regional press and the French state. He has a three-year renewable contract, Taillefer said.
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