EBU Executive Board elected
07 December 2012
Geneva, 7 December 2012
The EBU General Assembly has elected nine members to the Executive Board for a two-year mandate starting from January 1, 2013.
The vote took place on the second and final day of the Winter Assembly, which was attended by more than 150 senior public service media executives representing 40 countries.
The General Assembly is the highest decision-making body within the EBU and meets twice annually.
The board will continue to be led by Jean-Paul Philippot, RTBF (Belgium), and Claudio Cappon, RAI, (Italy) who were re-elected at the Summer General Assembly in Strasbourg to the posts of President and Vice-President respectively for 2013–2014.
The full EBU Executive Board, elected from a candidacy of 15, for the 2013-14 term is:
| President | |
| Jean-Paul Philippot | (RTBF/Belgium) |
| Vice-President | |
| Claudio Cappon | (RAI/Italy) |
| Members | |
| Cilla BENKÖ | (SR/Sweden) |
| Petr FEDOROV | (RTR/Russia) |
| Faïçal Rachid LARAÏCHI | (SNRT/Morocco)* |
| Roger MOSEY | (BBC/UK) |
| Remy PFLIMLIN | (FT/France) |
| Andrzej SIEZIENIEWSKI | (PR/Poland)* |
| Themis THEMISTOCLEOUS | (CyBC/Cyprus) |
| Ulrich WILHELM | (ARD/Germany)* |
| Alexander WRABETZ | (ORF/Austria) |
*New board members
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 |
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| Andrzej SIEZIENIEWSKI | Ulrich WILHELM | Faïçal Rachid LARAÏCHI |
The Assembly paid tribute to outgoing Members Zeynel KOÇ (TRT/Turkey), Marija NEMCIC (HRT/Croatia) and Markus SCHAECHTER (ZDF/Germany) for their contributions.
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