Vincent Peyrègne, Chief Executive Officer
Vincent Peyrègne took up duties as Chief Executive Officer of the World Association of News Publishers in 2012. Prior to joining WAN-IFRA, he was Head of Development at Edipresse in Switzerland, now TAMEDIA SR, with responsibility for consumer insights and editorial marketing research and product development, before joining the office of the French Ministry of Culture and Communication as senior adviser to the Minister. In 1997, as Regional Manager of IFRA (INCA FIEJ Research Association), he established IFRA South West Europe, the IFRA subsidiary with responsibility for the French-speaking regions and the Iberian Peninsula, which he headed for seven years. A graduate of the European Institute of Business Administration (IEA) in Paris, he began his professional career working as a consultant for several French newspaper companies, such as Libération, Groupe Sud-Ouest, and La Tribune, as well as for professional organisations such as Syndicat de la Presse Quotidienne Régionale, Syndicat de la Presse Parisienne, Syndicat des Quotidiens Départementaux and Nouvelles Messageries de la Presse Parisienne.
Peyrègne is a founding board member of the French-language chapter of SND (Society for News Design) and since several years a member of ESOMAR. He served as an Advisory Board Member at INMA, and REMP-WEMF Research Committee in Switzerland.
Thomas Jacob, Chief Operating Officer
Thomas Jacob is responsible for operational management and business development worldwide. Thomas Jacob has over 29 years of experience in media. He began his career as a rookie engineer with Mathrubhumi, a leading vernacular newspaper from India. After helming the technical department for four years, he moved to Singapore to establish IFRA’s presence in Asia. During this tenure, he established the two subsidiaries IFRA Asia and IFRA India. He then joined Associated Newspapers Limited, publisher of Daily Mail and Metro in UK. As ANL’s International Development Director, he conceptualized a compact midmarket newspaper for the Indian market and initiated a JV with the India Today Group to launch a new newspaper, Mail Today.
Thomas Jacob is an MBA with high honors from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business. As a summa cum laude, he is also a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, an honor society for management in the United States. He is a trained engineer in electronics and telecommunications, having graduated with distinction from the National Institute of Technology, Suratkal, in India. He also underwent advanced studies in computer networking at ICIS, Singapore.
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Organisational Structure
Meet the WAN-IFRA team
MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT
Donavine Smith, Manager of Membership coordination and Communication
Cape Town, South Africa
Margaret Bostanian
Frankfurt, Germany
PUBLICATIONS AND INSIGHTS
Dean Roper, Director of Insights & Editor-in-Chief,
Frankfurt, Germany
DIGITAL REVENUE NETWORK
Martin Fröhlich, Director
Frankfurt, Germany
Valérie Arnould, Deputy Director
La Rochelle, France
PRESS FREEDOM
Andrew Heslop, Executive Director Press Freedom
Paris, France
MEDIA DEVELOPMENT
Melanie Walker, Executive Director Media Development – Programme Head, Women in News
Toronto, Canada
WORLD EDITORS FORUM
Cherilyn Ireton, Executive Director
London, UK
GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR MEDIA INNOVATION
Stephen Fozard, Project Director
Paris, France
MEDIA POLICY & PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Elena Perotti, Executive Director Public Affairs and Media Policy
Paris, France
WORLD PRINTERS FORUM
Ingi Rafn Olafsson, Director World Printers Forum
Reykjavík, Iceland
ASIA PACIFIC
Kah Whye Lee, Director Asia Pacific
Singapore
IBERO-AMERICA
Olga Britto, Director Latin America & Spain
Colombia, Bogotá
Raquel González, Deputy Director, Latin America & Spain
Madrid, Spain
SOUTH ASIA
Magdoom Mohamed, Director South Asia
Chennai, India
GLOBAL EVENTS
Christin Herger, Director Global Events
Frankfurt, Germany
GLOBAL SALES AND SPONSORSHIP
Sumithra Hönig, Deputy Director Global Sales
Frankfurt, Germany
FINANCES
Matthias Huth, Executive Director Finance & Administration
Frankfurt, Germany