Ladina Heimgartner, Head Media, Ringier AG & CEO Ringier Media Switzerland, was re-elected President of WAN-IFRA by the association’s members. Paul Verwilt, COO of Mediahuis (Belgium), was also re-elected as Treasurer for a further two-year term.
Twelve new members were elected to serve on WAN-IFRA’s Supervisory Board.
“We are renewing this board at a pivotal moment – artificial intelligence is reshaping our industry faster than anyone predicted, bringing real challenges to press freedom and journalism, but also extraordinary new possibilities. I am energised to take on a second mandate alongside these leaders, and determined that we navigate this transformation with both boldness and responsibility.” said Ladina Heimgartner, President of WAN-IFRA.
The new members are:
Yulia Petrossian Boyle (Armenia), Founder and Director of YPB Global;
Coralie Vrancken, CEO Le Soir Division, representing lapresse.be (Belgium);
Zoran Turković, CEO of 24sata Hrvatska, representing HUDI Croatian Association of Digital Publishers (Croatia);
Petra Fonda, CEO of BurdaMedia Extra, representing Unie Vydavatelu (Czech Republic);
Stine Carsten Kendal, CEO of Dagbladet Information, representing Danske Medier (Denmark);
Marc Feuillée, Directeur Général du Groupe Le Figaro, representing Alliance de la Presse d’Information Générale (France);
Shailesh Gupta, Director of Jagran Prakashan Ltd, representing the Indian Newspaper Society (India);
Deirdre Veldon, Group Managing Director of The Irish Times, representing News Media Europe;
Lene Eltvik Vinfeld, Organisation & Communications Director at TV2 and Vice President of MBL (Norway);
Catarina Carvalho, Founder and Editor of Mensagem de Lisboa, representing Associação Portuguesa de Imprensa (Portugal);
Minette Ferreira, CEO of the Media24 Media division, representing Consumer Lifestyle and Special Interest Media (South Africa);
Irene Lanzaco (Spain), Chair of the Committee of Directors of WAN-IFRA Member Associations and Director General of Asociación de Medios de Información.
The Supervisory Board of WAN-IFRA also confirmed the inclusion of two new members to the Executive Board, Minette Ferreira and Irene Lanzaco, and renewed the mandate of Sandy Prieto-Romualdez (Philippines).