Vincent Peyrègne, Chief Executive Officer
Vincent Peyrègne took up duties as Chief Executive Officer of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) 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. He started his career in the News at La Tribune, a French Business daily newspaper, at Libération in Paris and Sud-Ouest in Bordeaux. 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 and Groupe Sud-Ouest 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.
Tel +33 6 87 92 17 25 | Email vincent.peyregne@wan-ifra.org
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.
Tel +49.69.240063-221 | Email thomas.jacob@wan-ifra.org
Organigram
Meet the WAN-IFRA team
GLOBAL SERVICES
MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT
Margaret Bostanian membership@wan-ifra.org
Frankfurt, Germany
DIGITAL REVENUE NETWORK
Nick Tjaardstra, Executive Director
Frankfurt, Germany
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
MEDIA POLICY
Elena Perotti, Executive Director Public Affairs and Media Policy
Paris, France
WORLD PRINTERS FORUM
Ingi Rafn Olafsson, Director World Printers Forum
Frankfurt, Germany
GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR MEDIA INNOVATION
Stephen Fozard, Project Director
Paris, France
GLOBAL EVENTS
Christin Herger, Deputy Director Global Events
Frankfurt, Germany
GLOBAL SALES AND SPONSORSHIP
Maria J. Belém, Sales – Senior Manager
Frankfurt, Germany
REGIONAL BRANCHES
ASIA PACIFIC
Joon-nie Lau, Director
Singapore
LATIN AMERICA
Rodrigo Bonilla, Director
Mexico City, Mexico
MIDDLE EAST
Mechthild Schimpf, Director
Frankfurt, Germany
mechthild.schimpf@wan-ifra.org
SOUTH ASIA
Magdoom Mohamed, Director
Chennai, India