Vincent Peyrègne is Chief Executive Officer of WAN-IFRA from 2012 to 2026. He managed the association’s activities and its various divisions in Paris, Frankfurt, and regional branches in Singapore, Chennai and Latin America, developing its member services (publications, research, training, consulting) and professional events, which are attended each year by 10,000 media professionals from more than 120 countries. During his tenure, the association significantly consolidated its membership base, culminating in the integration of FIPP, the International Federation of the Periodical Press, in 2025. Before joining WAN-IFRA, he was head of development at Edipresse in French-speaking Switzerland (now Tamedia), where he was Head of Development, responsible for editorial marketing and product development, before joining the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, where he coordinated the États généraux de la presse écrite (National Conference on the Print Media) until 2012 as Senior Counsellor in the Minister’s office. Familiar with the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, he founded the South-West Europe branch of Ifra in 1997, then in charge of French- and Spanish-speaking regions, which he headed for seven years. He began his career in the national and regional press in the 1990s in various commercial and advisory roles at Libération, Sud-Ouest and La Tribune. Vincent Peyrègne is a Commander of the French Order of Arts and Literature.