Appointment - Anne de COUDENHOVE

APPOINTMMENT

Anne de COUDENHOVE appointed LCI Editor-in-Chief

Anne de COUDENHOVE has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of LCI. She takes over from Laurent DREZNER.

Commenting, LCI Chief Executive Eric REVEL said: "I'm delighted to welcome Anne de COUDENHOVE to LCI. Catherine NAYL and I are convinced that Anne's professionalism and experience will be major advantages when carrying out her future duties, meeting LCI's challenges and helping the channel to develop".

"I particularly want to thank Laurent for his commitment and enthusiasm and for the quality of his work over his 19 years with LCI. I wish him every success in his new professional venture".

Anne de COUDENHOVE began her career as a reporter on the editorial staff of France 3 Ile-de-France, which serves the Paris metropolitan area. She presented the first news bulletin on Canal + when the channel launched in 1984, then moved to France 3 headquarters in 1990 to create and host the 12.45 pm newscast. She joined LCI when the channel started, anchoring the evening newscast and hosting "Duel" and "Press Club". In 1997 she was appointed Head of News at TF1 and in 2002 became senior editor of the 1 pm newscast. In 2011 TF1 appointed her senior editor for the 8 pm newscast and then head of TF1's Social Affairs news team in autumn 2012. Anne de Coudenhove is a graduate of the CUEJ school of journalism in Strasbourg.

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