Michael Peters (media executive)

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Michael Peters (born 1971 in Flensburg, Germany)[1] is a French-German media executive who established Africanews[2] and served as CEO of Euronews.[3]

Career[edit]

Peters is the son of a French mother who worked as a teacher and a German father who served in the German airforce.[4] and earned a Master's degree in Financial Engineering from EM Lyon business school in 1995.[5]

Peters started his professional career at auditing firm Arthur Andersen in Lyon. He worked for the company from 1995 to 1998.[6] Peters then joined news media Euronews as a finance manager in 1998.[2] He was promoted to Chief financial officer in 2000 and was named Euronews' Deputy Managing Director in December 2003.[7] From May 2005 to December 2008, Peters held the position as managing director of Euronews, before being appointed managing director of the executive board of Euronews S.A. in December 2008.[1]

In December 2011, he became Euronews' executive chairman of the board.[4] During his tenure, Media Globe Networks, managed by Naguib Sawiris, became the Euronews majority owner in July 2015.[8] In October 2015, Euronews opened its new headquarters in Lyon, and introduced the Euronews Next digital initiative aimed at reaching younger audiences.[9]

Peters together with Stephen Smith started developing the Euronews subsidiary Africanews in 2013.[10] Peters was appointed president of Africanews SASU in 2014 or 2015. In 2014 or 2015, he founded Africanews SASU, and was appointed as its first president.[11] He led the network through its digital launch on 4 January 2016,[11]and he served as its CEO.[12]

Peters left his position as Euronews' Executive Board Chairman in December 2021 and was appointed Euronews' Chairman of the board of directors.[13] Peters held this position until December 2022.[14] On January 1, 2023, Peters announced that he and Naguib Sawiris will be launching a new worldwide news media.<ref>[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Michael Peters, Chief Executive Officer of Euronews SA" (PDF). Euronews. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b Malu-Malu, J. J. A. (2016). "Pointe-Noire un havre médiatique". African Business - Le Magazine des Dirigeants Africains (in French). pp. 64–66. Retrieved 26 May 2024 – via EBSCOHost.
  3. ^ Debusmann, Bernd Jr. (8 February 2020). "50 shades of truth: Euronews CEO Michael Peters". ArabianBusiness. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b Coroller, Catherine (9 February 2012). "Eurostar". Libération (in French). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Michael Peters". Le Soir (in French). 22 February 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Michael Peters". Women in Tech. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Michael Peters wird Generaldirektor von EuroNews". Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Sawiris takes majority stake in Euronews". Digital TV Europe. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  9. ^ Briel, Robert (16 October 2015). "Euronews opens new Lyon HQ". Broadband TV News. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Pourquoi Euronews a choisi Brazzaville". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 11 February 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  11. ^ a b "This is Africanews". Africanews. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Médias - Africanews : c'est parti !". Le Point (in French). 21 April 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Euronews on a positive growth path, adapts its governance and prepares for a change of majority shareholder". Euronews. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  14. ^ "Euronews confirme chercher à vendre son siège, mais souhaite rester à Lyon". Tribune de Lyon. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

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