Rémy Pflimlin (1954-2016)
Former Vice Chairman of the General Assembly ARTE GEIE (2003-2005 and 2012-2015) and member of the Supervisory Board of ARTE France (2001-2016) Rémy Pflimlin spent all his professional career in the field of media. Being a man of great culture and an enthusiast of music, theatre as well as opera, he was deeply committed to the French-German relationship and attached to ARTE. He had always good counsel and cared for the channel’s development.
Professional Background
ARTE
- 2003-2005 and 2012-2015: Vice Chairman of the General Assembly of ARTE GEIE
- since 2001: Member of the Supervisory Board
France Télévisions
- 2010-2015: Chief Executive Officer
Presstalis (formerly NMPP – Nouvelles messageries de la presse parisienne, a French media distribution corporation)
- 2006-2010: Director General
France 3
- 1999-2005: Director General
- 1998-1999: Member of the Strategy Committee
L’Alsace (French Newspaper, Mulhouse)
- 1993-1999: Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Editor
- 1991-1992: Deputy Director General
Dernières Nouvelles d’Alsace (DNA, local newspaper, Strasbourg)
- 1985-1991: Sales Director
Jours de France (French magazine)
- 1979-1985: Director of Advertising
Education and Training
- Degree from the HEC, Paris (Ecole des Hautes études commerciales, a European business school)
Other Activities
- since 2005: Chairman of the supervisory board at the CNSMD (Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse – the Higher National Conservatory of Music and Dance, Paris)
- since 2005: Member of the Board of Governors of Agence France Presse (AFP)
- 2003-2005: President of the HEC alumni association
- since 2001: Chairman of Musica, the Strasbourg International Festival of contemporary music
- 2000-2005: President of the Communauté des télévisions francophones (CBC), the francophone television community
- 1997-1999: First Vice President of Syndicat de la presse quotidienne régionale (SPQR)
- 1995-1999: President of the media education association Régions Presse Enseignement Jeunesse (ARPEJ)
Honours
- Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour
- Officer of the National Order of Merit
- Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters