Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefMedia industry veteran, Axel Duroux has been appointed chief executive of EuropaCorp, the French production company that is closely associated with Luc Besson.Duroux will join the company from Sept.
1 and is expected to be invited to join the board of directors at the next shareholders’ general meeting. Besson, who previously held both CEO and chairman roles, will become non-executive chairman of the board and focus on his role as EuropaCorp’s artistic director.Duroux joins from public relations firm Brunswick, where he was senior partner and head of the Paris branch.
Having started out as a photo-journalist Duroux has since accumulated a wealth of media management experience with executive roles at RTL.
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