Jacques Briquemont, RTBF,  is the new President of Circom Regional. He was elected during the European Board meeting, which took place on 19th  November 2011 in Malmo, Sweden. Jacques Briquemont took over the Presidency form Michael Lally, RTE – Galway.

“After three difficult years we have know a good opportunity to reinforce CIRCOM Regional. The training is in good hands and I will continue to support the success of its diversity.  The coproduction, after some very good years in the past, is now close to zero, I will try to recreate it in the next future. CIRCOM has a great potential and after the recent difficulties, my intention is to reinforce its capacities and its realizations. I know that we will have a good team with  Johan Linden as Secretary General and Michel Barthen as Deputy Secretary General and I count very much on their help. I will also continue and reinforce the relations with the European Institutions to support CIRCOM regional.  I thank very much Michael Lally and Boris Bergant who were able to conclude a difficult period” Jacques Briquemont said after elected.

Jacques Briquemont, new President of CR

Jacques Briquemont's short CV

He is a lawyer from the « Université Libre de Bruxelles » (ULB) where he got also a special license in international law.

He began his career in the audiovisual sector in 1979 as assistant of Robert Wangermée, Director general of RTBF and then he went to the Legal Department where he represented Belgium at the Steering Committee of Mass Media (CDMM) of the Council of Europe.

In 1983, he is employed, in Geneva, by the European Broadcasting Union at the Legal Department. He represented the EBU at the CDMM where, inter alia, he took part in the redaction of the Convention on Transfrontiers Television.

In 1991, he was in charge of the relations with the European institutions. He opened the first EBU office in Brussels in 1992 and created with different EBU members the actual office.

He was President of the Consultative Committee of the European Audiovisual Observatory in Strasbourg from 1995 to 1999.

From 2003 to 2009, he was responsible of the Public Affairs of the EBU.

Since May 2009, he is Responsible of the International relations of RTBF.