Director of Strategy and External Relations, Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Paris Area, France
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- Director of Strategy and External Relations at Agence France Presse (AFP)
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- Executive Director, North America at AFP
- Chairman at AFX News Ltd.
- Chairman at World Business News Alliance
- Director of Development of Economic and Financial services at AFP
- Founder, Principal consultant at OUTBACK Consulting, SARL, Internet content strategy.
- Editor-in-Chief, North America at AFP
- Chief Economic correspondent for Japan and Korea, Tokyo at AFP
- Chief sub-editor, economic desk., Paris at Reuters
- Education
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- Ecole supérieure de Commerce de Rouen
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Eric Scherer’s Summary
• Global strategist at AFP
• Speaker on new media strategies on French conference circuit
• Founder and lead blogger at AFPMediaWatch.com, 1st AFP blog
• Member of Online News Association International and Awards Committees
• Consultant on France's new media landscape
• Champion of "media is a public good"
Eric Scherer’s Specialties:
Media executive, editor, and writer with extensive experience in strategy and foresight; trend-spotter and synthesist; partnership development, product development; management and operations; public speaking and teaching
Eric Scherer’s Experience
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Director of Strategy and External Relations
Agence France Presse (AFP)
(Public Company; Media Production industry)
2006 — Present (3 years )
My number one brief is AFP's worldwide strategy for the Web 2.0 and new media era; I am passionate about converting the current crisis in the print and broadcast media into opportunity for my company; I also prospect for partnerships and represent AFP at numerous global media forums and networks such as the pan-European MINDS International and I'm very interested in training and lifelong learning for journalists at every stage of their career.
I am a frequent speaker on topics such as web 2.0, new media and adaptive strategies for old media. -
Executive Director, North America
AFP
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Media Production industry)
August 2003 — September 2006 (3 years 2 months)
- Mission: organize and improve news reporting from North America – in particular the U.S.- for the rest of the world with an international angle, grow six-million dollar business, enhance and build local partnerships, increase brand awareness, monitor trends in high-tech and media.
- Manage 10 offices in main cities of North America, including Caribbean; lead 130 staffers from 17 countries, working in 4 languages. Includes editorial (text, photo, multimedia), sales/marketing, administration and technical departments. -
Chairman
AFX News Ltd.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Media Production industry)
May 2001 — November 2005 (4 years 7 months)
• Turned this AFP subsidiary to profit after 10 years in the red. Engineered major restructuring and overhaul of this real time financial news provider, competitor of Dow Jones, Reuters and Bloomberg. 13 bureaus in Europe, 100 staffers.
• Partnered with a major U.S. company, Thomson Financial, to join help growing the business in Europe.
• Refocused AFX News – specialist provider of equities news – towards European distribution after selling Asian and U.S. operations.
• Built partnerships and joint ventures with leading European news agencies. -
Chairman
World Business News Alliance
(Partnership; 501-1000 employees; Media Production industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year )
World Business News Alliance (WBN), regrouping CBS MarketWatch (USA), AFX News (Europe) and Xinhua Finance (Asia).
• Pioneered and led worldwide alliance of three top companies from Europe, Asia and US, first of its kind in the information industry. -
Director of Development of Economic and Financial services
AFP
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Media Production industry)
2001 — 2003 (2 years )
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Founder, Principal consultant
OUTBACK Consulting, SARL, Internet content strategy.
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Management Consulting industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year )
Developed an internet content strategy consulting business and created a poetry internet portal.
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Editor-in-Chief, North America
AFP
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Media Production industry)
1996 — 2000 (4 years )
Ran editorial coverage of North America (including USA, Canada, UN and Caribbean) with 80 journalists and 100 stringers, writing in 4 languages (English, French, Spanish, German) from 10 bureaus.
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Chief Economic correspondent for Japan and Korea, Tokyo
AFP
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Media Production industry)
1989 — 1994 (5 years )
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Chief sub-editor, economic desk., Paris
Reuters
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Media Production industry)
1986 — 1987 (1 year )
Eric Scherer’s Education
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Ecole supérieure de Commerce de Rouen
Master of Science in Management , Business, Management, International trade , 1982 — 1985
- Activities and Societies:
- Master of Science in Management, Rouen Business School, 1985
Additional Information
Eric Scherer’s Websites:
Eric Scherer’s Interests:
New Media, New Journalism?
Eric Scherer’s Groups:
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Online News Association -
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ESC Rouen - Rouen Business School Alumni -
European Internet Professionals -
Media Professionals Worldwide -
Cap Digital -
AFP-Sport -
STweM -
OPEN WORLD FORUM Community -
Bullish on the Future of the Knowledge and Information Industry -
BRAND(ED) ENTERTAINMENT, Brand Content Revolution & More.. -
Professional speakers and facilitators on culture, philosophy and sustainability -
France -
Les Observateurs des Médias - The Media Observers
