Hachette Livre: appointment of Fabrice Bakhouche

Fabrice BAKHOUCHE will join groupe Hachette Livre on 1^rst July as senior Vice President, corporate strategy. He will report to Arnaud NOURRY, Chairman and CEO of Hachette Livre.

He will be in charge of analyzing book markets and developing business strategies for the group, and will support Hachette Livre’s publishing houses in designing and implementing their development. He will be a member of the International Executive board and of France’s Executive board.

Fabrice BAKHOUCHE, a graduate of Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (1996) and an alumnus from Ecole Nationale d’Administration* (2003), is a member of the French Court of Auditors. He joined the French Finance Ministry (Government Shareholding Agency) in 2007, prior to be appointed Deputy CEO of Agence France Presse in 2011. In 2012 he was appointed advisor to the French Prime Minister on issues relating to digital business and subsequently acted as an advisor to the Italian Government during the italian Presidency of the European Union. In November 2014 he was appointed chief of staff of the Culture and Communication Minister. In February 2016 he reintegrated the French Court of Auditors.