EVS Broadcast Equipment : Patrick Tillieux appointed as new Chairman of the Board of Directors of EVS
May 17 2016 - 11:45AM
Publication on May 17, 2016,
5.45pm CET
Regulated information - combined general
meeting
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA: Euronext Brussels
(EVS.BR), Bloomberg (EVS BB), Reuters (EVSB.BR)
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA, the leading provider of live video production systems,
today announced the appointment of Patrick
Tillieux as new Chairman of its Board of Directors.
During its last meeting, the Board
of Directors of EVS appointed Patrick Tillieux as Chairman of the
Board of Directors of EVS. He succeeds Pierre Rion (permanently
representing Acces Direct sa, and Chairman of EVS between 2010 and
today), whose mandate arrived at its term at the end of the
Ordinary General Meeting of today.
"All members of the Board of
Directors join me to thank Pierre Rion, Chairman of the Board from
2010 until today, for all the work accomplished during these 13
years," said Patrick Tillieux, new Chairman of the Board of
Directors of EVS. "My goal is of course to continue this work,
while bringing my long experience in the broadcast industry to our
CEO Muriel De Lathouwer and her management team".
Patrick Tilleux is an independent
Director of EVS since November 2015. He is a non-Executive Director
in various companies: Euronews (France), PLAY Telecom (Poland),
Ceske Radiokomunikace (Czech Republic), Towercom (Slovakia) and
Brussels Airport (Belgium). Between 2012 and 2014, he served as
Director & CEO of Red Bee Media Ltd. (global broadcast and
media services provider, now part of Ericsson), driving and
operating a strategic turnaround and a successful financial
restructuring of the company. He was Chief Operating Officer and a
Member of Executive Board at ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG between 2007
and 2009. From 2001 to 2007, he held various executive functions
within the SBS group (CEO of SBS Belgium, CEO of SBS Nederland and
lastly CEO of SBS Broadcasting Europe). Before that, he occupied
executive functions within different broadcasters, including
Eurosport, TF1, RTL Nederland, CANAL+ Holland and CANAL+ Flanders.
He holds a M. Sc. in civil engineering and a M. Sc. in industrial
administration from the University of Leuven (Belgium).
For more information, please
contact:
Yvan ABSIL, CFO
Geoffroy d'OULTREMONT, Vice President Investor Relations
& Corporate Communication
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A., Liege Science Park, 13 rue du Bois
Saint-Jean, B-4102 Seraing, Belgium
Tel: +32 4 361 70 14. E-mail:corpcom@evs.com;
www.evs.com |
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect
to the business, financial condition, and results of operations of
EVS and its affiliates. These statements are based on the current
expectations or beliefs of EVS's management and are subject to a
number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
or performance of the Company to differ materially from those
contemplated in such forward-looking statements. These risks and
uncertainties relate to changes in technology and market
requirements, the company's concentration on one industry, decline
in demand for the company's products and those of its affiliates,
inability to timely develop and introduce new technologies,
products and applications, and loss of market share and pressure on
pricing resulting from competition which could cause the actual
results or performance of the company to differ materially from
those contemplated in such forward-looking statements. EVS
undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after
the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated
events.
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About EVS
EVS provides its customers with reliable and innovative technology
to enable the production of live, enriched video programming,
allowing them to work more efficiently and boost their revenue
streams. Its industry-leading broadcast and media production
systems are used by broadcasters, production companies,
post-production facilities, film studios, content owners and
archive libraries around the globe. It spans four key markets -
Sports, Entertainment, News and Media.
Founded in 1994, its innovative Live Slow Motion system
revolutionized live broadcasting. Its reliable and integrated
tapeless solutions, based around its market-leading XT server
range, are now widely used to deliver live productions worldwide.
Today, it continues to develop practical innovations, such as its
C-Cast second-screen delivery platform, to help customers maximize
the value of their media content.
The company is headquartered in Belgium and has 20 offices in
Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America. Around 500 EVS
professionals sell its branded products in over 100 countries, and
provide customer support globally. EVS is a public company traded
on Euronext Brussels: EVS, ISIN: BE0003820371. For more
information, please visit www.evs.com.
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