Deltenre to step down as director general of EBU

Ingrid Deltenre has said she will resign as director general of the European Broadcasting Union consortium of public-service broadcasters.

Deltenre (pictured) will step down from her role in the summer, at which point the EBU said it hopes to have hired her successor with a search having already commenced.

Deltenre, who has led the EBU for the past eight years, is leaving to focus her attention on board responsibilities at financial services group Banque Cantonale Vaudoise, cosmetics company Givaudan and logistics firm Deutsche Post/DHL.

She said: “With public-service media across Europe under increasing pressure from political and economic forces, I believe the role of the EBU and its work in upholding the values of public-service media has never been more critical.

“Thanks to the wonderful team at the EBU, the organisation continues to go from strength to strength – providing invaluable support and advice to Members; playing a key role in so many major sporting events and offering essential business services to customers across the globe.”

EBU president Jean-Paul Phillipot added: “Under her leadership, the EBU has substantially evolved as an organisation, which is now better placed to support members in confronting the challenges facing PSM within a global digital media environment. Her perseverance, dedication and energy will be missed and we thank her for having made the EBU a much more dynamic organisation.”