Bertrand Pecquerie was appointed Director of the World Editors Forum (www.worldeditorsforum.org) in 2003. WEF is the organization for editors and senior news executives within the World Association of Newspapers. From 1989 to 2001, he served as CEO of the World Media Network, a press syndicate gathering major European, Asian and Arabic newspapers (El Pais, La Stampa, Libération, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Der Standard, Al Ahram, An Nahar, Milliyet, Yomiuri Shimbun…). From 1996 to 2001 Bertrand was also in charge of World Media Live, a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal in charge of international websites (Cannes Film Festival…) Formerly, Bertrand was a lecturer at the « Institut d’Etudes Politiques » in Paris.