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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 |
The Board of Directors at Agfa-Gevaert has named Christian Reinaudo to succeed Jo Cornu at the post of CEO. Cornu announced his intention to leave the post after April 27, 2010.
Julien De Wilde, Chairman of the Board of Directors, said, "Jo Cornu has taken the position of CEO on December 1, 2007 under very difficult circumstances. He has lead Agfa-Gevaert through the economic crisis and has put the company back on track. Agfa-Gevaert now has a strong management team, a clear strategy, a better cost structure and a significantly lower level of debt."
Cornu will continue to have a role at Agfa by joining its Board of Directors after leaving the CEO post.
Reinaudo, 55, is currently the President of Agfa-Gevaert's health care division. He joined the company in late 2008 from his long-time involvement at Alcatel. Christian Reinaudo occupied a number of important positions in the Alcatel Group, such as President of the Optics Business Group, President of Alcatel in Asia Pacific and President of Alcatel for Northern andEastern Europe. He is is a graduate from the "Ecole de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de Paris "and holds a doctorate from the University of Paris.
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