Jean-Paul Philippot

A graduate of the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (Université libre de Bruxelles), Jean-Paul Philippot is CEO of Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française (RTBF.be). 

He entered the audiovisual world in 2002, after holding the position of Managing Director of Brussels Public Hospitals. Jean-Paul Philippot has initiated several strategic plans at RTBF, enabling the company to keep up with the rapidly moving media ecosystem. In 2018, he launched a wide-ranging plan for the transformation of RTBF, in order to shift from vertical structures based on TV, radio and web to an audience-centric model adapted to changing consumption patterns. RTBF’s new strategic plan, called “RTBF27,” accelerates this trajectory, with a view to strengthening RTBF’s contribution to society, fostering editorial innovation and securing direct contact with all our audiences. 

Jean-Paul Philippot served as President of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) from 2009 to 2018. In 2021, he was elected President of Médias Francophones Publics (association of French-speaking PSM organizations).