Bruno Patino

Vice President of ARTE GEIE and President of ARTE France

 Bruno Patino © Cyril Entzmann / Divergence
Bruno Patino © Cyril Entzmann / Divergence

Born on 8 March 1965 in Courbevoie (France)

Professional Experience

ARTE GEIE, Strasbourg

since 2025: Vice President

2021–2024: President

October – December 2020: Vice President

ARTE France, Paris

since July 2020: President of the Executive Board

November 2015 – July 2020: Editorial Director, Member of the Executive Board

France Télévisions

February 2013 – August 2015: General Director ofon-air programmes and digital development

October 2010 – February 2013: Director of France 5

October 2010 – February 2013: Director of Strategy and Digital

Radio France

September 2008 – September 2010: Director of France Culture

May 2010 – October 2010: Digital Strategy Advisor to the President of Radio France

Le Monde Group

2007: Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board of Le Monde Group

2003–2008: Chairman of the Executive Board and Publishing Director of Télérama

2005–2008: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Publicat, managing the advertising department of Le Monde Group magazines

2000–2008: Chief Executive Officer of Le Monde Interactif

1999–2001: General Secretary of the Executive Board of Le Monde Group in 1999 and, concurrently, Deputy Editor of the monthly magazine “Les Cahiers du Cinéma” (1999-2001) and of the cultural supplement “Aden” (1999-2001).

Hachette Livre

1998–1999: Secretary General of the Literature Division

1997–1998: Secretary General of Éditions Hazan

Canal +

1996: Policy Officer, Canal+ Directorate General for international business

InfoMatin

1994–1996: Deputy Director of daily newspaper InfoMatin

Le Monde

1991–1994: Permanent correspondent for Le Monde in Santiago, Chile

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

1991–1993: Programme Officer, Field Office in Santiago, Chile

CCF- Interfinanz

1989–1991: Project Manager in Düsseldorf (Germany)

Education

2004: INSEAD, graduate of the Advanced Management Programme, Fontainebleau

1998: University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, Doctor of Political Science

1989: Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington DC, USA. Master of Arts (MA) with honours

1987: Graduate of ESSEC Business School, Cergy Pontoise

1986: Graduate of Sciences Po Paris, highly commended by the jury, Public Service section