Ingrid Deltenre

Ingrid Deltenre
Deltenre in 2013
Director-General of the European Broadcasting Union
In office
2010–2017
Preceded byJean Réveillon [fr]
Succeeded byNoel Curran
Director of Schweizer Fernsehen
In office
2004–2009
Preceded byPeter Schellenberg [de]
Personal details
Born
Ingrid Ella Deltenre

(1960-08-25) 25 August 1960 (age 64)
Wettingen, Aargau, Switzerland
Domestic partnerSacha Wigdorovits
Alma materUniversity of Zurich

Ingrid Ella Deltenre (born 25 August 1960) is a Dutch-Swiss manager who was director of the German-speaking broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen from 2004 to 2009 and the director-general of the broadcasters association, the European Broadcasting Union, between 2010 and 2017. She was the Secretary General of the Swiss Media Association [de] from 1989 to 1991 and is a member of the board of various companies.

Early life and education

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On 25 August 1960, Deltenre was born a Dutch national in Wettingen in the Swiss canton of Aargau to Dutch parents.[1][2] Her father worked as an engineer at the electronics and mechanical engineering group Brown, Boveri & Cie and, therefore the family frequently resided abroad for long periods of time. Between 1982 and 1989, Deltenre studied at the University of Zurich for a master's degree in education, journalism and biological anthropology.[1]

Career

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She began her working career as the Secretary General of the Swiss Media Association [de] in 1989 and was also Project Manager at the Media Research Department that was responsible for audience research and electronic media.[3][4] Deltenre went on to work at Ringier media group variously as managing director, head of marketing as well as project manager of business development from 1991 to 1998.[1][4] She was chief marketing officer and member of the executive committee at Swisscard between 1998 and 1999,[4] and also worked at multimedia marketer publisuisse [de] as its director from 1999 to 2004.[1][5] She was the publishing director of the business newspaper Cash [de] for half a decade.[6]

On 1 January 2004, Deltenre was elected director of the German-speaking broadcaster Schweizer Fernsehen (SF), succeeding Peter Schellenberg [de]. She was the first woman to be appointed head of Swiss German television,[2][5] and the appointment was considered controversial as critics felt she had too little journalistic experience.[6] Deltenre was elected by the EBU Executive Board to succeed Jean Réveillon [fr] as the director-general of the Geneva-based broadcasters association, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), in June 2009 and left SF to take up her new post on 1 January 2010.[7][8] She oversaw the direction of the Eurovision Song Contest and negotiated the rights of the broadcast of major sporting events for members of the EBU.[9] In 2015, Deltenre received a second term as EBU's director-general that would last from January 2016 to January 2019.[10] She left the EBU in September 2017 to focus on her responsibilities on various boards, providing them her knowledge of digitisation, environmental, social and governance, human resources and marketing. Deltenre was succeeded as director-general by Noel Curran, the Director-General of RTÉ.[11][12]

Other activities

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Deltenre was president of the board of directors of SF's production company Technology and production center Switzerland [de] from April 2005 to 18 November 2010.[13]

Corporate boards

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Non-profit organizations

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Recognition

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Deltenre received the 2019 Swiss Board Member of the Year.[15]

Personal life

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Her partner is the public relations consultant Sacha Wigdorovits.[16] They do not have children;[16][17] being childfree was a choice Deltenre made when she was younger to ensure her independence and to avoid her taking on parental duties.[17] In late 2009, she became a naturalised Swiss citizen.[18]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Ingrid Deltenre". Munzinger-Archiv (in German). 22 October 2019. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Ingrid Deltenre". Who's Who: The People's Lexicon (in German). Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Ingrid Deltenre" (PDF) (in German). Deutsche Post. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e "CV – Ingrid Deltenre" (PDF). Sunrise UPC. 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d "Ingrid Deltenre" (PDF). Givaudan. 20 April 2020. pp. 29, 32. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  6. ^ a b Hunter, Gabriella (7 June 2019). "Kaffee mit… Ingrid Deltenre, Verwaltungsrätin" [Coffee with… Ingrid Deltenre, Member of the Board of Directors]. Finanz und Wirtschaft [de] (in German). Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  7. ^ Meza, Ed (5 June 2009). "Deltenre to head EBU". Variety. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Deltenre verlässt Schweizer Fernsehen" [Deltenre leaves Swiss television]. 20 minutes (in German). Swiss Telegraphic Agency. 5 June 2009. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  9. ^ a b Helbling, Urs (30 April 2016). "Bei Deltenre geht die Deutsche Post ab" [The Deutsche Post goes off at Deltenre]. Blick (in German). Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  10. ^ Kennedy, Mike (26 June 2015). "Ingrid Deltenre secures another term at EBU". SportsPro. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  11. ^ Malam, Luke (4 September 2017). "Noel Curran replaces Ingrid Deltenre as EBU Director General". ESC Xtra. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Akara Funds: Ingrid Deltenre appointed to the Board of Directors". Immobilien Business. 2 September 2020. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Deltenre verlässt Produktionsfirma TPC" [Deltenre leaves production company TPC]. 20 minutes (in German). Swiss Telegraphic Agency. 17 July 2010. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Members of the Board of Directors: Ingrid Deltenre". Banque cantonale vaudoise. Archived from the original on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  15. ^ a b Hunter, Gabriella (24 June 2019). "Ingrid Deltenre ist Verwaltungsrätin des Jahres" [Ingrid Deltenre is Board Member of the Year]. Finanz und Wirtschaft [de] (in German). Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  16. ^ a b ""Ich habe mir eine dicke Haut zugelegt"" ["I've got a thick skin"]. Schweizer Illustrierte (in German). 6 June 2009. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  17. ^ a b Fehr, Jacqueline (10 December 2013). ""Für Kinder möchte ich nicht die Verantwortung tragen"" [“I don’t want to be responsible for children”]. Blick (in German). Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  18. ^ Murmann, Katia (1 May 2010). "Schweizer Pass" [Swiss Passport]. Schweiz am Wochenende [de] (in German). Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
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