Empresas y finanzas
Infogrames Entertainment Announces: The Departure of Bruno Bonnell ; The Appointment of Patrick Leleu as Chairman and CEO
Infogrames Entertainment (Paris:IFG) announces today that at a
meeting held on April 4th 2007, the Board appointed Patrick Leleu
Chairman and CEO of the Group following the departure of Bruno
Bonnell, founder and Chairman of the company. Bruno Bonnell leaves his
positions as Chairman, CEO and Director of Infogrames Entertainment
and he also leaves all his positions within Atari, Inc. and the
Infogrames group of companies.
Over the last years, Infogrames has implemented a global debt
restructuring plan which successfully ended on March 2007, allowing
the group to strengthen its financial structure and redevelop its
business. The Board of directors and Bruno Bonnell have agreed to take
this opportunity to launch new dynamics of change for the group.
Bruno Bonnell stated: ' It is with understandable emotions, but
also reassured about its future, that I leave Infogrames after 24
years spent to build this group with the support of all its teams.
Together, we have been able to show its strength and capacity to
innovate, even in the worst situations. Time for business developers
has logically come, after the entrepreneurial period. It's now time
for Infogrames to conquer and progress on a market as promising as
interactive entertainment business".
The Board wants to pay tribute to the determination of the founder
of Infogrames, who, with his entrepreneurial skills and his
exceptional vision of the industry, allowed Infogrames to become one
of the worldwide leading players within the video gaming industry.
A director of Infogrames since January 2007, Patrick Leleu was
previously the CEO of Bouygues Telecom between 1994 and 2001 and then
Chairman and CEO of Noos (a cable network operator) between 2001 and
2005. His ability to develop companies on fast-moving markets and his
unique experience within mass-market products and digital
entertainment will be key credentials for Infogrames.
Patrick Leleu, the new Chairman and CEO of Infogrames, comments: "
I want to thank the Board to put its trust in me. I am convinced that
Infogrames holds the assets, talents and teams to get back into the
industrial competition and recover its dynamics of growth".
About Infogrames Entertainment and Atari
Infogrames Entertainment (IESA), the parent company of the Atari
Group (NASDAQ:ATAR), is listed on the Paris Euronext stock exchange
(ISIN code: FR-0000052573) and has two principal subsidiaries: Atari
Europe, a privately-held company, and Atari, Inc., a United States
corporation listed on NASDAQ (ATAR).
The Atari Group is a major international producer, publisher and
distributor of interactive entertainment software for all market
segments and in all existing game formats (Microsoft, Nintendo and
Sony) and on CD-ROM for PC. Its games are sold in more than 60
countries. The Atari Group's extensive catalogue of popular games is
based on original franchises (Alone in the Dark, V-Rally, Test Drive,
Roller Coaster Tycoon, etc.) and international licenses (Dragon Ball
Z, Dungeons & Dragons, etc.).
For more information: http://www.atari.com