EANA Leadership

Fabrice was elected CEO by AFP’s board in April 2018. Before that, he had worked with media, tech and communications companies (Havas, Vivendi, Atos, Publicis). Fabrice graduated from Ecole Normale Supérieure and ENA. He recently published a book on disinformation (“L’emprise du faux”).

Alexandru Giboi is the Secretary General of EANA. Elected by the General Assembly of the organisation in September 2018, then reelected in October 2021, Alexandru Giboi had previously been the General Director and President of the Directors' Council of AGERPRES, the Romanian National News Agency. Born in Bucharest, Romania, in 1983, he was a member of the EANA Board between 2015 and 2018. Also, he was Secretary General of ABNA-SE - the Association of Balkan News Agencies between 2014 and 2018, and also acting President of the same organisation for one year between 2013 and 2014. Before working in the media sector, Alexandru Giboi worked as a press relations consultant.

Claudia Victoria Nicolae is the Managing Director of AGERPRES, the Romanian National News Agency, since November 2018. Her mission is to manage the entire activity of the journalists and editors of the biggest news agency in Romania, while also being their representative in relations and collaboration with other national and international organizations, both public or private. Claudia Nicolae’s objective is to create and to preserve the framework the journalists from AGERPRES need to deliver accurate news so that the general public receives the most reliable and meaningful information possible. Prior to being Managing Director, Ms. Nicolae was an experienced journalist. She started working as a reporter in 2004, covering political news, and year by year her career developed to being the coordinator of the political news department of a news television in 2011 and, in 2016, she was appointed deputy managing director of AGERPRES. Claudia Nicolae has a degree in Journalism, but she is specialized, as well, in foreign policies, diplomacy, security and administration, with various training sessions graduated from The Romanian Diplomatic Institute or the National Defense College.

Stefano De Alessandri became the Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of ANSA on September 6, 2018. He has a degree in economics from Milan’s Bocconi University and a wealth of experience in the general management of media- publishing companies and in management consulting. After starting his career at Mediaset, he held general management position at RCS Media Group, Condé Nast, Mondadori and Hachette Rusconi. Between 2013 and 2018 he was a partner and MED Region board member at EY (Ernst&Young) and he assumed senior positions at media sector associations for 10 years as Vice President of FIEG, Audipress, ADS and FIPP.

General Manager of the Federal News Agency FENA, leading news agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina, since 2016. Has a long-standing professional experience and expertise in media, video producing and broadcasting, PR, advertising, copywriting and social media.