Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> October 27, 2003
Christopher R. Bolton was Born in 1956 in Birmingham (Great Britain) and obtained a degree in Modern Languages from Oxford University and a subsequent of Chartered Accountant qualification with a prestigious accounting firm. For many years he held various financial and operational positions with American multinational corporations (strategic planning, management control systems, change management, business development in emerging markets, information systems architecture). In 1999, Christopher Bolton was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Edipresse Group. He speaks English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German and Russian. Chris is 47 years old and is married with two sons aged 13 and 15. He has dual European Union and Swiss nationality and lives in the Lausanne area. Profile
TWST: Can we start with an introduction to Edipresse and your core markets?Mr. Bolton: Edipresse is a media group which is mainly active in newspapers in French-Switzerland and general