EVS Broadcast Equipment appoints Yvan Absil as ...

EVS Broadcast Equipment, the leading provider of live video production systems, today announces the appointment of Yvan Absil as Senior Vice President and CFO of the company.

Mr Absil currently serves as Finance Director EMEAI, LATAM & Asia Pacific for Volcano Corporation, leading company active in intravascular imaging for coronary and peripheral applications, and physiology. He started his career at Hewlett-Packard Company in 1995 and occupied various operational and finance functions in the group, including Finance Director for HP Belux. In 2010, he joined 21Net, a UK start-up company providing on-board train internet connectivity, as a CFO. Before joining Volcano, he was Finance Director EMEA at Albermale Europe. He holds a Master of Science in Business Management and Engineering (University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium).

"We are very pleased to have Yvan joining our executive team", said Muriel De Lathouwer, Managing Director & CEO of EVS. "He brings to EVS 20 years of background in Finance and operations in large multinational corporations and smaller entrepreneurial entities in technology industries. Thanks to his deep financial expertise and strong affinity for business and technology, he will even more position the finance function at EVS as a key partner to the business".

 Yvan Absil will start on January 4, 2016.

For more information, please contact:   Muriel DE LATHOUWER, Managing Director & CEO Geoffroy d'OULTREMONT, Vice President  Investor Relations & Corporate Communication EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A., Liege Science Park, 13 rue du Bois Saint-Jean, B-4102 Seraing, Belgium Tel: [phone].  E-mail: [e-mail]; www.evs.com

About EVS EVS provides its customers with reliable and innovative technology to enable the production of live, enriched video programming, allowing them to work more efficiently and boost their revenue streams. Its industry-leading broadcast and media production systems are used by broadcasters, production companies, post-production facilities, film studios, content owners and archive libraries around the globe. It spans four key markets - Sports, Entertainment, News and Media. Founded in 1994, its innovative Live Slow Motion system revolutionized live broadcasting. Its reliable and integrated tapeless solutions, based around its market-leading XT server range, are now widely used to deliver live productions worldwide. Today, it continues to develop practical innovations, such as its C-Cast second-screen delivery platform, to help customers maximize the value of their media content. The company is headquartered in Belgium and has 20 offices in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America. Around 500 EVS professionals sell its branded products in over 100 countries, and provide customer support globally. EVS is a public company traded on Euronext Brussels: EVS, ISIN: BE0003820371. For more information, please visit www.evs.com.

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Source: EVS Broadcast Equipment via Globenewswire

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