Frédéric Michel, communications advisor to Emmanuel Macron, has announced that after 15 months in the service of the head of state, he is leaving the presidential palace to join MCH Group, a Swiss direct marketing group that runs major contemporary art fairs.
15 months and then gone. Frédéric Michel, who has been responsible for communications for Emmanuel Macron since September 2022, announced this Thursday that he is leaving his position after 15 months at the Élysée to join the MCH Group, a Swiss direct marketing group and operator of major contemporary art fairs.
“It was a real honor to work for President Macron,” said the head of state’s special adviser on communications and strategy on his Linkedin page. “It has often been difficult, be it in domestic or international affairs, but it has also been extremely rewarding to work with such a leader and help advance much-needed reforms and address international crises,” added the one who spoke in recent times 15 months have gone through the social and political crisis surrounding retirement at 64, the unrest at the beginning of the summer and the conflicts in Ukraine and between Israel and Hamas.
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A farewell message in English, a reference to his professional career, which he spent mainly in the Anglo-Saxon world, in the spheres of New Labor under the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and then as a lobbyist for the News Corp group of the Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch, owner the conservative channel Fox News.
It was known at the Élysée Palace that the communications advisor wanted to highlight the legacy (or “legacy”, a term particularly valued) of the President of the Republic. But the man, who was not close to the head of state from the start, was sometimes criticized in the presidential camp by some who considered him isolated from French politics.
On January 1, 2024, Frédéric Michel, 51, will become communications director and vice president of the MCH Group, an international company that, among other things, organizes the major Art Basel in Basel, where its headquarters are also located.
Antoine LLORCA with AFP