PARIS: In February, the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris named Anne-Claire Legendre as its new president. She is the first woman to hold this role and was unanimously elected by the 14 members of the IMA’s board of directors which includes 7 representatives from Arab League countries.
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Her appointment followed the resignation of previous president Jack Lang on Feb. 7, after French prosecutors announced that they were investigating Lang because of allegations of tax fraud and money laundering linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris. (Supplied)
Legendre’s official mandate is threefold: to modernize the governance of the IMA, to streamline its efficiency and to restore a sustainable financial trajectory, increasing transparency and trust in the institution.
