Frank Melloul was born on 2 July 1973 in Fribourg, Switzerland.
15 Facts About Frank Melloul
2.
Since 2013, Frank Melloul has been running the Israel-based international news channel i24NEWS.
3.
Frank Melloul studied international law and obtained a degree in International relations at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva in 1999.
4.
Frank Melloul later acquired a master's degree in international relations at the Ecoles des hautes etudes internationales et politiques in 2000, a Masters in Negotiation at Paris XI and became an auditor at Ecole militaire.
5.
Frank Melloul worked as a Diplomat on the "Crisis Management and European Security and Defense Politics" portfolio.
6.
Frank Melloul was then appointed director of communications and press relations at the Ministry of European Affairs, under Noelle Lenoir's leadership.
7.
Frank Melloul later worked as Deputy Spokesperson at Quai d'Orsay from 2003 to 2004 and was responsible for strategic affairs, security, disarmament, terrorism, the Middle East, North Africa and the United Nations during the Iraq crisis.
8.
From March 2009 to June 2009, Frank Melloul participated in the AfPak negotiations at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs as an Advisor to Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Pierre Lellouche.
9.
Frank Melloul was then named Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State for European Affairs from June to August 2009 in order to implement the committee's roadmap.
10.
In June 2010, Frank Melloul was tasked by UMP party Secretary-General Xavier Bertrand with the mission of broadening France's influence on the international scene.
11.
Frank Melloul held the position of Director of Strategic and International Development at the international news channel France 24 from May 2007 to June 2008, before becoming Director of Strategy, Development and Public Affairs at the France Medias Monde holding company in July 2008 and then being appointed in February 2012 to head the Strategy, Research and International Business Development division.
12.
Frank Melloul continued contributing to the latter regarding strategic thinking on the influence of international French media with Alain de Pouzilhac, France Medias Monde's former CEO.
13.
Frank Melloul spearheaded the creation of a network of "strategists" - international media personalities who regularly meet with the BBC, Deutsche Welle, the Broadcasting Board of Governors and Radio Netherland Worldwide's strategists.
14.
Frank Melloul is the CEO of the international Israel based news channel i24NEWS, which began broadcasting in July 2013 in English, French and Arabic, under the leadership of Patrick Drahi.
15.
In July 2021, Frank Melloul was appointed to Board of Directors of Space IL, following the organization's announcement to launch Beresheet 2 mission, in the frame of Google Lunar X Prize contest.