06/10/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 06/10/2025 10:13
Afnic, the association responsible for managing the .fr Internet Top Level Domain and several French overseas and other generic TLDs, has announced the election of André Schwob to the office of Chair. Drawing on his experience as senior civil servant and his digital expertise, he will chair the Association with the Board of Trustees backed by the support of its CEO and the entire Afnic team.
He succeeds Godefroy Beauvallet, Chair since 2019.
André Schwob has been Head of the General Council of the Economy, Industry, Energy and Technology (CGE) at the French Ministry for the Economy and Finance since 2024. He previously headed up the "network support" department of the General Directorate for Consumer Affairs, Competition Policy and Fraud Control (DGCCRF), prior to which he held the post of head of "transformation support" at the General Secretariat for the Modernisation of Public Action (SGMAP) from 2016 to 2018. Between 2012 and 2016 he was Director of Information Systems and Processes at the Caisse des Dépôts, and held several management positions within the Information Systems and Procurement departments at Ernst & Young from 2006 to 2012. Schwob began his career in 1984 with the La Poste group, where he moved up to the position of Director of Postal Information Systems from 2001 to 2006.
Furthermore, he acted as an eminent personality for the High Commission for Postal and Digital services (CSNP) between 2016 and 2018.
A Corps des Mines engineer, André Schwob also holds diplomas from the École Polytechnique and the École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications and has an Executive MBA from HEC business school.
André Schwob was appointed from among the representatives of the founding members of the Association for a three-year term following the Board of Trustees meeting and the Ordinary General Assembly of 6 June 2025. Schwob will raise Afnic's profile and guide its action in favour of a secure and stable Internet, open to innovation and in which the French Internet community plays a leading role.