Noel Curran

Noel Curran
Curran in 2013
Director-General of the European Broadcasting Union
Incumbent
Assumed office October 2017
President	Jean-Paul Philippot
Preceded by	Ingrid Deltenre
Director-General of RTÉ
In office 1 February 2011 – 11 April 2016
Preceded by	Cathal Goan
Succeeded by	Dee Forbes
Personal details
Born	(1965-11-13) 13 November 1965 (age 58) Carrickmacross, Monaghan, Ireland
Spouse	Eimear Quinn (m. 2005)
Children	2
Residence(s)	Versoix, Geneva, Switzerland
Alma mater	Dublin City University
Profession	Radio producer television producer journalist

Noel Curran (born 13 November 1965) is an Irish radio producer, television producer and journalist who has been the director-general of the EBU - the European Broadcasting Union since October 2017. The EBU represents 115 media organisations in over 50 countries. It is based in Geneva but has offices in Brussels, Rome, Washington, New York, Beijing and Moscow. The EBU provides an international news service to its members as well as negotiating international Sports rights such as the Olympic Games for them. It also has a Technology and Innovation division, a media research unit, a Music Exchange for classical and jazz performances, as well as a lobbying and policy department. It is also responsible for the annual Eurovision Song Contest. Curran is the first Irish national to become Director General of the EBU. Curran also served as Chairman of Eurovision Services, the former commercial subsidiary of EBU. He previously served as the director-general of Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ; Ireland's national broadcaster) from 2011 to 2016.^[1] He has worked in the editorial, management and commercial areas of media.