From Museum Head to BBC’s Senior Controller, Ladies Going Invincible
Liliane Landor became Senior Director of the BBC World Service at the age of 65 and Laurence des Cars is head of the Louvre museum at 54
Recently, two women have excelled to a higher designation, empowering others to continue believing in their dreams, as BBC appointed Liliane Landor as the senior controller and Laurence des Cars became the head of the Louvre museum.
Liliane Landor – Senior Director at BBC
Liliane Landor is going to make a comeback to the BBC World Service as a senior director while she would also oversee BBC Monitoring and BBC Media Action.
Liliane was born in Lebanon to an Arab father and a Cuban mother, completed her education in France and Switzerland, and can converse in five languages.
Previously, Liliane was working at Channel 4 News as the Head of Foreign News.
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She had also served at BBC’s French Service that played a vital role in shaping her journalistic career.
During her tenure with BBC World Service, she was editorially responsible for all non-English language services on radio, TV, and online before becoming Controller of Languages.
Moreover, the 65-year-old Lebanese-born British journalist had founded the BBC’s staff network, Global Women in News.
Coming back to BBC, Liliane expressed her excitement.
Delighted to announce that Liliane Landor @lilo11 has been appointed as Senior Controller of BBC News International Services, overseeing the corporation’s global news strategy. In this role she will be the Director of @bbcworldservice.
Read: https://t.co/Xdw4zEVCD2 pic.twitter.com/Mo9u6I9BDP
— BBC News Press Team (@BBCNewsPR) May 27, 2021
Laurence des Cars – Head of Louvre Museum
France has made remarkable progress as the world’s biggest museum ‘Louvre’ has recruited Laurence des Cars as the new head.
This is the first time that a female has been appointed as the head of the museum since it first opened 228 years ago.
The 54-year-old historian belongs to a family of writers and journalists, she became a prominent figure for taking a stand on some controversial topics.
Great news from Paris: Laurence des Cars, president of @MuseeOrsay, will be the first woman to lead the @MuseeLouvre in its history. She has close ties to the US and already made an impressive statement on the social role of the #Louvre in French media this morning. pic.twitter.com/VXB6CAq51j
— Gaëtan Bruel (@gaetanbruel) May 26, 2021
She said, “A great museum must face history, including by looking back at the history of our owns institutions”.
Des Cars managed to revive the museum’s overlooked black figures in French art during a 2019 exhibition “Black models: From Gericault to Matisse”.
