Christina Vaughan, the founder and chief executive of leading royalty-free producer Image Source, has been elected president of the umbrella industry group Coordination of European Picture Agencies Press Stock Heritage. The announcement was made during this week’s CEPIC congress in Dresden.
CEPIC currently represents over 1,000 European picture source. With this appointment, Vaughan has become the youngest CEPIC leader, as well as the first woman in the role.
Vaughan founded Image Source in 1999. She and the company have won multiple awards; last month, Vaughan was named the 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year from the U.K.-based Asian Women of Achievement awards.
Image Source also launched a new product, the cross-media pack, during the CEPIC congress.