Charles Rivkin

Charles Hammerman Rivkin born April 6 1962 is an American media executive and former United States diplomat who is chairman and chief executive officer CEO of the Motion Picture Association MPA Rivkin served as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs at the US Department of State from 2014 to 2017 Confirmed by the US Senate on February 12 2014 Rivkin assumed office the following day and was sworn in publicly by US Secretary of State John Kerry on April 15 2014 Rivkins confirmation marked the first time a US ambassador and former CEO ever led the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs at the US State Department Prior to his appointment Rivkin served for more than four years as the United States Ambassador to France and Monaco where he led Americas first and one of its largest diplomatic missions which has six constituent posts throughout France and represents over 50 US government agencies and sections In this capacity Rivkin also served as the US Permanent Observer to the Council of Europe Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Rivkin licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia