Robin Simon becomes CPO for Classifieds, Marketplaces & Ventures at Tamedia

The 40-year-old will be responsible for strategic, overarching and specific operational product topics as well as the Tamedia Product & UX team (PUX) and will also set up a central team of experienced product managers to support the portfolio companies with current issues and the further development of services. At the same time, he will be increasingly involved in overarching product and innovation topics, will initiate new further training opportunities for product managers and various measures for an efficient exchange. He will also be increasingly active on the boards of directors of the portfolio companies, as is currently the case at Autoricardo and Gowago.

Christoph Brand, Member of the Management Board and Head of Classifieds & Marketplaces at Tamedia: "We want to strengthen the synergies within our portfolio companies and already offer them competence centers in the areas of data analytics, M&A, engineering, marketing or user experience, which is located at Robin Simon. The newly created position will also enable us to further advance the exchange of knowledge in the area of product development."

Samuel Hügli, Member of the Management Board and Head of Technology & Ventures: "There are more and more areas in which we at Tamedia are working together across the board and benefiting from each other. I am delighted that in future the combined product know-how of Robin Simon and the new product team will also be incorporated into the investments in order to implement ideas more quickly and flexibly. In general, we need to give much greater importance to product development at all levels and this is another step in this direction."

Robin Simon has been working at Tamedia since 2014, having previously built up several start-ups as a founder and product manager. He studied business administration at the University of Mannheim and the University of Oregon.