Jessica List appointed Chief Corporate Officer of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group
SMG Swiss Marketplace Group has appointed Jessica List as Chief Corporate Officer. She will be responsible for post-merger integration, legal and compliance, corporate governance, and corporate communications.
Jessica List, currently Integration Leader of the Executive Leadership Team at SMG Swiss Marketplace Group, will become Chief Corporate Officer as of March 1, 2022. She will not only take the corporate functions under her wing, but will also lead special projects for the Executive Leadership Team in the future. These include leading a cross-organizational IPO task force, responsibility for diversity and inclusion initiatives, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) projects.
Prior to joining SMG Swiss Marketplace Group, Jessica List held key leadership positions at Ringier Group, including Head of Group M&A and Strategic Projects.
Commenting on the appointment, Gilles Despas, Group CEO, said: "Jessica is a leader with a broad range of experience in leading Group-wide, strategic projects. Combined with her track record in leading large, complex and strategic projects in the media and classifieds business, as well as her background in finance, she is the perfect fit for this position. The appointment will allow me to focus even more on managing the newly formed company and the overall strategy of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group."
This step is intended to further consolidate the organizational management structure of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group and pave the way for the planned IPO.
In addition to CEO Gilles Despas, the Executive Leadership Team of SMG Swiss Marketplace Group includes Chief Financial Officer Boris Gussen, Chief Corporate Officer Jessica List, Chief Technology Officer Jens Paul Berndt and the heads of the three largest business units Pierre-Alain Regali (Managing Director Automotive), Martin Waeber (Managing Director Real Estate) and Francesco Vass (Managing Director General Marketplaces).
