PubliGroupe appoints four new division heads
PubliGroupe is filling new strategic management positions. The four new business divisions, which will form the operational basis of the new PubliGroupe organization from 1 January 2008, will be headed by Robert Schmidli, Jean-Pascal Michel, Monica Woo and Thomas Kaiser. Otto Meier will step down at the end of October.
PubliGroupe is forging ahead with the implementation of its new strategic direction. The Board of Directors has decided on the management positions for the four new business divisions which will form the operational basis of the new PubliGroupe organization from 1 January 2008. The current head of PubliDirect, Robert Schmidli (57), will assume overall responsibility for the newly created Media Sales division as of November 1, 2007. According to a press release, all sales activities of PubliPresse (Publicitas, Publimedia, Publimag, Publiconnect and Mosse Media), the international Publicitas Promotion Network and the electronic, digital and interactive media managed by PubliGroupe will be bundled in this division in future.
Otto Meier, General Manager of PubliPresse since 2002, is leaving Publigroup at the end of October. With the integration of PubliPresse into the future multimedia and international Media Sales division, the 55-year-old is stepping down. According to the press release, he wants to take on new professional challenges.
The 47-year-old Jean-Pascal Michel, previously deputy to Robert Schmidli, will succeed him at the helm of PubliDirect (new: Search & Find).
As the new General Manager of the Custom Publishing division, 42-year-old Monica Woo will be responsible for the ongoing expansion of these activities in Asia, the Middle East and selected European markets.
Finally, the Board of Directors appointed 41-year-old Thomas Kaiser, Head of Group Business Development, as Head of the Digital & Marketing Services division, which has also been newly created. The international online marketing service provider Zanox, recently acquired together with Axel Springer, and the fast-growing Namics, a consultancy specializing in the development and implementation of e-business solutions, form the foundation of the Digital & Marketing Services division.
According to the press release, the early appointment of divisional heads for the new PubliGroupe organization, which will come into effect next year, will allow optimal preparation for the transition from the current to the new management structure. The composition and organization of the Group Management, which will continue to be headed by CEO Hans-Peter Rohner, as well as that of the Media Sales division, by far the largest division, will be announced in September of this year. The existing management and organizational structures will remain in place until 31 December 2007.
Otto Meier, General Manager of PubliPresse since 2002, is leaving Publigroup at the end of October. With the integration of PubliPresse into the future multimedia and international Media Sales division, the 55-year-old is stepping down. According to the press release, he wants to take on new professional challenges.
The 47-year-old Jean-Pascal Michel, previously deputy to Robert Schmidli, will succeed him at the helm of PubliDirect (new: Search & Find).
As the new General Manager of the Custom Publishing division, 42-year-old Monica Woo will be responsible for the ongoing expansion of these activities in Asia, the Middle East and selected European markets.
Finally, the Board of Directors appointed 41-year-old Thomas Kaiser, Head of Group Business Development, as Head of the Digital & Marketing Services division, which has also been newly created. The international online marketing service provider Zanox, recently acquired together with Axel Springer, and the fast-growing Namics, a consultancy specializing in the development and implementation of e-business solutions, form the foundation of the Digital & Marketing Services division.
According to the press release, the early appointment of divisional heads for the new PubliGroupe organization, which will come into effect next year, will allow optimal preparation for the transition from the current to the new management structure. The composition and organization of the Group Management, which will continue to be headed by CEO Hans-Peter Rohner, as well as that of the Media Sales division, by far the largest division, will be announced in September of this year. The existing management and organizational structures will remain in place until 31 December 2007.
