Publigroupe: expansion of digital activities continues
Andreas Schönenberger will now represent the Group’s interests at Zanox, the Group’s largest online company. In addition to his current role, Renato Martignoni will assume expanded leadership responsibilities as the newly appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the business segment. At the group level, the position of Head of Digital Development is being created.
Andreas Schönenberger, former Country Manager of Google Switzerland and member of the Publigroupe Board of Directors since April 2010, will represent the Group's interests at Zanox (joint venture with Axel Springer) together with Renato Martignoni and Andreas Schmidt, CFO of Publigroupe. Renato Martignoni, who as CFO of DMS was one of the key players in the development of the Group's digital portfolio, will take on additional operational responsibilities in his additional role as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the business segment and will report to the Group's CEO, Hans-Peter Rohner. In order to continue to drive forward the Group's digital expansion in the future, it was also decided to create a new Head of Digital Development role at Group level, which will be filled shortly. The changes and new responsibilities will take effect from September 1, 2011.
Publigroupe is active in three operational business segments: Search & Find, Media Sales and DMS. Publigroupe's online activities, including its participations, generated sales of CHF 657 million in 2010, according to its own figures. The digital division employs over 1,000 people.
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