Christoph Grau becomes COO at Ringier Axel Springer
The Ringier Axel Springer joint venture is getting a chief operating officer: Christoph Grau, 37, will assume the newly created position effective January 5, 2015.
He will drive the digitization of media offerings in Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia, the company announced Friday. Previously, Grau was responsible for the digitization strategy of Macmillan Education in London, a publisher in the language and education sector. Ringier Axel Springer was founded in 2010 by Swiss publisher Ringier and German publisher Axel Springer. The joint venture combines the activities of the two publishers in Central and Eastern Europe. The company is headquartered in Zurich. (SDA)
