Beat Krebs leaves Publicis Media
Beat Krebs, CEO of Publicis Media Switzerland, is leaving the media agency group at his own request, effective the end of September, to take on a new challenge outside of Publicis Media.
Krebs joined the agency group as COO in March 2013 and was appointed CEO of the former agency ZenithOptimedia in the fall. He previously held various positions at the OmnicomMediaGroup.
The strong management team built up under Krebs in recent years will now continue to run the operating business as before until Krebs' successor is announced in the coming months.
Frank-Peter Lortz, CEO Publicis Media DACH, said in a press release: "Beat has successfully restructured and developed our media agencies in Switzerland with the support of the operational management team. Together with his management team, he has merged Starcom and Zenith as independent agency brands under the umbrella of Publicis Media and built up consulting teams and practices based on the international model. Publicis Media was able to position itself as one of the leading agencies in the online sector in particular and was able to offer programmatic solutions earlier than others. Today, the agency group is economically successful and can look back on solid growth over the past few years. This is also reflected in the client wins such as Coty, Generali, Mercedes Benz and L'Oréal. We would like to thank Beat for the trustful cooperation. We wish him all the best, both professionally and personally."
