… As Stiegeler leads
African operation
The Zurich, Switzerland-based entity Ringier with footprint
across Africa and Asia Pacific has restructured its leadership with Mr. Leonard
Stiegeler as the new General Manager Ringier Africa, even as the former Head,
Digital Marketing Agency RDM in Nigeria, Mr. Mark Slade, was elevated to General
Manager Ringier Nigeria, reports ITRealms.
Ringier Africa with four dedicated teams each of its business
models, namely classifieds, content, e-Commerce and digital marketing said the
new leadership took effect from January 1, 2016 in order to further strengthen
the implementation of various changes to support the strong growth of its
international markets, with additional personnel and international support.
Ringier AG, Corporate Communications, Celine Krapf, in a
press statement made available to ITRealms, noted that this new leadership
structure follows a successful 2015 with strong growth across all core
businesses and countries on both continents of Africa and Asia Pacific.
“The accomplishment of important milestones, including the
new market entry in Myanmar, Ringier introduced a new international setup which
will ensure further growth in quality and efficiency for future expansions, she
said.
To facilitate this, Krapf said, the former General Manager
Ringier Nigeria & Head of Ringier West Africa, Mr. Leonard Stiegeler, has
been appointed to the new position of General Manager Ringier Africa. While former
Head of New Business Implementation Ringier AG, Florent de Rocca-Serra will
take the new position of General Manager Ringier Asia Pacific.
Jessica List,
formerly part of Ringiers M&A and Business Development team will take the
new position of CFO Africa. Jessica Stiles, former Head of Marketing
International Markets becomes CMO Africa & Asia. All of these positions
will be reporting into the current CEO Asia & Africa, headed by Robin
Lingg, who was elected to the Group Executive Board of Ringier AG in December.
Julian Artopé, current Director Ringier Africa will pursue
an MBA by the end of March after four years of building Ringiers African
business on the continent, whereas Mark Slade, former Head of the Digital
Marketing Agency RDM in Nigeria, will take over the position as General Manager
Ringier Nigeria.
To further support the risen complexity in Ringier’s
fast-scaling operations, four dedicated teams were established for each of the
African business models Classifieds, Content, E-Commerce and Digital Marketing.
Each will consist of a dedicated team supporting their field in Marketing,
Business & Operations and Product Development.
Robin Lingg, CEO Ringier Africa and Asia: “With the high
speed and growth of our digital business in Africa and Asia, we were in need of
stronger support structures to facilitate further aggressive scaling of our
business.
Through this evolution of the organisation I’m convinced we’ll be
able to further boost and expand our leading market positions in Classifieds,
Content, E-Commerce and Digital Marketing across all our markets. We have a
proven and highly experienced team of which I’m very happy to see so much
internally promoted leadership emerge. I also would like to thank Julian
Artopé, who has been essential for building this organisation on the ground and
has been a key part for the success of Ringier”.
+Remmy Nweke (ITRealms) +ITRealms DSA
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