26 January, 2010
Metro International S.A. ("Metro International" or "the Company"), the
international newspaper group, today announced that Pablo Mazzei, Regional
Director for Metro's operations in Latin American and Managing Director for
Chile, has been appointed Executive Vice President with responsibility for Latin
America. Mr. Mazzei will continue to be Managing Director for Chile and take
part in the six-person strong Executive Management team.
Mr. Mazzei has extensive experience from working in the advertising market. He
joined Metro from a position as Managing Director of Carlson Marketing Group,
where he was responsible for establishing the operation in Chile. Previous to
this, Mr. Mazzei held a number of positions within the consumer product industry
at different companies, Sara Lee, Shell and CCU to mention a few. Mr. Mazzei
holds a degree in Business from Pontificia Universidad Católica University in
Santiago, Chile and subsequently an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona,
Spain.
Per Mikael Jensen, CEO and President of Metro International says: "I am
delighted to promote Mr. Mazzei to Executive Vice President. He has for several
years shown us what strong competencies he possesses. Under the supervision of
Mr. Mazzei, Metro has been expanded geographically as well as by the launch of
new brand extensions. Mr. Mazzei will continue to grow Metro further in Latin
America, which is one of the most important measures toward realizing Metro's
strategy for long-term growth."
For further information please contact:
Per Mikael Jensen, CEO and President Tel: +44 20 7016 1300
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ABOUT METRO INTERNATIONAL AND METRO
Metro is the largest international newspaper in the world. Metro is published
in over 100 major cities in 19 countries across Europe, North & South America
and Asia. Metro has a unique global reach - attracting a young, active,
well-educated Metropolitan audience of 17 million daily readers.
Metro International S.A. shares are listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm through
Swedish Depository Receipts of series A and series B under the symbols MTROA and
MTROB
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Press Release (PDF) : http://hugin.info/132142/R/1376979/338102.pdf
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