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NOVEMBER 3, 2009 CLEAR CHANNEL INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEWilliam Eccleshare, President/CEO of Clear Channel International (CCI), has announced a new Executive Committee to provide leadership, direction and resource to all its businesses. The Executive Committee will comprise nine people: Jonathan Bevan - Chief Operating Officer Jonathan will continue to have responsibility for Finance. In addition, in his new role he will have responsibility for rolling out best practice across Operations, Procurement and IT. Rickard Hedlund – Regional Director and Strategy Director Rickard will continue to have regional responsibility for Northern and Eastern Europe. He will now also take on a new role as Strategy Director with responsibility for leading the development of CCI’s business strategy. Hubert Janvier – Regional Director and Sales Director Hubert will continue to have Regional responsibility for Belgium, Spain and Italy. He will also now assume a new role as CCI’s Sales Director with responsibility for developing and sharing best practice and key account management. Mark Thewlis – Regional Director Mark will continue with his regional responsibilities in Asia Pacific – Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong and Singapore together with Clear Channel’s Antipodean radio businesses. Philippe Baudillon – CEO France and CEO UK (to be appointed) Given the scale of the UK and France, both these businesses will have representation on the Executive Committee. International HR Director (to be appointed) The newly appointed role of HR Director will take responsibility for HR issues across the business including talent management programmes, training and development. Pru Parkinson – International Marketing Director Pru Parkinson will join Clear Channel International on 1 January in the newly appointed role of International Marketing Director. Pru joins Clear Channel following a distinguished career in media agencies, including acting as UK CEO of Universal McCann and strategy director of Starcom/ MediaVest. According to William Eccleshare, President/CEO of Clear Channel International: “CCI’s new Executive Committee will be focussed on driving our business to renewed success in the coming months and years through an intense focus on sales and operational excellence. We have outstanding talent in this team and its creation marks a vital step towards our ambition to learn faster, share better and play harder.” Author: Zoe Jones Reply Email: zoe.jones@clearchannel.co.uk |
