zanox, the leading performance advertising network in Germany and across Europe, appoints Michael von Stern (45) to the executive board of the zanox Group as its new Chief Financial and Operating Officer (CFO/COO), with effect from 1 January 2014. Von Stern comes from zanox’s majority stakeholder, Axel Springer SE, where he established and headed the Commerce division, and to which, among other companies, the zanox Group also belongs.
As Chief Financial Officer of zanox, Michael von Stern succeeds Joachim Piroth (47), who leaves zanox’s executive board team at the end of 2013. As the head of the Axel Springer Commerce division, he accompanied the zanox Group’s development into a global online marketing firm.” “We welcome Michael von Stern to his new role at zanox”, says Arndt Groth, CEO of Swiss PubliGroupe AG and deputy chairman of the zanox supervisory board. “He is the ideal person to take on the tasks of CFO and COO in the zanox executive board.”
Thomas Joosten, CEO of ZANOX AG: “Michael von Stern has known our market, the company and the leadership team for a long time.
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From January 2014, the zanox executive board will therefore be made up of Thomas Joosten (Chief Executive Officer), Stefanie Lüdecke (Chief Sales Officer), Michael von Stern (Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer) and Christian Rebernik (Chief Technology Officer). With over 600 employees across the globe, the zanox Group – comprising the companies, zanox, Affiliate Window, M4N and eprofessional – supports companies from all industries and of all sizes in the effective marketing of products and services on the internet.