Metro International appoints new Global Editor-in-Chief and Global
Director of Logistics
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Metro International ("Metro" or "the Group"), the world's largestinternational newspaper, today announced that it has appointed Ms.Maggie Samways to Global Editor-in-Chief and Mr. Jeremy Bryant toGlobal Director of Logistics.Maggie Samways commenced working for Metro in the United States in2003. From 2006 she served as Editor-in-Chief for Metro US. Sincelast year she has managed the central editorial desk in London whereshe has played an instrumental role in the implementation of theGroup's new editorial design and development of the Group's internalcontent provider, Metro World News.Jeremy Bryant has been with Metro since 2002 and has held variousroles within the distribution function. He has been involved in thelaunch of a number of Metro's all over the world. In the past fiveyears, he has been responsible for executing and implementing newprinting and distribution channels throughout the Group, as well ascollaborating on marketing strategies for Metro. Mr. Bryant has hadan influential role in development of the Group's unique distributionstrategy.Per Mikael Jensen, President and CEO of Metro Internationalcommented: "I am truly excited and happy to announce that we onceagain have benefited from the pool of talent in our operations. Ms.Samways and Mr. Bryant have been working for several years for Metroand have shown great talent and loyalty towards the company. I amwishing them both success in their new capacities."Ms. Samways and Mr. Bryant will become part of the Group's managementteam.For further information please contact:Per Mikael Jensen, CEO and President +44 (0)78 4167 3230Anders Kronborg, CFO +44 (0)79 1254 0800 ***ABOUT METRO INTERNATIONAL AND METROMetro is the largest international newspaper in the world. Metro ispublished 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 17million daily readers.Metro International S.A. shares are listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholmthrough Swedish Depository Receipts of series A and series B underthe symbols MTROA and MTROB.http://hugin.info/132142/R/1347538/324011.pdfThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Datum: 14.10.2009 - 14:48 Uhr
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