Karin Carpentier leaves the NZZ Media Group

Karin Carpentier took over the management of the newly founded NZZ Media Solutions AG in September 2014 and at the same time became a member of the management of the NZZ Media Group. At the beginning of 2015, she transferred the advertising sales activities formerly handled by Publicitas to the NZZ Media Group's own management.

It succeeded in building up a central sales organization in a very short time, which not only grew faster than the market in digital marketing, but also achieved better results than the comparable Swiss market as a whole in the particularly challenging print advertising market, according to a company statement on Thursday. It also founded the new digital advertising marketing company audienzz during this period, paving the way for even faster growth in digital marketing, it said.

Veit Dengler, CEO of NZZ Media Group: "Karin Carpentier has done an impressive job of building up NZZ Media Solutions and has positioned it very well in the market. I regret the departure of a valued colleague and experienced leader and wish her every success in her future endeavors."

A decision on Karin Carpentier's successor will be made in the next few months. On an interim basis, Karin Carpentier will hand over the management of advertising sales to Steven Neubauer, Head of NZZ Media, and Jürg Weber, Head of Regional Media, at the end of June. Until the fall, she will still be available to CEO of the NZZ Media Group Veit Dengler for a strategic project.