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Yannick Laclau New Chief Product Officer at Ricardo.ch

Zurich, 17 May 2016 – Yannick Laclau has been appointed effective immediately to head product development as Chief Product Officer at Ricardo.ch AG. In this role, he is responsible for the development of all products and services of Ricardo.ch and reports as a member of the executive board directly to Bodo Kipper, CEO of Ricardo.ch AG. Yannick Laclau has worked as Head of Venture Development in Tamedia's Digital business division since 2014. He previously worked as a digital strategist and in the business development area at various start-ups, media companies and telecommunications companies in Europe and South America. He also founded a real estate classified ads portal and managed this successfully for several years.    

 

Bodo Kipper, CEO of Ricardo.ch AG: "Yannick Laclau has supported us at Ricardo.ch in various projects since the end of 2015, and I am very pleased that we have been able to fill the position of Chief Product Officer with him. He has extensive international experience as a digital strategist in the online environment and will contribute significantly to the development of Ricardo.ch." 

Additional information: 

Simon Marquard, Digital Communication Manager Tamedia,
+41 44 248 41 94, [email protected]

 

Additional information about Ricardo.ch AG

Ricardo.ch was founded in Baar, Switzerland, in November 1999. The Swiss media group Tamedia acquired the Ricardo Group from the South African media group Naspers in 2015. Over the past 15 years, Ricardo.ch has developed into one of the strongest brands in the Swiss online market. With more than 2.3 million registered members and more than 660 million Swiss francs in sales of goods per year, Ricardo.ch is the clear leader in the Swiss e-commerce market.

 

Additional information: www.ricardo.ch