FT names Slade its new CEO
The FT Group introduced Tuesday that Jon Slade, at the moment FT chief business officer, will grow to be its new chief govt officer.
He’ll grow to be CEO on July 1 and replaces John Ridding, who just lately introduced his intent to retire.
Slade has 30 years of media {industry} expertise, greater than 20 of which have been spent on the Monetary Instances. He held varied roles within the promoting staff, earlier than turning into CCO and becoming a member of the FT administration board in 2014. He’s at the moment accountable for three quarters of the FT Group’s greater than £500mn annual revenues. This contains international promoting, print circulation, consultancy and subscription earnings.
Slade and his staff have grown income, worthwhile contribution and readership numbers yearly since he turned CCO. Notable achievements embrace returning the FT adverts enterprise to progress within the face of industry-level decline, and streamlining the FT’s print operations to maintain its worthwhile print enterprise.
Extra just lately, he has overseen the speedy progress of the Group’s consulting enterprise, FT Methods, and performed a pivotal position in defining and executing the FT’s profitable digital subscriptions technique.
“I’m extremely proud to grow to be CEO of the FT, a dynamic and iconic model that has developed over 137 years, however by no means overlooked its mission to carry sturdy, impartial journalism to a global viewers,” stated Slade in an announcement. “There has hardly ever been a extra consequential interval for skilled information media. I sit up for tackling the alternatives and challenges that lie forward in our quickly shifting panorama.”
