Emma Winchurch-Beale becomes Client Lead, EMEA Advertising Sales, overseeing all advertising sales categories across the region. Winchurch-Beale joined Bloomberg Media in 2011 and was most recently Publisher Bloomberg Pursuits, and EMEA Head of Luxury. Prior to joining Bloomberg Emma spent 10 years at The Economist where she launched Intelligent Life. In her new role she will report into Matt Teeman, Commercial Director, Bloomberg Media in EMEA.
Samantha Thomson-Hutchins takes up the role of Luxury Sales Group Head, EMEA. Most recently Global Business Director of Rightster, Thomson-Hutchins has also held positions at Condé Nast and IPC Media (now Time Inc.). She is responsible for delivering luxury advertising revenue goals in addition to serving as the EMEA product lead for Bloomberg Pursuits magazine, reporting into Winchurch-Beale.
A further appointment this autumn includes Sarah Green who joins Bloomberg Media as Head of Luxury Sales, Switzerland and France. Sarah joins from BBC Worldwide where she held the position of Account Director, Switzerland, for BBC Advertising since 2011.
Matt Teeman says: “These roles indicate our commitment to ensuring we are providing the best possible service to our commercial partners, working in the most effective way we can. Emma, Samantha and Sarah bring impressive media and luxury experience to the roles, and this, combined with their industry relationships, will be vital as we continue to evolve and grow our commercial proposition in across EMEA.”
In addition, Bloomberg Media welcomes a new Key Account Manager in EMEA for Business Schools. Stephen Yarrall joins from the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and together with Winchurch-Beale and Thomson-Hutchins will be based in Bloomberg’s European headquarters in London.
All new roles begin immediately.
The latest announcements follow a number of senior commercial appointments, most recently Penny Bartram as Head of Solutions who joined in April and Arif Durrani as Commercial Editor, EMEA in September.
Bloomberg Media includes mobile, television, digital, radio, print magazines and live events and is led by Managing Director for EMEA Adam Freeman.
