The effective date of the board change is to be confirmed but Mark is expected to leave Trinity Mirror plc and take up his new role in 2015.
Simon Fox, Chief Executive, said: “I am enormously grateful to Mark for his 17 years of service to Trinity Mirror. I am sorry to see him leave and he will be greatly missed. However he is moving on to develop his career in sports marketing and mass participation events about which he is so passionate and we wish him every future success.”
Mark Hollinshead said: “I’ve had a great career at Trinity Mirror and worked with some of the best people in media. I’ll be sad to leave but pleased I am doing so when the business is in such good shape.”
