Bennett Thiemann Named to Position of Senior Vice President, Chief Procurement Officer for HFM U.S.
03/18/2008
Jack Kliger, President and CEO, Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. (HFM U.S.), announced today that he has named Bennett Theimann, currently Chief Financial Officer at Cellfish Media, to the newly created position of Senior Vice President/Chief Procurement Officer for HFM U.S. Theimann will report to Kliger and will be responsible for vendor management, administration and facilities. Mark Eisner, Director, Paper Purchasing, and John Norton, Director, Facilities and Administration, will report to Theimann who will join the company beginning March 31, 2008.
Kliger stated: “The media industry has gone through many changes in recent years, and we are continually reviewing our own business looking for new ways to find greater efficiencies. We have made a number of organizational changes at HFM U.S. which have made our structure better aligned with our current workflow, and the new position of Chief Procurement Officer will have authority across the company and will centralize certain responsibilities, like vendor management, which have been handled in each department. I have known him for years: recently when he was CFO at our sister company Cellfish and earlier when he was Vice President/General Manager at Gruner+Jahr Publishing. His experience and broad knowledge of our business will make him a strong addition to our executive team. We look forward to having him on board.”
Theimann is a senior media executive with 14 years experience in general management, operations and business development, as well as in strategic planning. In 2005, he joined Cellfish Media, the international mobile entertainment division of Lagardère Active, the parent company of HFM U.S., and has been responsible for managing the U.S. division’s finances, legal affairs and investor relations. Before that he was President designate/Acquisition Project Leader for Axel Springer, Director of International Business Development and Licensing for Ziff Davis Media. From 1993 to 2003, Theimann was Vice President/General Manager with Gruner+Jahr USA Publishing and oversaw the creation of the Business Innovator Group which included Inc. Magazine. and Fast Company.
About Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S.
Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. enthusiast brands and targeted media products reach nearly 60 million consumers through magazines, online and mobile content. The company’s editorial hallmarks are trusted expert content along with independent product testing. Our prestigious brands fall into five sectors and include: Automotive (Car and Driver, Road & Track, Jumpstart Automotive Media); Fashion (ELLE, ELLEgirl); Shelter (ELLE Decor, Home, Metropolitan Home, PointClickHome, and Special Interest Publications Group); Women & Health (Woman’s Day and Woman’s Day Special Interest Group) and Enthusiasts (American Photo, Boating, Cycle World, Flying, Popular Photography, Premiere and Sound & Vision). HFM U.S. Total Solutions marketing initiative packages these assets across brands and platforms with customized marketing programs. HFM U.S. is part of Lagardère’s (www.lagardere.com) media division Lagardère Active, a producer of special interest content in over 40 countries
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