The Economist Group Names Informa’s Lara Boro Its Next CEO

[caption id="attachment_157303" align="alignright" width="150"] Lara Boro[/caption] Lara Boro has been named the next CEO of The Economist Group, ending a five-month search that began when current CEO Chris Stibbs announced his impending departure from the London-based publisher last November. Boro arrives from Informa plc, the London-based B2B events and publishing giant, where she had spent the past four years, rising to CEO of the company's business intelligence unit in January. Prior to that, she was group managing director of Informa Intelligence's pharma, media/telecom and transportation portfolios. The Economist Group says the change will take effect later this year, at which point Stibbs will step down after six years as CEO and 14 years with the company overall. "[Boro] has great experience in both business-to-consumer and business-to-business information markets, and is ideally suited to leading the Group through its next phase of development," said Lord Paul Deighton, who was appointed chairman of The Economist Group last summer. [caption id="attachment_144033" align="alignright" width="150"] Chris Stibbs[/caption] Boro joins a company in the midst of an aggressive circulation push, spending £28.5 million ($36.8 million) marketing print and digital subscriptions in the first half of 2018, according to its interim financial report. The company reorganized its sales and circulation structure under COO and publisher Michael Brunt—who had previously headed up just... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

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