Independent News & Media (INM) has appointed Fiona O’Carroll as managing director digital. Reporting to group CEO Vincent Crowley, O’Carroll will be responsible for the development and implementation of INM’s digital activities, which include independent.ie, BelfastTelegraph.co.uk and such classified and ecommerce interests as Grabone.ie, CarsIreland.ie, PropertyNews.com, NIjobfinder.co.uk and NIcarfinder.co.uk.
O’Carroll, a business strategy consultant and mentor to companies moving to digital, is a former executive vice president for digital products and innovation at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, formerly Riverdeep. She was general manager at Vivendi Universal and international marketing director for Adobe Inc. She has an MSc and a BSc from TCD and is a graduate of Stanford University’s acclaimed Leadership for Growth programme.
