Lightspeed today announced the appointment of Angie French as chief executive officer of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and a member of the company’s board of directors. Researchers, marketers and brands choose Lightspeed as their trusted global partner for digital data collection.
French is an experienced leader in the technology and programmatic media space. Rising through the ranks of Xerox and Microsoft at the beginning of her career, she most recently served as managing director, Xaxis EMEA Pan Regional. In that role, she led the sales, account management, and campaign management teams in their efforts to deliver innovative digital marketing solutions to clients across Europe.
“Angie has achieved impressive success leading high performance teams in competitive, complex, and changing markets,” said Caroline Frankum, global CEO of Lightspeed. “Her experience working for leading media and tech brands, coupled with her refreshing digital vision, is exciting and perfect timing for Lightspeed as we accelerate our mission to help clients discover truth through data.”