Regional Director
OLX Group Slando Naspers classifieds
Aug 2011 - Jul 2013 (2 years)
Being part of Slando team for 7 years has been a truly fantastic experience. It has also been a great deal of learning both from the people I worked with and from the mistakes we've made.
Slando - a horizontal classifieds platform for the Russian speaking countries in Eastern Europe - was founded in 2006 by two serial entrepreneurs and Gumtree.com founders Simon Crookall and Michael Pennington and co-funded by Ebay. In 2011, when Slando took strong leadership in the local markets of Ukraine and Kazakhstan, was number 2 in Russia, it has been acquired by Naspers (JSE: NPN) through its subsidiary MIH Allegro. After the successful exit of the founders I have been offered the CEO position by the new owner.
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