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Match Group Restructures Leadership To Accelerate International Growth
DALLAS, April 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) - owner of Tinder, Match, Meetic, OkCupid, Hinge and other leading dating brands - today
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[{"type":"text","content":"DALLAS, April 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) - owner of Tinder, Match, Meetic, OkCupid, Hinge and other leading dating brands - today announced that it is reorganizing its leadership team to double down on the significant market opportunity for dating products in Asia. With more than 400 million singles outside of North America and Europe, two-thirds of which have not yet tried a dating product, Match Group has appointed three General Managers in Asia that are responsible for growing Match's portfolio of products in their local markets as well as looking for new business opportunities:\nJunya Ishibashi, who has been the CEO of Match Group's Eureka business in Japan, will become the General Manager of Match Group for Japan and Taiwan and is based in Tokyo. Taru Kapoor remains General Manager of Match Group India based in Delhi. Lyla Seo, who previously served as Regional Director of East Asia for Tinder, has been named General Manager of Match Group for South Korea and Southeast Asia and is based in Seoul.Alexandre Lubot, who has served as both CEO of Meetic and CEO of Match Group EMEA & APAC since 2016 will remain CEO of Match Group EMEA & APAC overseeing brands across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, with these three new General Managers reporting directly to him. Meetic, Match Group's Pan-European dating brand, will now be overseen by Matthieu Jacquier, who joined the company a year ago as CPO. Working alongside Alexandre will be Elisabeth Peyraube, who will assume the new role of COO & CFO of Match Group EMEA & APAC.\n\"Taru was originally hired to grow Tinder in India, but a little more than a year ago we increased her responsibilities to oversee the growth of other Match Group products in the country. During that time Tinder has become a big brand in India, but Taru also has meaningfully grown OkCupid's user base in India over the last six months due to her keen understanding of the market and culture. Her success is a template for how we can approach these emerging Asian markets, particularly when we have stellar talent on the ground that understands the cultural, regulatory and market dynamics at play,\" said Mandy Ginsberg, Match Group CEO. \"With our new GM structure and increased focus from tenured executives like Alex who is overseeing the region, we feel we are in a strong positi...