Cision announces changes to its Executive Committee

Cision announces changes to its Executive Committee

After two years as Chief Executive Officer for Cision Europe, Cision
Executive Committee member Peter Granat will return to the US to assume
the new role as President & Chief Operating Officer for Cision North
America, effective January 1, 2011.
Yann Blandy, currently Senior Vice President Business Development for
Cision Europe will succeed Peter Granat as Chief Executive Officer for
Cision Europe. Yann has been with Cision since 2006 and led the
turnaround of Cision's Nordic operations in 2009. Yann will continue to
be based in Stockholm.
“Following the great progress we have made with our restructuring of
Cision Europe led by Peter Granat, we're delighted to have Peter back at
Cision North America, which today represents 70% of our global business.
As President and COO Peter's special  focus will be on accelerating
Cision's innovation leadership in the global PR software market. We're
equally delighted to ensure seamless transition at Cision Europe as Yann
Blandy has been actively involved in it since 2006”, says Hans Gieskes,
Chief Executive Officer of the Cision Group. 
As per January 1st the Cision Executive Committee will thus consist of:
Hans Gieskes, Cision AB Group President & CEO
Erik Forsberg, Cision AB Group EVP & CFO
Joe Bernardo, CEO Cision North America
Peter Granat, President & COO Cision North America
Yann Blandy, CEO Cision Europe

For further information, please contact:
Hans Gieskes, CEO and President, telephone +46 (0)8 507 410 11
E-mail: hans.gieskes@cision.com (hans.gieskes@cision.com)
Erik Forsberg, CFO, telephone +46 (0)8 507 410 91
E-mail: erik.forsberg@cision.com (erik.forsberg@cision.com)
Cision AB (publ)
P O Box 24194, SE-104 51 Stockholm, Sweden
Telephone: +46 (0)8 507 410 00
http://corporate.cision.com