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Snap Inc. hires Surekha Kern as Head of New Business EMEA

27 May 2022

Surekha Kern recently joined Snap Inc. in a newly created role, as Head of New Business EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa). She will be based in London, reporting to Director of Emerging EMEA Sam Bevan. Kern joins the company with many years of global ad sales experience, most recently as Head of New Business EMEA for Unidays. Prior to this, Kern had roles at MTV, Sunrise Television, and prior to Unidays, spent eight years in senior global brand partnerships roles with Discovery. Managing a team across the EMEA region, Kern will focus on activating Snap’s next generation of partners for Snapchat and building on recent steep revenue growth. Kern’s new role follows a series of recent senior UK-based EMEA appointments at Snap, most recently Amber Sayer who joined as Senior Head of Retail and Ecommerce, and Matt Salmon as Commercial Director. Bevan commented: “We are delighted to welcome Surekha (Kern) to the Snap family. The launch of our New Business team will enable us to better scale and support the onboarding of new partners across the region. Surekha’s depth of knowledge of the commerce landscape will be invaluable as we continue to build out products and solutions that drive real business results”. Kern says: “I’m thrilled to join Snap during this exciting time to spearhead the New Business Solutions team. I have long admired Snap as both a Snapchatter and for their approach to working with brands which are focused on building deep partnerships that help businesses to scale. This is an amazing opportunity for me to use my skills and experience to build a rockstar New Business Solutions team to support Snap’s continued growth in EMEA”.


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