Google has ended its five month search for a regional managing director with the appointment of media executive Nick Leeder.
Leeder [pictured] was to join Google Australia and New Zealand in late March after having worked as chief operating officer of News Digital Media, deputy chief executive of The Australian, Fairfax and McKinsey & Co.
He replaced Karim Temsamani, who moved to Mountain View to head up Google's global mobile sales, last year. Like Leeder, Temsamani joined Google from a publishing background in 2007.
Google's Asia Pacific and Japan president Daniel Alegre said Leeder joined "at an exciting time".
"In the next year, Nick will help us to increase our investment locally and better serve our users, advertisers, and partners," Alegre said.
In November, Google sought 47 staff in Sydney and more than 2,000 worldwide.
Leeder had a degree in pure mathematics from the University of Sydney and a Masters in Business Administration from INSEAD in France.
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