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Andrea Budd
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Rapid growth for Experian’s Interactive division signals raft of new appointments
Former Tiscali Marketing Director joins Interactive division in senior management role
London, UK, 2 July 2008 - Experian®, the global information services company, has appointed Peter Turner as Director and General Manager of its CreditExpert service. Prior to joining Experian, Peter was Business Marketing Director at Tiscali.
In his new role, Peter will focus on developing the successful CreditExpert service to attract more customers and expand the range of products available. CreditExpert is the UK’s leading online credit monitoring and identity fraud protection service (http://www.creditexpert.co.uk/).
Peter is one of a number of new appointments for Experian’s rapidly growing Interactive business in the UK, which includes the CreditExpert service in its portfolio of online consumer products. The Interactive division reported a 95% increase in UK revenues in the last financial year up from $33m (£16.8m) in FY2006/07 to $68m (£34.6m).
Prior to Tiscali, Peter spent seven years at Freeserve in a number of senior positions. During his time at Freeserve, Peter played an instrumental role in helping the company become the UK’s largest ISP and he also oversaw the company’s re-branding to become Wanadoo and its transition to Orange Home.
Peter commented: “I am excited to be joining Experian and look forward to using my experience to help fuel the Interactive division's growth by introducing a whole host of new online products that will help families get control of their financial situation quickly and easily.”
Alongside Peter Turner, other new appointments for Experian's Interactive division include:
· Nathan Omare as Head of Customer Insight. Nathan joins from Yahoo! where he most recently worked as Trade Research Manager. Nathan’s extensive experience has also helped shape online strategies for Visa and Vodafone.
· David Williams as Product Marketing Executive. David joins from Standard Chartered (Singapore) where he worked as Assistant Web Manager.
· Lorraine Finlay, who will now lead CreditExpert’s new customer marketing team as Customer Marketing Manager. Prior to her promotion, Lorraine was Online Marketing Manager.
Jim Hodgkins, Managing Director of Experian’s Interactive division, commented: “CreditExpert is a real success story and we are committed to recruiting the brightest talent the industry has to offer. With his first-class track record in rapidly developing major online brands, Peter’s the natural choice to lead CreditExpert’s next growth phase. As credit and identity management become even more important in people's lives, we look forward to building on our excellent position in the market and establishing CreditExpert as a household name.”
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