Milan Jasny appointed Managing Director of LMC, Alma Media’s Czech subsidiary

Alma Media Corporation   Press release  May 9, 2012 at 14.00 (EEST)

MILAN JASNY APPOINTED MANAGING DIRECTOR OF LMC, ALMA MEDIA’S CZECH SUBSIDIARY

Mr Milan Jasny, 37, currently the Sales and Marketing Director of LMC, has been appointed Managing Director of the company as of June 1, 2012. Mr. Jasny will report to Mr. Raimo Mäkilä, the head of business unit Marketplaces in Alma Media. Mr. Jasny has worked for LMC for since the company’s early beginning, primarily on sales related positions. LMC operates two leading recruitment portals in the Czech Republic (www.jobs.cz and www.prace.cz) and one in Slovakia (www.topjobs.sk).

-The business and the company culture in LMC are in a very good shape. Now we need to prepare for the future challenges more and more intensively. I am glad that we have Milan onboard to take this challenge and lead LMC to new ventures and to even more flourishing business results, Raimo Mäkilä comments.

-I am delighted to get the opportunity to lead this company, because LMC has an exceptional team of professionals and a strong history of e-recruitment market in the Czech Republic. I am prepared not to only keep our strong position but also extend our business into new and exciting opportunities, Milan Jasny says.

LMC was established in 1996 with the first ever Czech online recruitment portal and has since then been the Czech market leader. Today, LMC operates two leading recruitment portals in the Czech Republic (www.jobs.cz and www.prace.cz) and one in Slovakia (www.topjobs.sk). With services such as LMC G2 (on-line recruitment solution), on-line psychometrics (candidates testing & talent management), and HR Marketing (building career web pages and employer branding consultancy), LMC has been setting and evolving the standards in the Czech job market.

For further information, please contact:

Raimo Mäkilä, Senior Vice President, Marketplaces, tel. + 358 40 546 1892
Milan Jasny, Managing Director, LMC as of June 1, 2012, tel. +420 602 210 925

LMC in brief

LMC has in total approximately 25,000 registered B2B customers and approximately one million registered job seekers. LMC employs approximately 200 persons located mainly in Prague. Alma Media, a leading Finland-based media group, acquired LMC in January 2012.

Alma Media in brief

Alma Media is a dynamic media company whose best-known products are Aamulehti, Iltalehti, Kauppalehti and Etuovi.com. Alma Media employs approximately 3,000 professionals. The company’s net sales in 2011 totalled MEUR 316.2 with an operating margin of 13.3 per cent. Alma Media’s share (ALN1V) is listed in the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Exchange. Read more at www.almamedia.fi

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