Primary Job Title Partner Primary Organization Highland Europe
Location London, England, United Kingdom Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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Stan Laurent joined PhotoBox in 2006 as CEO following the successful merger of the UK business with leading French counterpart, Photoways to form Europe’s leading online personal publisher. Under Stan’s leadership, PhotoBox expanded across Europe, developed its product portfolio and completed the acquisition of Moonpig.com, the leader in
personalized greeting cards in the UK.
The group has grown its annual revenues tenfold to £130m in the fiscal year ending April 2012. Stan joined from AOL where he served as Chief Operating Officer for AOL Europe following his successful turnaround of the German business.
He also held positions at London based auctioneer QXL, supervising the company’s European expansion and participating in its Initial Public Offering, as well as at AOL Bertelsmann in France and the German Privatisation Agency. Stan holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from ESCP-Europe.
