DoubleVerify Expands EMEA Offer with Key Hires

Digital media measurement company DoubleVerify (DV) has announced key hires in Europe as it expands across the EMEA region. Lisa Mahfud joins as Business Director in the Netherlands, Daniele Maccarrona in Italy and Kenny Spangberg in Sweden.

In the summer, the company agreed to acquire AI-powered digital campaign optimization specialist Scibids Technology, in a cash and stock transaction valued at $125m, and since then it has announced strong third quarter results, with revenue up 28% to $144.0m, and adjusted EBITDA of $45.7m. EMEA led the growth with revenue up 75%.

Mahfud (middle picture) has worked in the ad industry for some ten years, most recently as Country Manager at Targetspot. Maccarrona (top) will cover Italy and Southern Europe more generally, and brings more than seventeen years of experience in advertising, media, and technology, originally in 2006 at Yahoo! and most recently at Quantcast Italy, where he led the execution of commercial strategy. Spangberg (below) has worked at Google, Xaxis and Widespace, and will drive DV's commercial strategy in the Nordics and Northern Europe.

EMEA SVP and MD Nick Reid says of the hires: 'EMEA continues to provide a large local and global opportunity for DV and as such is a focus of strategic expansion for both our clients and agency partners who want to drive better performance outcomes. I'm thrilled to welcome Lisa, Daniele and Kenny to the EMEA team here at DV, who join strong and dedicated teams across our 12 offices in the region, and will provide our clients and partners with the counsel and insight they need to achieve better results from their advertising campaigns'.

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