After ten years in the role, the man in charge of managing Google’s operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, Matt Brittin, has resigned.
In a post on LinkedIn, Brittin announced the announcement and discussed his tenure at the organisation, which dates back to 2007, as well as the influence of technology in the area.
After starting at the tech giant in 2007 as head of UK and Ireland operations, Matt Brittin worked his way up to become vice president of northern and central Europe, and then president of EMEA in 2014.
Before joining Google, Brittin worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Co. for several years and as commercial director of Trinity Mirror, which subsequently changed its name to Reach PLC.
“After 18 years at Google, and ten leading Europe, Middle East and Africa, today I let my colleagues know that I have decided to step down in the new year,” Matt Brittin wrote.
“It has been an enormous privilege to build our teams, relationships and business in this region and I’ve been inspired by the diversity, brilliance and entrepreneurialism of so many.”
Newsng understands that until a replacement is named, Brittin will continue to oversee Google’s EMEA operations. After that, he intends to take a leave of absence.
“I will take a break for the first time since leaving school – a ‘mini gap year,’” he said.
We earlier reported that the US government is considering breaking up the world’s largest search engine, Google, which it accuses of causing “pernicious harms” to Americans.
