FT.com makes key appointments to it's Executive Team.

The Financial Times has made two key appointments to the FT.com executive team. MB Christie has been appointed Head of Product Management, FT.com and Nancy DePiano has been appointed Global Marketing Director, FT.com.

MB Christie will be responsible for the development and ongoing product management of FT.com. MB has extensive web development experience, including most recently as Head of Product Development at Rightmove.co.uk, the UK's largest property website. Previously, she was Head of Web Services at The Stationery Office; Director of Product Development at QXL ricardo, the UK's first major online auction site; and founder and president of her own Prague-based directory publishing business.

In addition to her wealth of online product development and entrepreneurial experience, MB was a journalist for five years, including at The Washington Post and The San Francisco Examiner.

Nancy DePiano will build and lead marketing operations for FT.com worldwide. She comes to the FT from Reuters, where she was Global Director of Interactive Marketing, responsible for all of Reuter's consumer online products, including Reuters.com, Reuters.co.uk, Reuters.co.jp, and Reuters' video and mobile products. As such, she was the senior marketer behind the dramatic success of Reuters' expansion into consumer online media. She has also recently served as Reuters' Global Director of Brand Marketing.

Both MB and Nancy will report to Ien Cheng, Publisher and Managing Editor of FT.com. Nancy will additionally report to Frances Brindle, Global Marketing Director of the Financial Times.

Ien Cheng said: “These appointments are part of the FT’s commitment to investing in FT.com and reaching an even wider high-end business audience online. We have exciting plans ahead and both MB and Nancy will play central roles in our future development.”

About FT.com:
The Financial Times Group, one of the world’s leading business information companies, aims to provide a broad range of business information and services to the growing audience of internationally minded business people. FT.com is one of the world's leading business information websites, and the internet partner of the FT newspaper. Since its relaunch in May 2002, the website has continued to be the definitive home for business intelligence on the web, providing an essential source of financial news, comment, data and instant market analysis for the global business community. FT.com attracts 5.5 million unique monthly users (ABC electronic figures March 06), generating 41 million page views and has 84,000 subscribers.

Contact:
For further information please contact Lucy Ellison: +44 (0)20 7873 3119 or email lucy.ellison@ft.com