Monster Worldwide, the parent company of Monster, the global online careers and recruitment resource, today announced the appointment of Alice Wang to the newly created position of Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. Ms. Wang comes to Monster after serving three years as vice president of corporate development and treasurer at Knight Ridder, where she was responsible for mergers and acquisitions, as well as treasury oversight. Most recently, she served as the executive team leader responsible for managing the $6.5 billion sale of Knight Ridder to McClatchy Co. announced in March of this year.
In the newly created position, Ms. Wang will be responsible for identifying, evaluating and coordinating strategic partnerships, alliances and acquisitions for Monster Worldwide on a global scale. Ms. Wang will be based in the Company’s New York office and report directly to Chief Financial Officer Lanny Baker.
Alice brings a wealth of media industry and finance experience to this new function at Monster, and I am confident that Alice will further strengthen the analytical discipline inherent to Monster’s development efforts. We look forward to her strategic insights and future contributions in helping to form new partnerships and alliances, as well as execute prudent investments which will fuel Monster’s continued growth and expansion in North America, Europe and Asia, said Lanny Baker, Chief Financial Officer of Monster Worldwide.
Ms. Wang has more than 12 years of successful finance and development experience in corporate and investment banking environments. While at Knight Ridder, she successfully completed over 20 transactions in print and online media, and oversaw Knight Ridder’s strategy for acquisitions, investments and alliances.
Prior to joining Knight Ridder, Ms. Wang was a Director in the Media and Telecommunications Group at Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation and Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette Securities Corporation, where she led teams in transaction execution and new business efforts on behalf of media and telecom clients. She also served as an analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group of The Chase Manhattan Bank. Ms. Wang earned an MBA in finance and accounting from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in economics from Harvard University.
Monster Worldwide Names Alice Wang as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Former Knight Ridder Executive to Spearhead Development of<br>Partnerships, Alliances and Business Investments on a Global Scale
