Newsquest has announced the appointment of Trinity Mirror North East regional sales director Chris Moore to run its titles in Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.
He takes over from Shamus Donald who is no longer with the business. Donald had been in the job since 2006, in charge of a portfolio which includes the Oxford Mail and Swindon Advertiser daily newspapers. He is understood to have left at the end of last month.
Moore began his career as a sales executive on for Newsquest in Wiltshire and he is a former commercial director of Archant Norfolk.
Newsquest chief executive Henry Faure Walker said: "I am delighted that Chris is joining us to lead our Oxfordshire & Wiltshire business. He brings with him a strong track record in developing regional advertising businesses, both in print and online.”
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