AOL Names Stephane Panier to Head Bebo's Global Operations

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 29, 2009 - 7:53am.

New York - Preparing for life as an independent company, Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) AOL on Wednesday named Stephane Panier as the head of global operations for its Bebo social network, charged with expanding the service's global reach and growing its current user base of 24 million.

Panier most recently served as Bebo's vice president and COO.

Prior to joining the company in January, Panier worked for Google for six years in both senior finance and operations positions.

Bebo currently operates sites in 13 countries, including the U.S., U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Poland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, India and the Netherlands.

AOL purchased Bebo last year for $850 million.

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