New Web Summit CEO appointed to try to reconnect Lisbon conference with potential participants31st October 2023 | published by Paul Colston SHARE
Web Summit has named Katherine Maher — previously CEO and executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation – its new CEO. She is also chair of the board of the foundation behind the private messaging app Signal, and holds various other board positions.
Announcing her appointment by video and blogpost, Maher barely alluded to the controversy that forced out the longstanding CEO and founder
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