Lara Boro (born August 1, 1967)[1] is a media executive and current CEO of The Economist Group, a position she has held since 2019. Prior to The Economist Group, she ran the Intelligence arm of Informa plc, served as CEO International at Ascential plc and held senior-level positions at CPA Global, the Financial Times and Mondex International.
Lara Boro was born in Croatia to a Lebanese father and a Croatian-Austrian mother. She grew up in Lebanon until the war of 1975 when she moved to the former Yugoslavia and later to the UK.[1] She attended the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle and later studied economics and business at UCLA. She also earned an MBA at INSEAD in France.[1]
Career
Boro began her career at Mondex International where she worked in commercial development. She went on to work for the Financial Times where she became head of e-commerce in 1999, spending four years with the publication.[1] She also spent time with CPA Global where she held positions in strategy, Mergers and acquisitions, and commercial development.[2] She also served as the CEO of the international division of Ascential plc prior to moving on to Informa.[1][3]
Boro joined Informa plc in 2014 where she was strategy director for the B2B division of the company.[1] She later became divisional CEO where she was head of the Group’s data and information businesses.[4][5]
In 2019, Boro left Informa to become the CEO of The Economist Group.[6][7] At The Economist Group, Boro oversaw The Economist's transition from print into a primarily digital publication.[8] She also oversaw the launch of the Economist Impact in 2021, an initiative that brought together The Economist Group’s policy research, sponsored content, advertising and events under one brand.[9] In 2022, she became an Advisory Board Member at MIT Technology Review.[10][bettersourceneeded]
Personal life
Boro is married, lives in London and has two children.[1]
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