Pinterest is announcing that Clément Schvartz has been appointed as Pinterest’s new Country Manager of EMEA Growth Sales. Based in Dublin, Clément will report to Head of EMEA Sales, Milka Privodanova.
Clément will be responsible for leading Pinterest’s sales strategy and execution in its EMEA Growth markets, including the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Nordics, Switzerland, Austria, Poland and Israel. This includes leading the team and supporting relationships with advertisers to maximize the valuable ways they can uniquely reach an engaged and commercially-minded audience on the platform.
Before joining Pinterest, Clément spent nearly four years at Meta where he was most recently Managing Director of North America Mid-Market Growth verticals, leading a cross-functional multi-billion dollar business. Prior to Meta, Clément spent twelve years at Google, both in EMEA and the US, building and leading sales teams focused on the UK, France and Italy. He also led the Global Strategy for enterprise platforms (Search & Analytics 360), working closely with product and engineering across top global advertising markets. Clément held roles at Unilever and Orange.
Clément is an accomplished leader with vast experience building and scaling growth markets across all verticals. His deep experience in tech and consumer goods as well as driving results for clients and agencies of all sizes makes him an ideal fit to expand our business in our EMEA growth markets.
– Milka Privodanova, Head of EMEA Sales at Pinterest
People need inspiration now more than ever before, and millions are coming to Pinterest every day to find it. I’m excited to work with brands to unlock the potential of this unique platform, and connect advertisers with a commercially minded audience already looking for products and ideas to help bring their plans to life.
– Clément Schvartz, Country Manager of EMEA Growth Sales at Pinterest
Pinterest is a visual inspiration platform where 465 million people around the world come each month to plan things in their lives such as what to eat for dinner, what products to buy, how to decorate their homes and which new destinations to travel. People come to Pinterest ready to try something new, which makes it an ideal platform for businesses, publishers and creators to feature their products and services, how-to videos and tutorials, and to tell an interesting brand story.
Pinterest has a growing, passionate user base across EMEA and there is an opportunity for businesses to connect with this audience when they’re considering what to do or buy. Businesses can engage with customers who are planning what to buy next with 83% of weekly Pinners saying they made a purchase based on content they saw from brands on Pinterest. Under Clément’s leadership, Pinterest’s team across its growth markets will further help local brands reach their target audiences and inspire consumers.
