Future Plc announced the appointment of Eric Harris as Chief Operating Officer. Building on over 20 years of experience in media and business operations, Eric will work closely with the leadership team to execute Future's strategy and help drive growth, especially within North America. Eric will join Future on 1 May and will be based in the New York office.

Prior to joining Future, Eric was Chief Operating Officer at Altice's News and Advertising division and the President & COO of Cheddar News. Eric also spent seven years at BuzzFeed; he started as the seventh employee and left as the Chief Business Operations Officer running all business operations. As Chief Operating Officer at Future, Eric will be responsible for leading Commercial Operations and Business Intelligence, alongside People, Facilities and Communications teams. He will also act as a Chief of Staff to the company's wider executive leadership team.

Alongside the appointment of Eric, Future's long-standing Chief Technology Officer, Kevin Li Ying will take on an expanded role. Kevin will assume responsibility for Future products including, Email CRM Operations, MarketForce, Editorial Operations, Subscription Operations. This change will ensure greater alignment and efficiency at Future and is evidence of Kevin's leadership and expertise in building Future's market-leading technology stack.