The revolving door at Twitter has made its way to the top levels of management, as chief operating officer Adam Bain announced that he is stepping down to ?explore opportunities outside of the company.?
Chief financial officer Anthony Noto (pictured) will shift into the COO role at the social network, and Twitter said Noto will keep managing its live content business and take over revenue-generating segments including global ad sales, data, revenue products and mobile ad exchange MoPub, as well as global partnerships and business development.
Twitter said the current leadership team overseeing those areas will report to Noto, including vice president of global revenue and operations Matt Derella.
Noto will remain Twitter?s CFO until a replacement is named. CEO Jack Dorsey said in a release announcing the moves:
Since joining Twitter in 2010, Adam has built an amazing team and a global business from the ground up. I’m grateful to Adam for everything he’s done for Twitter, and for his leadership and friendship over the years. I can’t wait to see what he does next.
Anthony is a passionate leader who has shown an unmatched depth of financial expertise as our CFO. He’s also a stellar operational leader and consistently shows a capacity to take on more. Anthony’s leadership as our COO, combined with Matt’s proven track record leading global sales, gives us confidence as we drive towards our goal of GAAP (generally accepted accounting princip...