PA Media Appoints Ranj Begley as Chief Revenue Officer & MD

The PA Media Group has confirmed Ranj Begley as Chief Revenue Officer and Managing Director, PA Media. Currently, Ranj Begley is the Managing Director and Chief Content Officer at Readly, and she will join PA Media in early 2025. Regarding her experience, Begley has spent more than ten years at the digital newspaper and magazine subscription service Readly.

She takes up this new role as the company hires Jack Lefley to be its new Editor-in-Chief; he joins from the Evening Standard, where he was Managing Editor. She oversees all the commercial and operational activities of PA Media, the core news agency, as well as drive strategic and commercial initiatives across the PA Media Group. She will report directly to Emily Shelley, the newly appointed Group CEO of PA Media.

Shelley remarked on the appointment, pointing out how "our industry is changing at a rate faster than ever, and dynamic organizations like PA Media need leaders with a creative, entrepreneurial mindset to prosper and grow. Ranj's experience, industry relationships and understanding of emerging opportunities will guide PA Media into the next chapter of its success.".

The interest to join PA Media, as expressed by Begley, was fueled by the kind of reputation related to innovation and agility in the media landscape. "I am pleased to be joining an organisation that has an inherently innovative and agile reputation, standing proudly at the very heart of the media industry, and, within that, at the sharp end of this most trusted of reputations," she said. "I look forward to working with an extremely talented team to make our ambitions a reality under the leadership of Emily.”

Most notably, she is known to work at Readly, where she took an important place in setting the commercial strategy for the company, leading product launches, and furthering business performance. Her leadership experience includes working at Dovetail Services, Highbury House Communications, and CDS Global.