Ascential plc announced the appointments of two new executives to Ascential's Digital Commerce leadership team: Sharon Harris as SVP of Marketing, Digital Commerce and Mark Mannino as EVP of Digital Commerce. Both Harris and Mannino will serve to help Ascential accelerate awareness and adoption of the company's digital commerce optimization platforms both in the US and globally. Harris brings over 20 years of marketing and digital media experience and will lead the global marketing team including company branding and positioning, product marketing, awareness and go-to-market initiatives.

Mannino brings extensive experience in advertising technology and ecommerce to the Ascential team, with twenty years in ad tech and over nine years of experience at Amazon, and will lead growth and operational execution of the Digital Commerce business. Prior to joining Ascential, Harris was the Global Chief Marketing Officer at Jellyfish. Mannino joins Ascential after nine years with Amazon Advertising where he held numerous sales and product leadership positions helping grow Amazon to become the third largest advertising business in the world.