Pellegrino takes temporary reins at Google

As Google searches for a new managing director, following the departure of Nick Leeder two weeks ago, Jason Pellegrino, the company’s sales director, has taken over responsibility for the coordinating the company’s leadership.

While industry sources have described Google Australia’s sales director and head of mobile ads as interim managing director, Google said Pellegrino is simply coordinating the company’s leadership team with Leeder’s responsibilities spread across a number of senior executives.

Pellegrino is widely respected in the industry and has been with the company for over five years, serving first as head of strategy before moving to sales.