Outgoing Independent News & Media (INM) Chief Executive Michael Doorly told staff on July 31, 2019 that he was standing down with immediate effect and will be replaced by Mr. Vangeel, a long-time Mediahuis executive. Mr. Doorly said he will remain available to INM to support a smooth transition. Marc Vangeel was most recently Chief Executive of the Mediahuis-owned Telegraaf Media Groep in Amsterdam, publisher of the biggest daily newspaper in the Netherlands.

He was previously CEO of Concentra in Belgium, one of the newspaper groups that first merged to create Mediahuis and was subsequently Chairman of Mediahuis. Mediahuis also named Belgian journalist Peter Vandermeersch to the new role of Publisher at INM. He will be responsible for the long-term strategy of the firm's titles.

INM's current Managing Director of publishing, Richard McClean, will become Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mediahuis also named a new board of directors for INM, which becomes a subsidiary of the Antwerp-headquartered parent as a result of the deal. INM plc Chairman Murdoch MacLennan will remain as Chair, with current Directors Fionnuala Duggan, Kate Marsh and Len O'Hagan also remaining on the board.

The Chairman of Mediahuis, Thomas Leysen, its CEO Gert Ysebaert, its COO Paul Verwilt and new INM CEO Mr. Vangeel will all join the board. Of the old board, Catriona Mullane, John Bateson, Kieran Mulvey and Seamus Taaffe have resigned as Directors.