Instagram Names Its First COO, Facebook’s Marne Levine; Joel Kaplan Promoted to Succeed Her

Facebook vice president of global public policy Marne Levine is moving over to Instagram, where she will become the photo- and video-sharing network’s first chief operating officer, Re/code reported, and The Washington Post’s The Switch blog reported that Facebook VP of U.S. public policy Joel Kaplan was promoted to succeed Levine.

MarneLevine650Facebook vice president of global public policy Marne Levine is moving over to Instagram, where she will become the photo- and video-sharing network’s first chief operating officer, Re/code reported, and The Washington Post’s The Switch blog reported that Facebook VP of U.S. public policy Joel Kaplan was promoted to succeed Levine.

An Instagram spokesperson told Re/code Levine will oversee day-to-day operations, including human resources, policy and communications, as well as playing a role in partnerships, marketing, monetization and business operations.

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