Kijiji.it, a free, local classifieds site merged with eBay classifieds recently and will become the only eBay classifieds site for Italy.

His task is to lead the new expanded team of Kijiji.it which, after the merger with eBay classifieds, announced in recent months and operational by December 10, becomes the only site eBay classifieds for Italy.

Mr Miller, whose task it will be to lead the new expanded Kijiji team, arrives in Italy after gaining international experience within the eBay group.

Prior to his current assignment he has worked in four countries (Australia, the Netherlands, United States and Italy), dealing with three different brands (eBay, Shopping.com, and eBay Classifieds precisely Marktplaats and Gumtree, South Africa).

Mr Miller is the son of Neil and Jeanette Miller in Wellington.

After graduating in 2001 at the University of New South Wales, he began his career in the field of telecommunications and informatics.

He started with eBay in 2005, and after an initial period of three years in which he dealt with Shopping.com (now eBay Commerce Network), in 2008 he went to the Classifieds division.

eBay says his appointment underlines the will of the eBay Classifieds Group to focus its attention on innovation and to increase its potential for the benefit of the consumer