According to reports, Google Australia head Nick Leeder is will soon depart Google's Australian and New Zealand operations; and will move to France to run the Internet search giant's operations in that country.

43-year-old Leeder, who is one of the leading media executives in Australia, was the MD at Google's Australian operations for the last nearly two years. He will now quit that post, to take over as the country manager of Google's French business, with effective from April this year.

As per a Mumbrella report, Leeder - who was earlier CEO of The Australian and the COO at Fairfax Digital - is fluent in French. He has done his MBA from France's prestigious INSEAD business school in Fontainebleau; and his wife is French.

It is believed that the Google management tapped Leeder for running the company's operations in France because the country has a comparatively bigger market than Australia.

With Leeder set to move to France next month, Google is now looking for - going by its advertisement - a "charismatic leader" who can replace Leeder in Australasia both internally and externally.

In its advertisement - for an Australia/New Zealand country director - posted on Google Jobs site over the weekend, Google has clearly mentioned that it is searching an executive who can "manage ANZ operations, including the development and execution of the overall ANZ strategy."