** Dating app operator Bumble's shares rise 6.2% to $8.31 premarket
** Founder and executive chair Whitney Wolfe Herd to return as CEO after Lidiane Jones resigned for personal reasons
** Herd will assume the role in mid-March, Jones to continue until then
** Ann Mather, current lead director, will become chair of Bumble's board
** Bumble expects to report Q4 total revenue and Bumble app revenue above the midpoints of earlier forecast ranges
** BMBL stock fell 44.1% in 2024
(Reporting by Rishi Kant in Bengaluru)
((Rishi.Kant@thomsonreuters.com))