OgilvyOne has undertaken a frenzy of senior regional hires,
kicking-off with Mr Siddhartha Dev joining OgilvyOne's Lion City office
as managing director.
Relocating after a three-year tenure with Ogilvy in London, Mr Dev
spearheaded IBM's UK account, as board director.
Making the move from Team Direct Marketing Associates in Delhi, Mr
Justin Rabindra joins OgilvyOne's Delhi shop.
He previously handled clients such as Sahara Airlines, Samsung and
Standard Chartered.
At the shop's Japan office, Mr Keizo Yamamoto moves from Grey Direct and
Grey Interactive, where he was MD of the Japan office. He will head the
staffer team at Ogilvy in the same position.
Mr Peter Johnston joins O&M Asia-Pacific following a four-year tenure
with The Walt Disney Company.
In his move to Ogilvy, Mr Johnston is set to restructure regional
Internet connectivity and expand Ogilvy's extranet offerings, while
improving internal infrastructure.
At Disney, he spearheaded a telecommunications restructuring, regional
group-ware initiatives and intranet/extranet implementations.
- The Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) has appointed Mr Hass
Aminian as assistant vice-president to spearhead the programming and
promotions of TCS' new channel, Sports City.
Mr Hass has over 10 years production management experience, having
produced Star TV coverage for the Chinese National Footbal League, plus
the weekly NFL programming for UK's Channel Four and The Big Match for
Singapore's Television Twelve.
- Following a restructure of AXN Action TV's marketing department, Ms
Lorna Swinstead has been promoted within the channel to the post of
senior manager, marketing communica-tions.
Following an 18-month tenure as PR manager, Ms Swinstead's new role
incorporates managing programme publicity, consumer marketing and
corporate communications.
In addition, taking up the post of marketing services manager is Mr Lee
Chee Ngai, whose new responsibilities include managing distribution and
advertising sales marketing.
He was previously with Premium Communications, a company specialising in
marketing solutions including multimedia, design and creative
services.
Both staffers will report to AXN vice-president of ad sales and
marketing Ricky Ow, alongside director of marketing Gregory Ho.
- HBO Asia has promoted Ms Suarina Chua to senior director of affiliate
sales.
Following a six-year tenure with the channel, Ms Chua will continue to
lead the Lion City-based affiliate sales team, maximising growth and
working closely with regional affiliates to grow the subscriber
base.
After an eight-year stint with the broadcaster, Ms Karen Ng moves into
the role of senior director, on-air promotion and production for all
channels under the HBO umbrella (HBO, HBO2 and Cinemax).
She also oversees the production of all on-air programme promotions and
interstitial elements, broadcast and ad materials to support the sales
and marketing teams, plus preparing programmes for air in compliance
with regional censorship standards.
