CReATION: Looks.com bags Cartier, Joyce executives

<p>Asian beauty portal Looks.com has gone on a senior management hunt, </p><p>bagging senior staffers Jacqueline Ng, former regional public relations </p><p>executive at Cartier, Monica Mak of Joyce Boutique and Spring Pong from </p><p>Estee Lauder sub-brand Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Ms Ng makes the move following a tenure with Cartier handling regional </p><p>public relations, a position that included formulating and implementing </p><p>corporate communications strategies and promotions. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>At Looks.com, she fills the post of marketing and communications </p><p>manager. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Sparked by a stint with Hong Kong fashion emporium Joyce Boutique as </p><p>relationship marketing manager, Ms Mak's brief is to develop the </p><p>company's customer services strategies and foster membership </p><p>schemes. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Coming onto the Looks team from a post as Hong Kong retail manager for </p><p>Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Spring Pong steps in as creative beauty </p><p>director. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>She will oversee online and offline beauty projects for the portal, </p><p>which launched in Asia-Pacific last December. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>- Sparked by a five-year tenure as senior vice-president, private equity </p><p>with Templeton Asset Management, Mr Jack Lin makes the move to </p><p>Chinadotcom Corporation. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>He joins the group's strategic investments team as vice-president of </p><p>strategy. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>His mandate is to find, evaluate and execute strategic alliances, </p><p>partnerships and acquisitions for Chinadotcom Corp. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Meanwhile, Mr Kenneth Fowler takes the helm as senior vice-president of </p><p>finance at Chinadotcom, having joined the Internet giant earlier in the </p><p>year to take charge of the group's corporate treasury, strategic </p><p>financial management and accounting. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Based in Hong Kong, Mr Fowler is tipped to grow his team from 40 </p><p>accounting staffers at present to more than 70 finance professionals by </p><p>the end of the year. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>The growth in staffing levels will occur as he spearheads the </p><p>integration of the financial operations of Chinadotcom's various </p><p>acquisitions with group growth. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Before entering the dotcom field, Mr Fowler was director of Corporate </p><p>Finance at SkyTel Latin America and at SkyTel International. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>- At Dow Jones Interactive Publishing, the newly-created position of </p><p>WSJ.com, marketing and circulation director for the Asia-Pacific region </p><p>has been filled by Mr Waikay Lau. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>He takes the internal step from The Asian Wall Street Journal to WSJ.com </p><p>after a tenure as regional circulation manager for Greater China. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>During his four-year tenure with the Dow Jones group, Mr Lau was also </p><p>The Asian Wall Street Journal's country manager for the Taiwan </p><p>office. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>His latest assignment involves developing and implementing marketing </p><p>strategies for WSJ.com, with the onus on ramping-up regional product </p><p>awareness and paid circulation. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>- Challenging the might of PricewaterhouseCoopers Internet advertising </p><p>network, Space (formerly known as Space Asia Media) has taken on PWC's </p><p>former ebusiness manager, Mr Suresh Kanji, as director of finance. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Following his last four-year stint - which involved advising start-ups </p><p>on their business plans and financing - Mr Kanji is set to oversee and </p><p>plan Space's regional finance management and play a key role in business </p><p>strategy. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Taking the helm for new funding at Space, he will also instigate the </p><p>necessary requirements for its impending initial public offering, </p><p>proceeds of which will be utilised to fund the Internet advertising </p><p>network's future expansion and marketing strategies, both online and </p><p>offline. </p><p><BR><BR> </p>