Market Catalyst hires planning chief for HK unit

HONG KONG: Local agency Market Catalyst has recruited a director of planning and development, who boasts extensive client, strategic and IT experience.

Ranee Khubchandani joins a six-person business planning department, taking over responsibilities which were previously handled by the agency's chief executive Conrad Chiu. Chiu said he spent half a year searching for a suitable candidate.

"The business planning team will enable Market Catalyst to be actively involved in defining a client's business strategy,

said Chiu.

Khubchandani has been with HSBC's personal banking unit as senior marketing planning manager, working across its regional network. Prior to that, she was a management consultant at Boston Consulting Group and a software engineer with Sun Microsystems in the US.