Stewart declined to comment on the development, which comes after he lost his role as marketing director for Motorola’s high-growth markets division, following the decision to disband the structure in favour of one based on traditional geographies earlier this year (Media, 22 February).
He is expected to assume a senior holding company role at STW, which houses the likes of Singleton Ogilvy & Mather and JWT and is minority owned by WPP. Meanwhile, barely six months after its last restructuring, Moto has decided to divide the Asia-Pacific region again, in a move that sees regional chief Michael Tatelman return to the US.
Instead, Mark Shockley assumes responsibility for the new East Asia grouping of Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. China becomes its own region, under the oversight of current market chief Ray Yam, while Malcolm Dawe takes charge of a new region comprising India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.
The restructuring is not expected to affect the role of Motorola Asia-Pacific VP and GM of marketing Ian Chapman-Banks, although he is expected to relocate from Beijing to Hong Kong in an unconnected development.
