Tan to oversee SEA at BusinessWeek

BANGKOK - BusinessWeek has appointed Jenny Tan as regional director for Southeast Asia and Australia, and is to launch a local-language edition in Thailand.

Tan will be report to BusinessWeek Asia MD Christina Lee, and will be based in Singapore. Tan arrives from International Media Rep, where she represented BusinessWeek. She was previously sales director of The Hallmark Channel.

BusinessWeek Thailand will hit the shelves in June, and will be available monthly via subscription and at newsstands. Published by Bangkokstation Network, the edition will feature a combination of content from BusinessWeek and BusinessWeek.com, as well as local material.

"There is a distinct lack of unbiased business news (in Thailand), and BusinessWeek Thailand will fill that gap," said Korato Maru, CEO of Bangkokstation Network.