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Regional – EffectiveBrands has appointed Helen Duce, founding partner and senior partner to the role of president of its Asia Pacific ops.

Hong Kong – Following the departure of Sina Corporation's general manager Meg Lee, the company has appointed Jennie So to lead its international operations.

Shanghai - With the recent departure of its China CEO, JWT has promoted Eric Lee as managing director to lead its Shanghai operations.

Beijing - BBDO/Proximity Beijing has expanded its leadership team with the appointments of Yeat Mung Koo as general manager and bringing in Andreas von Loeper to lead its Mercedes-Benz account.

India - D Sriram, former APAC head of Starcom MediaVest, is set to join Madison Media as consulting director.

Hong Kong - Commercial Radio has hired former TVB general manager Stephen Chan as its chief executive officer, three months after he resigned from the TV broadcasting group.

Regional - Cindy Tian former executive chairwoman of Burson-Marsteller China joins Edelman in the newly created role of regional vice chairman for Asia Pacific.

US - CNN Worldwide has appointed media veteran Lynn Brindell as senior vice president of marketing to strengthen the brand position across multiple markets.

Guangzhou - Nick Wong who has worked at Ogilvy for the past 26 years takes up his new position as managing director of O&M Advertising/Guangzhou succeeding Kawa Zhu who recently departed from the agency.

Regional - McCann Worldgroup has appointed Jeese Lin as CEO of McCann Worldgroup Greater China as its former CEO begins working at Grey.

Role Description: The key focus is to manage, develop and grow existing accounts across a Southeast Asia territory for Dow Jones Factiva and Newswires products and solutions.

Beijing - ZenithOptimedia has appointed Pete Wong as managing director, head of digital for China, joining after a stint with Mindshare.

India - Bates India has named WPP India head Ranjan Kapur to the role of chairman as it tries to stabilise its ops post top level exits.

Beijing - Ogilvy & Mather China has filled out its digital leadership team with Peony Wu and Lily Tung taking managing director roles within the agency.

Hong Kong – As the public relation media landscape transforms with new technology, Edelman has appointed Arun Mahtani as head of content for the Asia Pacific region to help clients create content.

Hong Kong - MEC has expanded its regional analytics and insight team with the appointment of Andrew Chang as analytics and insight director.

China - Pan Pacific Hotels Group has appointed Chris Ong as general manager of Pan Pacific Ningbo and Pan Pacific Serviced Suites Ningbo, which are both expected to open in June this year.

Hong Kong - Following Rick Doerr's departure, BBDO/Proximity has filled out its leadership team with the appointment of Dave Thorne as regional business director.

Singapore – Saatchi Lab has relocated current Singapore CEO Moses Goh to the agency's Jakarta ops, with Lionel Goh taking over Singapore reins.

Regional - Genesis Burson-Marsteller has appointed Judith Ostronic as chief marketing officer to develop new business strategies for the agency.

Beijing - Dirk Eschenbacher rejoins Ogilvy after five years as its regional creative director of Ogilvy & Mather Advertising.

Role Description: The digital project manager should have experience in working on and overseeing government digital projects, and have been part of the tender process or large/long-term digital projects.

Hong Kong - Glenn Schloss has left Hill & Knowlton Strategies after more than nine years with the agency to head up corporate communication for Fidelity Asia Pacific.

As much as I would like to paint a gloom and doom picture, I see a bright spark emerging in this industry. Smaller agencies are launching under the marketing communications umbrella, like Untitled, BlakLabs and Mangham Gaxiola.

Global head of marketing and client experience Sarajit Mitra tells Wong Ee Laine how he continues to break boundaries to make HSBC the world’s local bank.

It's natural that in a time of rapid growth of new media channels demand for specific skill sets force businesses to look beyond their own backyards for world-class talent.

Role Description: We are recruiting energetic and creative individuals for this position to join our marketing and communications team.

Role Description: To implement and oversee the Hotel's overall marketing, communications and social media plans, and support group and leisure goals through targeted PR campaigns.

Global – Edelman has shuffled its senior management team across the globe, appointing Matthew Harrington as global chief operating officer and Thomas Mattia of Coke as chair of China ops.

Hong Kong - Ketchum has appointed Jane Morgan as vice president of its brand practice to facilitate its growth across the Greater China region.