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Singapore - Singapore Telecommunications' (SingTel) director of brand experience, Sherie Ng, will leave the company at the end of February - just six months after she was brought on-board.

Malaysia - Five Malaysians have been selected to sit on the panel of judges at ADFEST 2008 under various categories.

Singapore - JWT has promoted JWT India's Sapna Srivastava to the role of chief talent officer for the APAC region and relocated her to the agency's regional office in Singapore.

Australia - Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific and STW Communications Group have appointed Stuart O'Brien as CEO for Ogilvy's advertising, direct and digital businesses in Australia and New Zealand.

Regional - TNBT has expanded into a fifth SE Asian market with the launch of Crush advertising in Brunei, headed by Matthew Ng who formerly oversaw the marketing department of Malaysia's third largest mobile phone distributor, Samart I-Mobile.

Singapore - Tequila Thailand MD, Tom Hannigan, has been posted to Singapore to head the local office as GM after two years in his previous role handling accounts such as Microsoft, Standard Chartered Bank and Pernod Ricard.

Hong Kong - Jamie Lord, MindShare marketing & business development director, has resigned from the agency and will relocate back to Australia.

Singapore - GE Money has posted Iqbal Singh, chief marketing officer (CMO) for GE Money Asia and CEO for Singapore, to India where he will lead the business as president and CEO.

Role description: We are looking for a senior, experienced marketer with ideally a media, publishing or exhibitions background across a variety of professional business platforms including the healthcare sector and related areas.

Which media agency GM was caught not only downloading stuff illegally via bit-torrent but *drumroll* PORN? Now we wonder if it involved animal action and/or if he had his pants down.

What would you ask one of the most interviewed persons in the world today if given the chance? Debbie Cai polls her team, then sets out to quiz chairman and CEO of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, Shelly Lazarus.

As expected the blogosphere erupted with comment following the mid-January keynote address by Steve Jobs at the most recent Macworld conference where he unveiled the MacBook Air. Here's a taste of reactions from a range of professionals to MacBook Air marketing.

How did top CEOS fare compared to their counterparts. Who led the banks? Which of the telcos rang up more articles? Who fell from 'editoral-grace'. The Marketing Brand Influence League comparing 2006 and 2007 figures reveals all.

Role description: You will be responsible for managing the development of various internal and external public / media relations and communication activities for the company. Moreover, you will develop and maintain good working relations with the media and all leading press members.

Japan - Ogilvy Japan has hired national creative director for Leo Burnett Australia, Mark Collis, as group executive creative director. He takes over from Marcus Jackson who is relocating to Hong Kong to lead the network's Coca-Cola business.

Singapore - BBDO has hired DDB's senior creative group head Joji Jacobs and promoted him to creative director.

Singapore - Brian Beagan, business GM account management and strategy for AGI Communications, has left the agency while a direct replacement for him has yet to be confirmed.

Singapore - BBC Worldwide has appointed former CNBC Asia account director, Deborah Cordeiro, to the same position handling advertising sales in SE Asia.

Singapore - 4As has made ZenithOptimedia's CEO, Harpreet Singh Kaintel chairman for the fourth installation of the Singapore Media Awards (SMA)taking over from Starcom's CEO Gan Boon Guan.

Singapore - Batey ECD Robert Gaxiola will be taking a leave of absence from the agency for about three months but will continue to consult on the agency's accounts such as Qatar Airways and Audi.

Hong Kong - Taylor Nelson Sofres has merged its Hong Kong and Singapore operations, naming Wade Garland as MD of the combined group.

Singapore - Turner Entertainment Networks Asia has hired Sesame Workshop's former VP for business development APAC, Dulce Lim Chen, as VP for Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) APAC - a consumer products division of Cartoon Network.

Singapore - Iris Singapore has poached senior art director Rob Davies and senior copywriter John Scott from OgilvyOne and named them creative group heads.

Singapore - Eleven creative director James Scanlon has resigned and will head to Cheil Worldwide in Seoul, Korea as associate creative director.

Singapore - NETS has promoted Suman Balani from chief of strategy and development to the newly-created position of assistant chief executive, where she heads the marketing and consumer products department.

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Singapore - Pernod Ricard Singapore has hired former Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore regional account manager, Alfred Goh, as brand manager for the entire Chivas Regal portfolio.

Singapore - Ogilvy & Mather Singapore has boosted its planning team, hiring Jiyoon Kim and Eileen Borromeo as planning director and account planner respectively.

Role description: Ideally you have a media, advertising or exhibition sales background but we will consider other suitable stars. You must be a confident presenter and have strong face to face experience across cultures and job titles.