PEOPLE

Singapore - Iris Singapore has hired group account directors Andrew Dowling and Chris Martell from Y&R and TBWA\Tequila Singapore respectively as board directors, a newly-created business development title.

Singapore - Sporting Spectrum, an experiential marketing, sports and events management company, has hired Justin Sampson as its country head and regional manager based in Singapore.

Singapore - The editor of Viscion Media-published Playeur Journal, Dylan Tan, has left the magazine just two issues after its launch.

Malaysia - Crush Communications has appointed Nik Intan Rashid as the agency's new senior client services manager overseeing clients such as Pantai, Tradewinds, Skali and EON Bank.

Hong Kong - Laura Gordon has relocated to Hong Kong to fill the role of MindShare Asia Pacific regional marketing director.

Singapore - Saatchi & Saatchi creative group head Simon Jenkins will be leaving the company at the end of April and replacing him is Scott Isaac who joined the agency in January.

Role description: You will oversee marketing activities, track the brand's performance of promotions through quantitative/qualitative analysis, direct all marketing and PR campaigns, and formulate appropriate marketing strategies and tactics.

Indonesia - Nobutaka Shinogi, former regional account director of Saatchi & Saatchi Japan, rejoins the Leo Burnett network as general manager of Leo Burnett Kreasindo, Indonesia.

Malaysia - Joseph Ghossoub, president and CEO of The Holding Group (THG) of UAE, has won the first Dubai Lynx Advertising Person of the Year Award, at the Dubai International Advertising Festival.

Role description: You will initiate the rollout of brand plans across markets in Asia and the Middle East, share business insights across the global network, help develop ideas, the brand strategy, best practice models, and proactively promote them regionally.

Korea - Client service director Howard Yoon has left McCann Erickson Korea to rejoin BBDO Korea, based in Seoul.

Singapore - Robert Walters has released its Global Salary survey which revealed that bottom-line driven retail brand managers with creative flair are in demand.

Role description: You will contribute to central media strategy development from a regional perspective as well as drive thought leadership on the business, and drive innovation and creative thinking across the brand teams in the region.

Singapore - POAD sales and marketing director Mabel Wong has left to join training and education services provider Comat Training Services, and has been replaced by new addition Samuel Thiam.

Singapore - Zzo Creative has hired Avalyn Lim as business director for Singapore and will manage operations for the office including handling existing business contacts.

Taiwan - Publicis Modem Taiwan has hired a new creative director Sean Tsai, previously with OgilvyOne as digital creative director.

Indonesia - Crush has appointed Bernaldi Pamuntjak as its new MD for Indonesia, responsible for driving in new business, overseeing all operations and establishing it as a regional agency network.

Malaysia - John Foley, current CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi Malaysia, will also helm the agency in Singapore, replacing Mike Rebelo.

Hong Kong - AsiaWorld-Expo has hired Trevor Lui as corporate development director, overseeing all exhibition and events, strategic analysis, planning and marketing developments.

Singapore - AXA Life Insurance Singapore has made Nicholas Kua chief marketing and strategy officer, filling the role vacated by Annette King who had been in the position since August 2005 until her departure in February.

Singapore - International branding consultancy Design Bridge has promoted Katrina Bennett into the newly created role of director of creative strategy while Kathryn Sloane joins as business development manager.

Korea - BBDO Asia Pacific has hired Chung Seung-Hyun to the position of CEO for BBDO Korea and he will assume the role on 1 April.

Malaysia - KC Aui and Woei Hern have been appointed joint creative heads of Dentsu Malaysia.

India - BBDO India has hired Grey's senior creative directors Sandipan Bhattacharya and Manoj Deb as executive creative directors.

Singapore - Patroids Creative Works has hired James Lim as its regional creative director tasked to oversee the creative direction of the company.

Singapore - Group Eight, which consists of A Group Of People (AGOP), Curiosity Advertising, Markethink PR, and Discreet Interactive, has hired Zaid Ismail as strategic planning director.

Singapore - Reap Media's founders Sylvia Lee, Dominic Chan and Eugene Chong have tendered their resignations to holding company TNBT.

Singapore - McCann Erickson Singapore has hired JWT creatives Ang Shengjin and Joseph Cheong as senior art director and senior writer respectively.

Singapore - Publicis has hired Raymond Quah from Bates to join its Modem team as creative director.