GroupM China appoints COO

Regional - GroupM China has promoted Huang Yee Chan to the role of COO and based in Shanghai.

Chan will now develop and implement market development strategies and commercial propositions for the company's specialist units in China to fuel long time growth targets. Specialist units include GroupM Trading, GroupM Insights, GroupM Interaction, Entertainment Sports and Partnerships (ESP), GroupM Business Science and Kinetics. She will also drive the group's acquisition strategy in China and across Asia Pacific.

"Huang Yee has been with the group for more than six years and her proven record of strong leadership, business sense and capability since her time at Mediaedge:cia and recent years spent in various regional roles will bring greater integration and synergy across our specialist units," Bessie Lee, CEO for GroupM China said in a statement.

Previously she was deputy CFO for GroupM Asia Pacific.