Updated: MEC fills Asia Pacific CEO role

Singapore - Group M and Mediaedge:cia (MEC) Netherlands CEO, Joost Dop has been promoted to CEO for MEC Asia Pacific effective at the start of 2008, and CEO for North Asia Bertilla Teo and CEO for South and SE Asia Stephen Li will report directly to him.

Dop will fill the role vacated by MEC's former CEO for Asia Pacific David Morgan who left in July last year causing the agency to expand the job scopes of Teo - who was then MEC's China CEO -  and Li who was COO for MEC Global Solutions. Dop will be based in Singapore.

"Strengthening and investing in this region is critical for all our futures. We are delighted that Joost is joining a hugely talented team of people in Asia Pacific and this announcement comes at a time when MEC has great momentum in the region," Charles Courtier, Global CEO for MEC said.