UPDATED : Grey farewells chief comms officer

Singapore - Grey Group Asia Pacific's chief communications officer Frances Lui will be departing the agency end of February.

She was with the agency for nine months during which her role was to raise Grey Group's profile and visibility in APAC. Lui said she is currently exploring her options but it is likely that she will take up a PR role in a PR agency environment.

In the interim before Grey appoints her replacement, media relations for the following regions, Grey Group APAC, Grey Group South/SE Asia/G2 APAC and Grey Eye (Asia related) will be handled by chairman & CEO of Grey Group Asia Pacific, Mike Amour; chairman Grey Group South Asia & president and Grey Group SE Asia CEO, G2 APAC, Nirvik Singh; and chief strategy officer, Grey Group APAC and president & CEO, Grey Group Japan, Chris Beaumont respectively.

"Grey is a terrific and dynamic marketing communications agency filled with smart go getters. I have made many friends during my stint at Grey and I will miss them, " Lui said.

She was previously senior manager with a PR agency managing public sector accounts.