GroupM chief moves to Astro

Malaysia - Henry Tan, the chief executive of GroupM Malaysia and Singapore, is tipped to be joining regional media company Astro All Asia Networks as the company's new COO.

The COO position was left vacant following David Butorac's departure from Astro when his contract with the company ended in December 2006.

Astro is a cross-media group with significant presence in DTH (direct-to-home) and commercial radio. Recently, there was speculation it was making a bid to acquire Virgin Radio in UK.