A New Leader at Malakoff

Zainal Abidin Jalil

Zainal’s international leadership experience in the high-technology capital-intensive industry will support Malakoff’s aspiration to become a leading power industry player in the region.

Sarah Ouellette Joins Turner

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Based in Hong Kong, Sarah will manage key regional accounts for TBSAP’s entertainment channels and websites across Asia Pacific – including Boomerang, Cartoon Network, HBO India, MondoTV, Pogo, Tabi and WB, with a particular focus on driving advertising sales for TBSAP’s interactive business.

John Jose Heads Marketing & Product Management for Tetra Pak Malaysia

John Jose

Rising through the ranks from a marketing assistant when he began his career in Tetra Pak in 1996, John has held several portfolios at Tetra Pak’s Philippines operations including a dual role as the Cluster Porfolio Manager for the South and South East Asia market and Key Account Manager for the Philippines market. This dual responsibility has enabled him to gain valuable experience in Tetra Pak’s product management and operational side of the business.

Fonterra Brands Malaysia Appoints New General Manager

David Ross

Having spent over 22 years with Fonterra, David Ross takes over from John McKay, who previously headed the local market operations.

Sasitharan Walks with Tune Money

Sasitharan Krishnan, Head of Direct Marketing, Tune Money

Sasitharan, or Sasi as he is fondly known, is tasked with further enhancing direct marketing capabilities within Tune Money to market financial services products, particularly Insurance to AirAsia and Tune Group’s customer base.

Celestial Pictures Appoints Jeffrey Soong as MD

Jeffrey Soong

Jeffrey Soong will lead the Taiwan operation and work closely with Celestial’s management team in its Hong Kong headquarters as well as its Beijing branch office to achieve the company’s strategic goals. He will report to Ross Pollack, CEO of Celestial Pictures.

Honda Malaysia Announces New Managing Director & CEO

Yoichiro Ueno

Ueno, 47, was previously the Assistant Vice President of Automobile Sales of American Honda Motor Co. Inc., where he was involved in the overall planning and coordination of national sales and marketing in the US market.

GAB Appoints New Marketing Director

Yap Swee Leng

Yap brings more than twelve years of Malt Liquor Market (MLM) experience to the table with a strong background in brand marketing and sales.

Shiv Parameswaran Joins Grey as Senior Creative Director

Shiv Parameswaran

Shiv joins Grey Mumbai after a successful six year stint at JWT Chennai, where apart from spearheading the creative work on Pepsi South, he worked extensively on Ford, MRF, Times of India and a host of other retail brands.

Roland Comes to Malaysia, Peter Off to India

Peter Honegg

Roland S. Folger who is currently responsible for Market Management of Mercedes-Benz Vans in Stuttgart, Germany set to succeed Honegg as Mercedes-Benz Malaysia’s President and CEO effective 1 February 2011.