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Cable&Wireless Worldwide has appointed Darren Webb as the company’s managing director for Asia Pacific to oversee the expansion of its business in the region. In his new role, Darren will have overall responsibility for enterprise and carrier sales, service delivery, marketing, finance and people functions. Darren has relocated from the UK to C&W Worldwide’s Singapore [...]

Simon McFadden has joined Broadcast Australia, the owner and operator of Australia’s most extensive broadcast transmission network and one of the largest wireless terrestrial transmission networks in the world. Mr McFadden will head Broadcast Australia’s Site Sharing business as General Manager in a push to accelerate wireless operators’ roll out in 3G and 4G. Broadcast [...]

The Independent Cinemas Association of Australia (ICAA) has announced Adrianne Pecotic as its new CEO, effective 1 March 2012. Adrianne comes to ICAA following her successful stint as the founding Executive Director of the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT), a role in which she became well known to all independent cinema operators as she [...]

Furthering their commitment to the Asia Pacific region Magna Systems and Engineering has announced that Barry Pegg has joined their team as Systems Architect. Pegg brings with him a wealth of systems integration experience having most recently been Director of Asia Pacific Services for SeaChange where he was responsible for a team of 14 in [...]

Global Television has announced the appointment of Soames Treffry to the newly-created role, Director of Television and Commercial. Mr Treffry will head Global’s client service, sales and new business initiatives, including a focus on expanding the range of services Global offers customers. Mr Treffry brings extensive client-side television production and senior management experience to his [...]

Christina Carroll, Senior Vice President Global Sales for Telos Alliance, announced that Peter Passian has been named Sales Director, EMEA for Telos Alliance, and Daniel Wang has returned to Linear Acoustic as Senior Business Development Manager, Asia. In his new role, Passian will oversee sales of Telos, Omnia, Axia, and Linear Acoustic products throughout Europe, [...]

RTW has appointed Daniel Wang Zherun as the company’s new Sales Manager for China and Southeast Asia. Wang Zherun’s top priority will be the establishment of a new representative office in Beijing. In 2009 and 2010, Daniel Wang Zherun worked as RTW’s business development manager in Beijing, which has provided him with a deep understanding [...]

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) has announced the appointment of Ben English as Group Marketing Manager, Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) reporting to Mark Phibbs, Senior Director, APAC Marketing. Ben will lead Adobe’s marketing strategy to meet the company’s business objectives and drive brand awareness across the region. With more than 15 years’ experience in ICT [...]

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), has appointed Keith Roscarel as principal consultant for its media and entertainment business, across Australia and New Zealand. Based in Sydney, Keith will be responsible for driving sales of Hitachi products to communications, media and entertainment (CME) customers in [...]

EMC Australia has established an experienced team with a deep knowledge in the broadcast, publishing and creative media industries dedicated to the Australian market. This professional team will bring together leading EMC technology solutions, such as Isilon, combined with EMC’s track record for service delivery, quality and dependability. The new team has already developed strong [...]