20 June 2018, Hong Kong – FOX Networks Group Asia (FNGA) today announces the appointment of Angela Ryan as its Head of Human Resources.

Angela joins FNGA from GroupM where she was Chief Human Resources Officer, Asia Pacific, leading a team of HR and talent professionals across the full spectrum of HR functions including digital transformation. With over two decades in the field, her hands-on human resource expertise spans UK, Europe, China, Latin America and Asia Pacific.

As the Head of HR for FOX Networks Group Asia, Angela oversees talent management, development and recruitment; supporting the Group's ambitions to scale, innovate and embrace the future as Asia Pacific's leading entertainment provider.

"We are gearing up for the future by increasing our investments in original content production, digital technology, and above all – human capital," said Zubin Gandevia, President of Fox Networks Group Asia. "It's clichéd but true; we are nothing without our team, and Angela with her experience in digital transformation will work with my leadership team and myself to be a guiding force and help us further strengthen our people, nurturing the FOX culture of playing, winning and having fun together."

Angela added, "FNGA is dedicated to igniting imaginations across the region. With the right people on board, the business can continue to bring these awe-inspiring stories to life and deliver them to consumers. I'm thrilled to support FNGA in continuing its ambitious course toward strong talent management and bold human capital strategies, in order to protect its success and propel innovation." 

Angela holds a Master's Degree from the University of West England and a Doctoral Candidate in Applied Neuroscience of Transformation from Middlesex University.

After 11 years with Fox Networks Group Asia, Linda Hui, SVP, Human Resources, will be leaving the company. Zubin added, "Linda has been one of the core members of our family, we will always be grateful for her unwavering dedication. We wish Linda the very best for her future pursuits."

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About FOX Networks Group Asia

FOX Networks Group Asia (FNGA) is 21st Century Fox’s multi-media business in Asia Pacific and the Middle East. FNGA develops, produces and distributes entertainment, sports, factual and movie channels in 14 languages. The FNGA's portfolio includes over 30 channel brands, on both linear and non-linear platforms, including FOX Sports, FOX Life, FOX Movies, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo People, SCM (formerly STAR Chinese Movies) and SCC (formerly STAR Chinese Channel) and its on-demand video-streaming service FOX+. As the region's leading broadcaster, FNGA reaches more than 580 million cumulative homes with offices in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Australia and the UAE. FNGA is a fully owned subsidiary of 21st Century Fox.

Alison is a partner of Assurance in EY Shenzhen. She has over 14 years of experience in providing assurance services to clients in various industries, including industrial products, automotive and transportation, consumer products and retail (CPR) and real estate. She is a member of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountant.

Kay is a partner at EY Shenzhen Assurance practice and has close to 12 years of experience including 18 months in EY UK. He serves clients from various sectors, including media & entertainment, internet, education, life science, automobile and focuses on providing assurance service in connection with IPO transactions on US, Hong Kong and mainland capital markets. He is a member of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountant and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountant.

Kathy Lin has over 15 years of experience in providing transaction advisory services to financial services clients across Asia-Pacific. She has strong experience in both buy-side and sell-side financial due diligence, M&A advisory as well as regulatory and compliance advisory services. In addition, she has extensive experience supporting Mainland Chinese businesses with their outbound investments as well as those investing into Greater China. Her client portfolio includes insurance companies, banks, asset management companies and securities firms.

Rohit Narula is a Transaction Tax Partner of the Asia-Pacific Financial Services team at Ernst & Young Tax Services Limited. Rohit has been focusing on tax services for financial services clients for over a decade, of which in the past four years he has been based in Hong Kong. His clients include foreign banks, insurers and capital market players. He specializes in entry and exit strategies, international taxation, tax due diligence, tax planning and capital structuring.

Jeffrey Green is a real estate investment professional with 15 years of experience, including 10 years of M&A, valuation and advisory experience in Greater China. He is based in Hong Kong and is an Executive Director of the Real Estate M&A practice at Ernst & Young Transactions Limited, where he assists Greater China investors in sourcing and disposing of commercial real estate investments both domestically as well as in key overseas markets such as Australia, the UK and the US.

Henry Lacey is a Partner in the Financial Services Operational Transaction Services (OTS) team at Ernst & Young Transactions Limited in Hong Kong. The OTS team works with clients to drive operational value from their transactions – helping them realize synergies, improve deal returns and reduce operational risk. Henry has spent his career in financial services and has been in Hong Kong for seven years. He has a long track record of successfully leading large-scale post-merger integration and separation programs on both the buy and sell-side.

Alva Yip joined EY in Hong Kong in 2001 and has over 12 years of experience in the US Capital Markets Group. A Certified Public Accountant in the US, Alva’s major roles include providing technical consultation on accounting in US GAAP and IFRS, and on regulatory matters regarding initial public offerings and periodic reporting requirements for public companies in the US. Alva specializes in life sciences, technology, media and telecommunication (TMT), and airline industries.

Shirley Fok graduated from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She possesses over 10 years of experience in annual audits, merger & acquisitions, cross-border fund raising transactions of listed companies in Hong Kong and the US. Shirley has extensive and diversified experience in various industries, including infrastructures, property investment and development, natural resources, public utilities, entertainment, agriculture and financial services. She has been involved in serving multinational clients with operations in Europe, America and Asia.

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) has appointed Andrew Harding FCMA, CGMA as chief executive.

Andrew joined CIMA in 2009 as executive director, becoming managing director two years later. His appointment comes shortly after CIMA’s members voted to join forces with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and create a new Association representing the breadth of the accounting profession. When it launches in 2017 Andrew will become chief executive of its management accounting unit and will be responsible for driving the impact of management accounting across the world.

Andrew said: “It’s a huge privilege to be appointed chief executive as we enter this new chapter in CIMA’s history. To be combining the power of management accounting and public accounting for the first time through the power of the Association is so exciting.

"My personal focus and commitment will be to create value for our members. The Association will unlock opportunities to keep CGMAs ahead of the game; keeping them plugged in to the knowledge, resources and skills that help them to succeed.

"The opportunity presented by the U.S. market is huge and will be a prime focus of the management accounting unit as we position management accounting as a top career choice for graduates in the world’s largest economy."

CIMA President, Andrew Miskin FCMA, CGMA said of the appointment:
"I am personally thrilled that Andrew will be the executive leading CIMA and the management accounting unit of our new Association. It is an exciting time both in terms of CIMA's own evolution and the evolution of the profession.

"The role of management accountants is shifting from the reporting of financial and operational performance. Today, it is about communicating decision-relevant information and providing management with a forecast of potential outcomes. Through Andrew’s leadership, our members will continue to enjoy the benefits of being part of the leading player in the management accounting profession."

Andrew succeeds the previous chief executive, Charles Tilley OBE, FCMA, CGMA. Charles stepped down on July 31 after fifteen years at the helm of CIMA, and will now focus on running the newly-created CGMA Research Foundation.

Barry Melancon CPA, CGMA, President and Chief Executive Officer of the AICPA, who will lead the Association, said: "Andrew is exceptionally qualified to lead CIMA and to further advance the quality of management accounting around the world. We have worked closely together in recent years to drive innovation and increased value for our members and business in general. He is a change agent who understands the many ways our complex and interconnected economic environment is changing, and how management accountants can be positive influencers in creating agile, sustainable businesses."

Ben’s passion and expertise lies in helping brands to express their inner greatness. Specifically, Ben helps clients with brand creation and repositioning, storytelling, brand experience development, brand architecture and naming.

"I am delighted to welcome Ben to Prophet at this exciting time of growth," said Jay Milliken, Senior Partner, Prophet Hong Kong. "As we plan to deepen our engagement with brands looking to enter Asia as well as helping Asian brands become relevant globally, Ben’s valuable experience in working with significant Chinese brands will help reaffirm our position as the leading independent brand consultancy in the region."

Before joining Prophet, Ben was Managing Director of Brand Union in Hong Kong, where he led board level engagements with many of Hong Kong’s leading corporates, including HKEX, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, and Swire Properties.

Ben also had responsibility for Brand Union’s strategy offer across Greater China, working with leading technology brands such as Tmall, LeTV, Tencent and Huawei to define and implement their brand strategies.

Ben is a regular media commentator, appearing on Bloomberg and in Campaign magazine. In 2015, Ben led the Brand Union team to win Marketing Magazine’s Agency of the Year title in Hong Kong.
Ben received an MA in French and Spanish from Edinburgh University, an MA in Brand Development from Goldsmith’s University, London. He is also a qualified lawyer.

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About Prophet
Prophet is a global brand and marketing consultancy that fuses insights, strategy, creativity and imagination to help clients grow better brands and businesses. We uncover deeper customer insights, build stronger brand relevance and deliver engaging customer experiences for some of the world’s most successful companies such as Electrolux, T-Mobile, GE, Keurig Green Mountain, UBS, Gatorade, Cisco, Target, and ThyssenKrupp AG. Our 300+ experts in marketing, innovation, digital and design help companies bridge the gap between strategy and execution to drive real market impact.
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HONG KONG, 16 December 2015 – ShoreTel® (NASDAQ: SHOR), the leading provider of brilliantly simple phone systems and unified communications (UC) solutions, today announced the promotion of Ben Swanson to Channels & Marketing Director, Asia Pacific. In this management role, Ben will focus on aligning the APAC marketing strategy with channel initiatives to support the company’s acceleration phase of growth.

Based in Singapore and reporting to the VP of Asia Pacific, Frederic Gillant, Ben will lead the APAC marketing team to focus ShoreTel’s activities on campaigns that help our partners and distributors generate pipeline.

"Ben is an integral part of the ShoreTel team having worked in the business for more than 5 years across a range of sales, channel and distribution roles. I am thrilled he has accepted this position," said Frederic Gillant, VP Asia Pacific, ShoreTel. “Ben has an in-depth knowledge of ShoreTel and understands the APAC growth strategy. He is the right candidate to lead ShoreTel’s APAC marketing strategy to ensure a focused investment in growing our channel and generating sales opportunities.”

Under Ben’s leadership, ShoreTel’s goal is to invest in additional marketing resources across the APAC region to ensure the execution of its strategy to build channel pipeline throughout the theatre.

Ben brings over fifteen years’ experience to the role with a strong background in Unified Communications and Telecommunications. Prior to ShoreTel, Ben worked at Avaya and Cititel in technical and channel capacities. Most recently at ShoreTel Ben was responsible for geographical expansion across Asia Pacific with the strategic recruitment of distributors and partners. Ben also migrated direct channels to a distribution model to streamline ShoreTel’s business operations.

Ben holds an MBA from Murdoch University.

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About ShoreTel, Inc.

ShoreTel, Inc. (NASDAQ: SHOR) is a leading provider of brilliantly simple IP phone systems and unified communications solutions powering today’s always-on workforce. Its flexible communications solutions for on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments eliminate complexity, reduce costs and improve productivity. Recognized for its industry-leading customer experience and support, ShoreTel’s innovative business phones, application integration, collaboration tools, mobility, and contact center applications enable users to communicate and collaborate no matter the time, place or device, with minimal demand on IT resources. ShoreTel is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., and has regional offices and partners worldwide. For more information, visit www.shoretel.com.