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Regional - DHL Express has embarked on a restructuring process that will include a review of its marketing operations across the Asia Pacific, as the company attempts to meet growth targets.

Malaysia – Former Young & Rubicam Malaysia general manager (GM) David Mitchell has assumed the position of chief operating officer (COO) at Naga DDB.

Singapore - Grey Group Asia Pacific has promoted Tom Evans to the role of executive vice president, regional client services director.

Malaysia – Loneliness might just come with the job if you’re part of Malaysia's media, advertising, public relations and marketing industries which, according to a Synovate survey, is a tough profession to find a life partner in.

Malaysia – Synovate Malaysia has hired Christina Lee as qualitative research director, effective 5 January.

Malaysia – Pulse Group PLC has achieved a 119 ranking as one of the fastest growing technology companies in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2008.

Singapore - Independent integrated marketing agency, iris Singapore has hired Y&R Singapore's former creative group head Tom Ormes as joint creative director.

New York – My Damn Channel has found Suhaila Suhimi to take on the advertising strategy & partnerships vice president role. She will play a lead role on all advertising and digital campaigns.

Global – Denis Streiff has taken on arguably one of the most challenging roles in advertising today, chief money man at TBWA Worldwide.

Regional - Euro RSCG Asia Pacific has promoted Matthew Fanshawe to the newly created role of CEO of Southeast Asia, overseeing operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.

Singapore - ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has appointed Paul Tan as assistant director of marketing for Southeast Asia.

Beijing - Chief operating officer at online portal Sohu.com Yu Gong has resigned to pursue entrepreneurial business opportunities.

Singapore - Waggener Edstrom Worldwide vice-president Matthew Lackie has been named acting general manager for the PR agency, following the relocation of Shaun Wootton to Paris.

Singapore - In a bid to bolster its Asia Pacific operations, Interbrand has promoted Singapore managing director Stuart Green to president of the region, while former Momentum Worldwide EVP Mike Langton has been hired as his replacement.

As Google's vice president of Asia Pacific sales & operations, Daniel Alegre has found a balance between finding new ways to monetise the search giant's applications while keeping to its core mission of offering relevant products - with or without promise of profits.

Singapore - Independent integrated marketing agency, iris Singapore has appointed Sandy Low to the newly created position of regional executive.

Malaysia - With extensive experience under her belt Hanis Harun is to assume the global executive director position for consumer research, Telecom Practice Group in the Nielsen Company.

Hong Kong - Celia Fan, research & market insights lead at Microsoft, will join The Nielsen Company to head its local media business and replace Helen Pemberton who relocates to the company's UK office.

Hong Kong - OgilvyAction's Louis Cacciuttolo has been promoted to CEO of OgilvyAction for Southern China to oversee the offices in Hong Kong and Guangzhou.

Regional - Grey Group Asia Pacific chairman and CEO Mike Amour is leaving the agency after four years in the top job and has been replaced by Nirvik Singh.

Malaysia – The One World Hotel, Petaling Jaya has made 15-year veteran Ibrahim Essini Chai its new director of sales and marketing.

Hong Kong - BBC Worldwide has hired Mark Chan, former director of sales at Disney ABC International Greater China, to head up a new role as regional sales & business development director.

Singapore - JWT has appointed David Eastman to the newly created role of worldwide digital director reporting to JWT worldwide CEO, Bob Jeffrey.

Singapore - SingTel's executive vice president of consumer, Quek Peck Leng, has resigned from his position.

Regional - Visa has promoted Singapore chief operating officer David Lee to the position of president of its Asia Pacific operations, replacing Rupert Keeley who was recently appointed Visa's global head of strategy and corporate development.

The Global Brand Forum had made its debut in Malaysia last week and could be hailed to have been a success.

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Malaysia – We might have local brands valued at RM62 billion as revealed by the recently concluded Malaysian Most Valuable Brands (MMVB) but Malaysian brands have been performing miserably, says brand futurist Martin Lindstrom.