NTT Com reshuffles executive team
NTT Communications has appointed Tetsuya Shoji as its president and CEO. Shoji most recently oversaw the group’s sales and corporate management as senior vice president.
He takes over from Akira Arima, who had been president and CEO for five years and will become a senior vice president responsible for corporate advising.
The appointments are part of a broader management reshuffling at the Japanese telco, which includes two senior executive vice presidents, three executive vice presidents, 10 SVPs and three statutory auditors.
All the appointments take effective on June 19.
Singtel Advertising names ad sales director
Singtel Advertising, a media platform under Singtel’s Group Consumer unit, has appointed Melvin Yong as director of advertising sales.
Yong will be responsible for leading the advertising sales team. In this role, he will he will be instrumental in driving sales of advertising inventory generated by Singtel services offered on various platforms such as Singtel TV, NewsLoop and insing.com.
Yong will be reporting to Anurag Dahiya, head of content and advertising sales.
A 17-year veteran in the media and advertising scene, Melvin joins from CJ E&M, a Korean entertainment and media content conglomerate, where he set up new sales teams and developed the sales and marketing strategy for each market in Asia.
He began his career in the media industry with MediaCorp and has held senior roles in media consulting, sales and partnerships.