Five redundant in Hong Kong as WDTVI shifts marketing to Singapore
4 February 2009
Hong Kong - Walt Disney Television International has relocated its regional marketing function to Singapore - resulting in five redundancies.
The positions made redundant include vice president marketing Simon George and his Hong Kong based team.
Said a Disney Channel spokeperson, “We have made a strategic organizational change in which our Asia Pacific regional marketing will relocate to our television operations centers in Singapore. As a result, five positions have been made redundant in the Hong Kong office.
“The new structure will allow for our marketing team to partner more effectively with the team at the core of our business and to leverage resources from our global headquarters while continuing to provide specialized support to the local offices throughout the Asia Pacific growth region.”
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