Personnel changes at AsiaSat
July 31, 2018
By Chris Forrester
July 30th saw news that Barrie Woolston has resigned from Hong Kong-based AsiaSat where he was CCO.
Woolston is being replaced by Ina Lui, who has been promoted to the new role of SVP/Commercial, Business Development and Strategy.
Lui will take on an expanded role at AsiaSat, including marketing. Prior to joining AsiaSat, she was at ABS as MD/Sales Asia Pacific where she was responsible for sales and business initiatives for the region. She joined AsiaSat on June 1st 2018.
On restructuring the company’s commercial operations, Dr. Roger Tong, CEO/AsiaSat, said, “I am pleased to announce this new transformation for the company. By elevating and uniting our commercial, marketing and business development teams under one leadership, we are better positioned to harness the strength and synergies of a combined team to synchronise our transformation with our customers and accelerate growth at AsiaSat.”
The satellite operator has seen a number of changes recently, with Executive Director/CEO Andrew Jordan departing in April.