Bangkok--9 Jan--IBM
IBM today announced that Ong Hoon Meng has been named Region General Manager of IBM ASEAN, succeeding D C Chien who has been appointed General Manager of IBM Greater China Group. Ong and Chien will report to Frank Kern, President of IBM Asia Pacific. The appointments are effective immediately.
Ong, who joined IBM in 1982, will be responsible for the operations of IBM ASEAN, which comprises Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and other territories. He will be based in Singapore.
Prior to today’s announcement, he was Vice President for Small and Medium Business, IBM Asia Pacific. Among executive-level positions he has held were Vice President of Marketing for Global Small Medium Business, IBM Corporation in New York, General Manager of IBM Singapore, as well as a variety of key regional positions in sales and marketing. Ong brings to the new appointment more than 24 years of service in IBM.
IBM also announced the creation of two new regions in Asia Pacific — ASEAN becomes a stand-alone region, while India/South Asia which comprises Sri Lanka and Bangladesh is now the sixth region. Other regions within IBM Asia Pacific are Australia/New Zealand, Greater China Group, Japan and Korea. The newly-created India/South Asian region will be headed by Shanker Annaswamy, who has been the General Manager of IBM India since 2004.
“The creation of these two new regions reflect the high growth potential and wealth of opportunities each region avails. Over the years, we have built up enormous wealth of talents in ASEAN and India/South Asia and we can now lower the center of gravity by moving authority and expertise closer to clients and shifting people and investments to the greatest opportunities.
“This development further affirms IBM’s strategy to transform into a globally integrated enterprise, reaping benefits for our clients, our business and our shareholders within each region and growing the markets respectively,” said Frank Kern.
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