Google appoints new MD for South East Asia operations

New Delhi, July 6 (UNI) Google today appointed Mr Richard Kimber as its Managing Director (Sales and Operations) for South East Asia.

Based in Sydney, Mr Kimber will manage Google's business operations and strategic partnerships across India, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand.

''Richard brings exceptional leadership and management experience to drive Google's growth in the South East Asian market,'' said Google Asia Pacific and Latin America Operations Vice President Sukhinder Singh Cassidy.

Mr Kimber served as global head of e-marketing for HSBC and president of HSBC's Internet payment subsidiary.

Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.

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