Sydney, Australia – APN News & Media Limited announced the appointment of Jane Hastings to the newly created role of chief executive officer of APN New Zealand, with responsibility for the company’s New Zealand publishing, radio and digital businesses. [break]
Ms. Hastings joined TRN as Chief Executive Officer in September 2012 from Amalgamated Holdings Limited, where she was General Manager, Entertainment Australia and New Zealand.
She was previously General Manager Group Sales, Marketing and Cinemas at SKYCITY Entertainment Group and also spent more than eight years in executive roles in Asia, including Managing Director at Tequila Asia, Managing Director at Draftworldwide Japan, Regional Director of Customer Relationship Management at Wunderman Cato Johnson Singapore and Director of Communications at ICLP in Hong Kong.
Before heading to Asia, Ms. Hastings gained experience at Air New Zealand, leading the loyalty areas of Airpoints and Koru Club.
APN also announced that Martin Simons, Chief Executive Officer of New Zealand Media (NZM),
APN’s New Zealand publishing business, will step down from his current position to take up a trans - May 5, 2014, Sydney, Australia – APN News & Media Limited announced the appointment of Jane Hastings to the newly created role of chief executive officer of APN New Zealand, with responsibility for the company’s New Zealand publishing, radio and digital businesses.
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Ms. Hastings joined TRN as Chief Executive Officer in September 2012 from Amalgamated Holdings Limited, where she was General Manager, Entertainment Australia and New Zealand.
She was previously General Manager Group Sales, Marketing and Cinemas at SKYCITY Entertainment Group and also spent more than eight years in executive roles in Asia, including Managing Director at Tequila Asia, Managing Director at Draftworldwide Japan, Regional Director of Customer Relationship Management at Wunderman Cato Johnson Singapore and Director of Communications at ICLP in Hong Kong.
Before heading to Asia, Ms. Hastings gained experience at Air New Zealand, leading the loyalty areas of Airpoints and Koru Club.
APN also announced that Martin Simons, Chief Executive Officer of New Zealand Media (NZM),
APN’s New Zealand publishing business, will step down from his current position to take up a trans-Tasman consultancy role.
Mr. Simons has been with the Company for more than 40 years and has been Chief Executive Officer of NZM since 2006. His previous key positions with APN included head of all publishing in New Zealand and Australia and trans-Tasman Chief Executive Officer of the Company’s combined regional division. More recently, he has been involved in the Company’s New Zealand digital businesses, particularly GrabOne. ■
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