Indiantelevision.com Team

(7 July 2008 5:00 pm)

NEW DELHI: Burson-Marsteller, the global public relations and public affairs consultancy, has appointed Georgeana Fung as managing director and market leader for its Hong Kong office.

Prior to this appontment, Fung was with Weber Shandwick, where she was executive vice president of the agency’s Greater China consumer marketing practice.

Fung succeeds Ian McCabe, who will now specifically focus on managing and growing the public affairs and government communications practice across the region.

Burson-Marsteller president & CEO Asia Pacific Simon Pangrazio said, “Georgeana brings to the firm more than 18 years of experience in corporate affairs and public relations, including stints as a journalist and publisher, and in senior consultancy and in-house public relations roles.”