CHINA - United Business Media has restructured to help bring China into its global growth strategy.
UBM Think Services CEO Philip Chapnick has been promoted to the newly-created position of group chief representative for UBM in China, reporting directly to UBM's CEO David Levin.
Chapnick previously worked on fostering government support for UBM's Game Developer events in China, and in his new role will be responsible for developing UBM's relationships with national level authorities in China. Chapnick takes up his appointment in March and will be relocating to Beijing later in the year.
"The creation of this important post and the appointment of one of our most senior, long-serving executives, who is relocating to Beijing to take up the post, sends a strong and clear message about our serious commitment to further strengthening UBM's presence in the Chinese market,” says Levin.
The UBM Think Services business previously led by Philip Chapnick will be merged with TechWeb to form UBM TechWeb, led by TechWeb CEO, Tony Uphoff.
