DMB & B divides Asia-Pacific region

D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles Communications, a unit of the MacManus Group, has split its Asia-Pacific region into separate divisions and named two presidents to head them.

Barry Jones, deputy managing director at DMB & B Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong, was named president of DMB & B Asia-Pacific North. He will oversee the agency's operations in Hong Kong-China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines.

Ken Lambert, managing director of DMB & B Latin America, has become president of DMB & B Asia-Pacific South.

He will relocate to Sydney in August to oversee the agency's operations in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand. The India and Pakistan offices of DMB & B will now be assigned to the DMB & B Middle East and Africa region under the managing director Peter Davis.