SCMP announces two senior appointments
SCMP Group, owner of the South China Morning Post, announced two executive appointments yesterday.
Elsie Cheung, a 10-year veteran of the company, was promoted to the newly created role of chief operating officer.
In addition to retaining the responsibilities of her current role as director of advertising and marketing services, Cheung will also oversee day-to-day commercial operations including circulation and distribution, production, strategic marketing, digital development, recruitment services, SCMP magazines and all functional departments within the organisation.
Cheung will report to group managing director and chief executive Kuok Hui Kwong. Editor-in-chief Reginald Chua will continue to report directly to Kuok.
SCMP Group also announced yesterday the promotion of Etienne Maccario to the role of director of digital business development.
Maccario joined the Post in May of last year from Haymarket Media and has played a pivotal role in the launch of the newspaper's iPad edition, the relaunch of cosmopolitan.com.hk, and in the introduction of news-gathering tools for scmp.com, such as crowd-sourced content.