Friday 29 Mar 2024
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KUALA LUMPUR (July 4): After six months without a group chief executive officer (CEO), Star Media Group Bhd has finally appointed Andreas Vogiatzakis to fill the post effective Aug 13.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia today, Star Media said Greek national Andreas, 53, was previously the CEO of Havas Media Group, Malaysia, a position he had held from August 2016 till June 2019.

Star Media said Andreas began his career at advertising agency DMB&B in New York, US and then he joined JWT in Athens, Greece before heading to Asia.

In 1997, Andreas launched and ran MediaVest Japan, later merging it with Starcom, with a short stint in between as Wieden & Kennedy's Media Director for Nike, Uniqlo and Ben & Jerry's, Star Media added.

In 2003, Andreas moved to Taiwan as the CEO of the MindShare Group and in October 2016, he relocated to Malaysia to lead Omnicom Media Group.

“Andreas has also served as president, treasurer or council member on several industry associations and committees and as a judge on numerous award juries as well as a member on various industry and university advisory boards,” said Star Media.

Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai retired from his position as group Managing Director and CEO on Jan 1, and the seat was left vacant since then.

Shares of Star Media closed half a sen or 0.78% up at 64.5 sen, bringing its market capitalisation to RM475.93 million. Over the past 12 months, the stock has declined 37.38% from RM1.03.

 

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