Google names new managing director for South East Asia

Stan Beer
Wednesday, 05 July 2006 10:39

IT People - People

Google has appointed Richard Kimber as managing director, sales and operations, South East Asia, based in Sydney. Kimber will manage Google's business operations and strategic partnerships across India, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand. Kimber joins Google from the HSBC Group, having most recently served two years as chief executive of FirstDirect Bank in the UK. From 2001-2004, Kimber served as global head of e-marketing for HSBC and president of HSBC's Internet payment subsidiary. In 2000, he was based in Hong Kong as head of e-business Asia-Pacific and also served as an advisor to the government on internet policy. Kimber originally joined the company in 1998 as managing director of HSBC InvestDirect in Australia.