Ha's newly created role is to develop geographic advantages and fine tune practices for existing clients. Ha has worked with a number of clients throughout his 13 years in the industry including Cisco, Lenovo, Nokia, Oracle and Symantec. He will continue to be based in Singapore.
Ha will report to Sarah Howe, global campaign innovation director based in London and will work closely with Steven Murphy, regional operations director of APAC.
Alongside Ha's promotion, Text 100 has announced four senior personnel changes. In Southeast Asia Aru Sayed will return to the Singapore office after a year more in Fleishman Hillard. He was previously at Text 100 India for eight years.
In Malaysia, Jia Min Chow has been appointed account director with a focus in business development, while in Hong Kong, Monica Li i has been promoted as managing consultant. Finally, Arming Liu has been named as senior account director and deputy managing consultant for Text 100 Beijing.