FSS operator Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has appointed Samuel Wong as its new chief financial officer with Willy Chow moving to the newly created role of chief commercial officer. Wong joins ABS from Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited…
FSS operator Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has appointed Samuel Wong as its new chief financial officer with Willy Chow moving to the newly created role of chief commercial officer.
Wong joins ABS from Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) where he was also CFO as well as head of finance and administration. As one of his last acts at with HKEx, Wong played a central role in its £1.38bn (US$2.14bn) acquisition of the London Metals Exchange.
Wong was with HKEx for just over two years, prior to which he was the finance director of Hutchison Port Holdings and before that CFO of i-CABLE Communications. He began his career as an accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Toronto, Canada.
Tom Choi, Chief Executive Officer of ABS, commented: “Samuel Wong brings an incredible amount of experience not only as a successful CFO of large and publicly listed companies, but also crucial experience in Telecom & Media as well as emerging markets where ABS is concentrating its expansion plans. He will be heading up the finance organization as well as advising the executive team on the strategic direction of the company,”
Willy Chow has been ABS’ CFO since the inception of the company in October 2006. Prior to joining ABS, Chow was the senior director, strategic investments for Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel).
In his new role, Chow will spearhead ABS’ commercial and strategic activities, including mergers and acquisitions and corporate development.
ABS was acquired by UK-based private equity fund Permira for around US$200m back in September 2010.
