United Business Media Limited (UBM.L) said UBM Think Services CEO Philip Chapnick has been appointed to the newly-created position of Group Chief Representative for UBM in China, reporting directly to UBM's Chief Executive Officer, David Levin. Chapnick takes up his appointment in March and will be relocating to Beijing later in the year.
Chapnick will be responsible for developing UBM's relationships with national level authorities in China. He will also support UBM's worldwide businesses to grow and widen the scope of their activities in China.
Further, the UBM Think Services business previously led by Philip Chapnick will be merged with TechWeb to form UBM TechWeb; the merged business will be led by Tony Uphoff, the current CEO of TechWeb.
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