AP Names Donald Ma Its Asia-Pacific Regional Director

By: The Associated Press appointed Donald Ma as its Asia-Pacific regional director, effective March 11. Ma will be responsible for overseeing business strategy and sales throughout Asia for AP's Global Newspaper Markets and AP Digital divisions.

Global Newspaper Markets also participates in administrative management of the region and assists the photo sales efforts of AP Images, a GNM unit.

Based in Hong Kong, Ma will be responsible for managing Global Newspaper Markets and Digital customer relationships with newspapers and news agencies, Web sites and wireless media.

Ma most recently was with DDB Guoan Communications CO Ltd, an advertising and communications joint venture between DDB's holding company Omnicom Group and Citic Guoan, where he was managing director, based in Beijing. Prior to his two years with DDB, he worked as a consultant to the British Broadcasting Corporation.

He has also worked for Getty Images as Director and General Manager, North Asia, in addition to several years spent in various sales and promotion roles within the media industry. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of British Columbia.