Friday 10 July 2015

Arthur Bastings to head the Asia Pacific region of Discovery Networks International

Discovery Networks International (DNI) has appointed Arthur Bastings as the new President and Managing Director of Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (DNAP). He will take the charges from 1st September. He will be responsible for setting the regional strategy and maximising the potential of DNAP’s business and workforce to accelerate the company’s expansion. He will be based out of the Singapore office.
He will report to Jean-Briac Perrette, President of DNI.
Bastings joins DNAP from Millicom, an international telecommunications and media company, where he was a member of the Executive Committee responsible for Africa and Financial Services, focusing on mobile and information and communications technology convergence.  He brings over 20 years’ experience working in the TV and media business, including several years leading strategy and business development for Viacom across Asia. Bastings also previously spent six years as Executive Vice President and Managing Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for Discovery. Under his leadership, Discovery's EMEA business transformed by doubling audiences and generating exceptional organic growth that resulted in one of the fastest growing and largest pay TV businesses in the region.
Sourcehttp://cablequest.org/news/m-s-news/item/7436-arthur-bastings-to-head-the-asia-pacific-region-of-discovery-networks-international.html

Source: http://cablequest.org/news/m-s-news/item/7436-arthur-bastings-to-head-the-asia-pacific-region-of-discovery-networks-international.html

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