SINGAPORE — Eastwest Public Relations has appointed Naveen Kanagalingam and Raymond Lau as partners and co-managing directors. Jim James, who founded Eastwest in Singapore in 1995 before relocating to China in 2006, has stepped up to the role of chairman from his current base in the UK. Based in Singapore, Kanagalingam (pictured left) and Lau (pictured right) have assumed full ownership of the agency and will be responsible for all aspects of its business, including client servicing, operations and growth. Combined, they have more than two decades of integrated communications experience in Asia-Pacific, working mainly in the information technology and B2B space.

DELHI — ACKO Tech has hired veteran journalist and anchor Siddharth Vinayak Patankar as its editor-in-chief and chief creative officer. As CCO, Siddharth will lead ACKO Tech's newly created content division and create an end-to-end content platform for the wider audience. He will be responsible for the overall content strategy to build brand love to connect with the audience through engaging and educative content. The new content division’s first play will be in the automobile and technology spaces, where Siddharth will also be editor-in-chief.

HONG KONG — The Marketing Society has named new Hong Kong leaders. Natalie Truong (CMO AMEA & partner, Mercer) has been named chair and Hina Wainwright (CMO, adm Group) as vice chair. The appointments come as the society looks to further accelerate marketing leadership in the city and across the APAC region as they enter the post-pandemic era.