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PAUL RICHMOND NAMED NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR NIELSEN
MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE June 5, 2007, KUALA LUMPUR: The Nielsen Company today announced the appointment
of Paul Richmond to the position of Managing Director, The Nielsen Company for Malaysia
and Singapore. In his new capacity, Paul Richmond will oversee The Nielsen Company’s operations in both
countries, in close collaboration with the local management teams. Paul Richmond will
report to Farquhar Stirling, Managing Director, South East Asia, who is based in Jakarta. Paul Richmond has over 10 years of experience in Nielsen (formerly ACNielsen) across
Asia Pacific and the United Kingdom. Before this new appointment, he was the Managing
Director of Nielsen Australia for the last two years, following a successful stint in a similar
capacity in Vietnam where he pioneered the expansion of Nielsen's retail tracking business,
and brought about a number of significant developments in the company there. Prior to his assignment in Vietnam, Paul Richmond worked for Nielsen in Thailand and
China, following his relocation from the United Kingdom in 1997. Paul Richmond takes over from Steve Watt, who has been appointed Regional Client
Director for P&G Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. About The Nielsen Company
The Nielsen Company is a global information and media company with leading market
positions and recognized brands in marketing information (ACNielsen), media information
(Nielsen Media Research), business publications (Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter,
Adweek), trade shows and the newspaper sector (Scarborough Research). The privately
held company has more than 42,000 employees and is active in more than 100 countries,
with headquarters in Haarlem, the Netherlands, and New York, USA. For more information,
please visit, www.nielsen.com.
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