New Appointment at ESPN STAR Sports

SINGAPORE: Nic van Zwanenberg has been named senior director of affiliate and multimedia sales for ESPN STAR Sports (ESS), where part of his remit will include strengthening relationships with platform operators in the region.

He joins a team led by Adam Zecha, the executive VP of affiliate and multimedia sales. In his new role, van Zwanenberg will take on responsibility for managing and implementing sales strategies in Hong Kong, Korea, Macau, Mongolia, the Philippines and Pakistan. Prior to this, he spent 15 years with the BBC in London and Hong Kong in various roles managing channel distribution, syndication and business development. He was most recently the director of distribution for Greater China and Indo-China for BBC Worldwide Channels Asia Pacific.

Based in Hong Kong and Singapore, van Zwanenberg reports to Mike Kerr, the VP of affiliate and multimedia sales for ESS.