3 February 1997
FIRST PACIFIC APPOINTS FOUR GROUP VICE PRESIDENTS
First Pacific Company has appointed four new
Group Vice Presidents with responsibilities in the areas of corporate
communications, information technology, tax and treasury.
Manuel V. Pangilinan, First Pacific's Managing
Director, said: "These new appointments at our Hong Kong
headquarters, which include the newly created post of Group Vice
President for Information Technology, will help provide support
to First Pacific's rapidly growing businesses. These individuals,
working with our management team both here and abroad, will play
an important role in guiding the Company and its affiliates through
the exciting period ahead of us."
David Eastlake, 33, has been appointed Group
Vice President - Treasury, replacing Grant Ferguson who has transferred
to the finance staff of the Group's Indonesian telecoms business.
David previously worked for Price Waterhouse for 11 years in
London and Hong Kong, and spent the last four years as Senior
Manager - Audit and Business Services in Hong Kong. He has an
undergraduate degree from the University of Exeter, and is a Member
of the Institute of Chartered Accounts in England and Wales and
the Hong Kong Society of Accountants.
Darryl Kinneally, 33, has been appointed Group
Vice President - Tax, replacing Peter Lawrence who has become
Chief Financial Officer of Asia Link, the Group's telecoms division.
Darryl previously worked at Arthur Andersen for the past 11 years
in Brisbane, Sydney and Tokyo, and received an undergraduate degree
from the University of Queensland. He is an Associate Member of
the Institute of Chartered Accounts in Australia, a Fellow of
the Taxation Institute of Australia and a Council Member of the
Taxation Institute of Hong Kong.
Robert Sherbin, 39, has been appointed Group
Vice President - Corporate Communications, succeeding Derek Murphy
who has retired after seven years at First Pacific. Robert previously
worked at The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
for four years as Senior External Relations Manager and prior
to that served as a journalist based in Washington, New York,
Stockholm and Hong Kong. He has an undergraduate degree from Kalamazoo
College and a master's degree from Northwestern University.
Giorgio Sorani, 54, has been appointed to the
new post of Group Vice President - Information Technology. Previously
employed as an independent consultant in San Francisco, he has
more than 20 years of experience managing IT systems at major
US companies such as DFS Group Limited, The Lubrizol Corporation,
Baxter International and FMC Corporation. He has an undergraduate
degree from the University of Rome and master's degrees from the
University of Illinois and Northwestern University's Kellogg School
of Management.
First Pacific is a Hong Kong-based Asian-oriented
conglomerate with more than 45,000 employees in 40 countries and
turnover of US$5.2 billion in 1995. Its main businesses are in
the areas of marketing and distribution, telecommunications,
property and banking.
For further information, please contact :
| Robert Sherbin Group Vice President Corporate Communications First Pacific Company Limited | Tel: (852) 2842 4380 |
Company information can also be accessed on:
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E-mail: info@firstpac.com.hk
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