LEWIS reports US$5M investment program after reporting record year for APAC region
Announcement posted by LEWIS Global Communications 21 Sep 2012
Global challenger looking for acquisition opportunity in Australia, Singapore, North Asia and plans to create further jobs
LEWIS PR, the global digital communications agency, has announced plans to invest a further US$5M into the APAC region over the next three years.
Reporting record regional revenues for the financial year ended July, the investment will take the form of at least one acquisition. A further ten new positions within account servicing and two new regional posts will also be created. Recruitment for the new position of managing director in Singapore is underway.
Growth in digital marketing work for clients has shown a significant increase since the appointment of a dedicated digital marketing director for the region, Sanjana Chappalli. This is in addition to several recent client wins for the region including Good Technology, Oracle, Rackspace, Hong Kong Internet Registry Corporation, Sourcefire and Veeam.
“I’m delighted to receive the backing of our global resources for a team performance which has been outstanding,” said Andy Oliver, senior vice president, APAC. “It’s great to see regional profits being poured back into further investment. The growth in our hub offices in HK and Singapore has been very positive. I’m confident we can expand our operations in North Asia significantly this financial year.”
“The performance of the region’s team under the excellent leadership of Andy Oliver justifies this sort of entrepreneurial investment,” said Andres Wittermann, executive vice president, Europe & Asia. “The region is of strategic importance to the global business and we will drive revenues and margin through organic digital PR growth as well as acquisitions.”
Further announcements are expected later this year.
About LEWIS
LEWIS PR is a global communications agency that's intuitive, innovative and international. In addition to traditional media and analyst relations, LEWIS specialises in social media, digital marketing and creative services. It works with organisations to implement integrated communications programmes on an international scale. LEWIS works with leading and emergingbrands across multiple sectors, including automotive, consumer, government,healthcare, insurance, legal, non-profit, technology and telecom. LEWIS hasmore than 24 wholly-owned offices across the US, EMEA and Asia Pacific, with regional headquarters in London, Munich, San Francisco and Singapore.
Read more about LEWIS at our blog, blog.lewispr.com, follow us on Twitter @lewispr_asia and join us on Facebook at facebook.com/LEWISPR
Reporting record regional revenues for the financial year ended July, the investment will take the form of at least one acquisition. A further ten new positions within account servicing and two new regional posts will also be created. Recruitment for the new position of managing director in Singapore is underway.
Growth in digital marketing work for clients has shown a significant increase since the appointment of a dedicated digital marketing director for the region, Sanjana Chappalli. This is in addition to several recent client wins for the region including Good Technology, Oracle, Rackspace, Hong Kong Internet Registry Corporation, Sourcefire and Veeam.
“I’m delighted to receive the backing of our global resources for a team performance which has been outstanding,” said Andy Oliver, senior vice president, APAC. “It’s great to see regional profits being poured back into further investment. The growth in our hub offices in HK and Singapore has been very positive. I’m confident we can expand our operations in North Asia significantly this financial year.”
“The performance of the region’s team under the excellent leadership of Andy Oliver justifies this sort of entrepreneurial investment,” said Andres Wittermann, executive vice president, Europe & Asia. “The region is of strategic importance to the global business and we will drive revenues and margin through organic digital PR growth as well as acquisitions.”
Further announcements are expected later this year.
About LEWIS
LEWIS PR is a global communications agency that's intuitive, innovative and international. In addition to traditional media and analyst relations, LEWIS specialises in social media, digital marketing and creative services. It works with organisations to implement integrated communications programmes on an international scale. LEWIS works with leading and emergingbrands across multiple sectors, including automotive, consumer, government,healthcare, insurance, legal, non-profit, technology and telecom. LEWIS hasmore than 24 wholly-owned offices across the US, EMEA and Asia Pacific, with regional headquarters in London, Munich, San Francisco and Singapore.
Read more about LEWIS at our blog, blog.lewispr.com, follow us on Twitter @lewispr_asia and join us on Facebook at facebook.com/LEWISPR