Friday, February 1, 2019

China's StarTimes pay-TV group appoints David Zhang as new StarTimes Nigeria CEO with immediate effect, replacing Justin Zhang.

David Zhang is replacing Justin Zhang as new CEO of StarTimes Nigeria with immediate effect.

China's pay-TV StarTimes Group, aggressively expanding in Africa where it competes with the likes of MultiChoice, has replaced Justin Zhang with David Zhang after Justin Zhang according to StarTimes "completed his tenure as CEO in January".

David Zhang was CEO of StarTimes Kenya.

"David Zhang will bring over two decades of experience in business to business and business to consumer capacity in both China and Africa, with a special interest in consumer and revenue growth management," says StarTimes publicist Kunmi Balogun in a statement.

"David Zhang will lead the team in scaling the impact of the foundation laid by his predecessor which has seen a rise in subscriber base and new innovations in Nigeria' pay-TV industry."