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ANNOUNCEMENTS & APPOINTMENTS

The South China Morning Post today the appointment of David
Wightman to the newly created role of Global Head of Advertising.

The senior-level appointment signals the continued growth of SCMP as
a globally recognized and trusted partner to brand advertisers, powered
by adtech innovation and data-driven advertising effectiveness.

Wightman will spearhead the on-going growth and international
expansion of SCMP’s global advertising business. He will lead a
department spanning Hong Kong, mainland China, Asia, USA and Europe, and oversee global media sales,
marketing and creative solutions, branded content, events, custom publishing, advertising technology, and sales
operations.

David has more than two decades of industry experience, gained at the intersection of media, data and
technology. He has previously built and led local and international sales and operations teams within digital and
traditional media companies. Before joining SCMP, Wightman was based in London as the Group Director of
Business Operations for Ebiquity, the world leader in media investment analysis. Prior to this, he was the
Managing Director of [M]Platform, where he launched and scaled the regional programmatic, data and technology
division of GroupM Asia Pacific. As the Chief Operating Officer of GiveMeSport, he overhauled the editorial and
content marketing approach, increasing readership, revenues, and investment. Earlier in his career, Wightman
held senior commercial leadership roles at media organizations, including Geeknet, CBS Interactive, Yahoo!, and
Mirror Group Newspapers.◊

HGC Global Communications Limited announced the appointment of Cliff Tam
as Senior Vice President of Global Data Strategy & Operations, International
Business.
Working within the HGC International Business team, he will be responsible for
expanding the Group's global presence and fully-fledged services to deepen its
partnerships with digital content, service and infrastructure providers around the
world and help them reach new frontiers.

In his new role, Cliff will develop and implement strategies to maintain HGC's position
as a leading partner of over-the-top (OTT) service providers, internet and content
companies, digital media providers, and cloud and software-as-a-service (SaaS)
companies worldwide. He will also manage both the Network Operations and
Cliff Tam Business Analysis & Operations teams, ensuring that the International Business unit
can continue to provide customers with seamless access to the extensive network coverage and one-stop OTT
edge solutions with minimal latency and increased agility.

Specific focus areas for Cliff include the ongoing development of a game-changing OTT partner ecosystem across
emerging niche markets in Asia, as well as the further expansion of edge infrastructure in Southeast Asia with the
rollout of HGC's flagship Eyeball-as-a-Service™ platform and the growth of Singapore as a major regional hub.
Cliff will also continue his mission to fortify Hong Kong as a major Internet Exchange hub as the use of data grows
in Asia Pacific.
Cliff is a HGC veteran, holding several senior positions in the International Business team over the past 16 years.
Before becoming Senior Vice President of Global Data Strategy & Operations, International Business, he was
instrumental in developing markets and data services to establish HGC as a premiere partner for OTT, cloud and
Internet Exchange providers and content and media companies as the digital economy booms. He also has
extensive experience managing global HGC teams with responsibility for digitalization, wholesale carrier solutions,
partnership engagement, market and product development, sales and more. ◊

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