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MUMBAI: CNBC announced the appointment of John Casey to its
Asia Pacific team, as the Director, news and programming.
Casey reports to Jeremy Pink, president and managing director
of CNBC Asia Pacific. Casey, based in Singapore, heads the
news and programming division of the network in this region.
In his capacity, Casey will oversee CNBC’s efforts to
enhance the network’s programming. His responsi-bilities
include supervising the development of content, talent and
program schedule for CNBC Asia Pacific, ensuring the high
quality of CNBC’s daily output, and developing new, compelling
content for CNBC’s broadcast, mobile and broadband platforms.
Casey joins CNBC in Asia Pacific, from CNBC Europe, based
in London. He was the deputy head of news and the executive
producer, Worldwide Exchange and Power Lunch. Casey has had
more than a decade of experience in the production of business
and financial news programs, and the management of news networks.
He was instrumental in launching Worldwide Exchange, the
world’s first global, tri-anchored, live newscast, simultaneously
broadcast from Asia, Europe and the United States. He had
also developed CNBC Europe’s rolling, volume-driven ticker,
and the FTSE CNBC Global 300 Index, in collaboration with
FTSE. He helped establish CNBC Nordic, in Denmark, and CNBCe
in Turkey. He had also designed and built the CNBC Europe
newsroom system.
“John’s tremendous experience in the production
of business and financial news content, his superior ability
in managing a news room and his keen instinct for stories,
coupled with his unwavering sense of editorial integrity,
makes him a valuable member of our editorial and management
team,” Pink said. “We’re delighted to have
John head our news and programming division in Asia Pacific.”
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