HONG KONG: NDS Group plc, a News Corporation company and a leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced the appointment of Christopher Yap Boon Yee as business development director Asia Pacific.

Christopher Yap Boon Yee

In this newly created position, Yap is responsible for spearheading business development activities into new accounts in the region. As a senior member of the NDS Asia Pacific management team, he will be instrumental in formulating the regional sales strategy and maximizing the resources of NDS Asia Pacific's strong technical support and delivery teams in Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul and Sydney.

Yap has over eight years experience in sales and engineering positions in the Asian broadcasting industry, and he brings his customers a wealth of experience in digital broadcasting systems architecture and design. Yap previously held senior-level positions with Nagravision and Barco based in Singapore.

"Chris Yap's strong commercial experience will help NDS leverage our existing deployments in the region. A key part of his mandate will be to expand the NDS offering in Asia Pacific to include the services of NDS companies Orbis and Visionik, leaders in the areas of interactive gambling and gaming systems," said NDS Asia Pacific's vice president and general manager Sue Taylor.