WPP : Salmon China appoint Tony Chen as new Chief Executive Officer

7 January, 2015
Global commerce service provider, Salmon, today announced that Tony Chen has been appointed as Salmon China's new Chief Executive Officer.

Tony joins the company to help grow Salmon's business, extend Salmon's global delivery capability, and break into new sectors in China. Tony's focus will be to help leading brands in China deliver their digital dreams, building and integrating business led systems and complex commerce based projects. Tony will oversee a team of 65 employees.

Tony said: "Salmon have developed ecommerce solutions for world leading brands including Argos, Audi and Game and I look forward to replicating this success in China, helping brands to launch their own B2B and B2C ecommerce sites and manage the big data that comes with this."

Jeff Leaver, Chief Operating Officer at Salmon said: "We welcome Tony to Salmon, his wealth of experience in helping businesses integrate solutions that drive success will be key as we continue to help brands in China review their ecommerce offering and consider their next move."

Tony joins Salmon from Concortech Technologies Co. Ltd, where he held the position of CEO for over five years. Tony has held senior positions for multinational corporations and high-tech IPO companies in APAC for over 15 years and has been Deputy Secretary General at China Telecom Group Besttone Alliance and Standing Director at Beijing Young Entrepreneurs' Association.

About Salmon
Salmon, a WPP Digital company, is a global commerce service provider that defines and delivers market-changing commerce strategies and solution for the world's leading brands.

We have a reputation for using our technical know-how to make things happen. But we are creative too, which means we don't always give clients exactly what they ask for. Instead, we call on our commerce expertise to put forward new and challenging ideas. We then help brands decide what to do, before we go on to deliver.

With Salmon, clients grow their online revenue and profit. We are trusted to run commerce solutions that generate more than £3 billion in sales each year.

Established in 1989, we have operations in London, New York, Sydney and Beijing. Our clients include AkzoNobel, Argos, Audi UK, City Beach, Halfords, Hotter Shoes, Kiddicare, Morrisons, Premier Farnell, Sainsbury's, Selfridges and Sigma.www.salmon.com.