Hong Kong – Women Media Networks (WMN), a new not-for-profit media organization that is creating a regional network to empower women and help them realize their full potential, will launch in the Asia-Pacific region with a breakfast event on November 3 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Hong Kong. The event, held in conjunction with CASBAA Convention 2009, features a line-up of Asia’s most prominent media business leaders. Established in Hong Kong, by lawyer Bobbi Campbell, WMN provides members with professional support, leadership development and networking opportunities and consists of women employed in media companies, suppliers to those companies and women aspiring to work in the industry, across the Asia-Pacific region. WMN offers member activities and a mentoring program that taps into the region’s leading female executives. “WMN is an organization which celebrates excellence by bringing together women in media to share, inspire and support each other. Our launch event features Asia’s most prominent and inspirational women media executives and we are honored to have The Walt Disney Company (Asia Pacific) Limited sign on as Founding Sponsor and Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific as a Corporate Patron Sponsor. The involvement of these leading executives and media companies demonstrates the opportunity to be gained,” said Campbell, founder of WMN. The opening event panel, moderated by CNN’s Kristie Lu Stout, includes Christine Fellowes, managing director, Asia Pacific, Comcast International Media Group (CIMG); Michelle Guthrie, senior advisor, Providence Equity Asia Limited; Aliza Knox, head of online sales and operations, Google Asia Pacific; May Lee, Lotus Media House, founder and chief executive officer; Rohana Rohzan, CEO, Astro; and Laura Wendt, VP and MD of Walt Disney Television International (Southeast Asia).
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