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April 17, 2008 – The iProperty.com Group (www.iproperty.com), Asia’s leading network of online property portals owned by IPGA Limited (ASX: IPP), has strengthened its bid for regional domination with two senior appointments - Sherry Wong as General Manager of its Hong Kong operations – the GoHome.com.hk network; and Shen Loh-Lim as Group Head of Product.
In her new role as General Manager of GoHome.com.hk, Sherry will be responsible for iProperty.com’s Hong Kong business which includes the SAR’s No. 1 property portal, GoHome.com.hk, as well as a leading home services portal - House18.com. Prior to joining iProperty.com, Sherry spent eight years at digital and interactive communications agency Digitas Greater China, formerly Communications Central Group (CCG). As Senior Vice President, General Manager at Digitas, Sherry was responsible for operations, finance and marketing communications. Prior to this role, Sherry was the General Manager of Hong Kong’s Lemon (Asia) Limited.
Patrick Grove, Executive Chairman of IPGA Limited said, “Sherry was one of the key team members that took CCG from being a start up to its eventual acquisition by Publicis. We see her experience as invaluable to what iProperty.com is building in Greater China.”
Shen joins iProperty.com as Group Head of Product, in charge of strategising, planning and rolling out products and services across the region. His key responsibilities will include enhancing user experiences and improving the efficiency of online property searches through the development of innovative products, as well as providing effective marketing platforms for property developers and agents. Shen was previously Project Director at leading interactive agency, XM Malaysia. During his five-year tenure there, he worked on prominent global accounts including Toyota, Citibank, Sony and GlaxoSmithKline.
Added Grove, “Both Sherry and Shen bring a wealth of experience to the Group and I am confident that their skills sets will play an instrumental role in consolidating our market leading positions in each country and helping us achieve our goal of regional dominance.”
“The whole Group is going through exciting times. Within the past year, we have listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, formed alliances with the Singapore Institute of Estate Agents, bought over Hong Kong’s No. 1 property network www.GoHome.com.hk and recently acquired Keagen Sdn Bhd, the owner and organiser of Asia’s leading series of exhibitions. There are definitely even more exciting new developments in the pipeline so I am truly excited to have both Sherry and Shen join and contribute to the iProperty.com family,” he added.
Both Sherry and Shen report directly to the CEO of the iProperty.com Group, Ken Tsurumaru.
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About IPGA Limited (www.ipgalimited.com)
Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, IPGA Limited (ASX:IPP) owns Asia’s leading network of property websites under the iProperty.com umbrella brand. The Company is focused on developing and operating Internet-based real estate portals with other complementary offerings in Asian markets. It currently operates consumer and business online property portals in the markets of Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Philippines, with a Heads of Agreement in place to acquire an online property portal in Thailand. With further expansion planned, IPGA is continuously working to capitalise on its market-leading positions and the rapidly growing online property advertising market throughout the region.
IPGA Network of Websites:
Singapore: iProperty.com Singapore
Malaysia: iProperty.com Malaysia and iLuxury.com.my
Hong Kong: GoHome.com.hk, House18.com
Philippines: iProperty.com Philippines
About GoHome network (www.gohome.com.hk)
The GoHome network is Hong Kong’s No.1 real estate portal both in terms of number of listings and user traffic, as measured by ComScore. Over 578,000 unique users view our network’s property listings each month. The GoHome sites, which are Chinese language based but also available in English, reach over 45% of all unique Hong Kong internet users looking for property online each month, a result that is more than four and a half times better than our nearest competitor.
Since our establishment in 1999, GoHome’s purpose is to provide objective, up-to-date and useful information and services for home seekers and to provide a cost effective marketing channel for agencies and property owners to attract potential buyers and renters. In September 2001, GoHome merged with House18 to form the largest one-stop property and home related portal in Hong Kong. GoHome is now part of the iProperty.com Group.
For more information please contact:
Patrick Grove
Executive Chairman
IPGA Ltd
Mobile: (60) 12 269 4977 / (65) 96690369
Email: pg@iproperty.com
Cynthia Chan
Company Secretary
IPGA Ltd
Tel: (613) 9691 4900
Fax: (613) 9600 1500
Email: cchan@beconwood.com.au
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