On December 31, Kathy Chen, Managing Director for the Greater China region at Twitter announced that she is leaving her job after 10 months. Chen, who was hired to expand the company’s enterprise offerings (advertising, customer service, data analytics and developer platform), and help grow the technology ecosystem, came from Cisco and Microsoft with a strong background in management.
Below is her announcement in a series of tweets on Twitter:
1/12 Hi everyone, I have some updates to share with you about Twitter’s Greater China business.
— Kathy Chen (@kathychen2016) December 31, 2016
@kathychen2016 陈葵小姐，新年快乐！
— 唐伯虎 (@qrd19770401) December 31, 2016
3/12 Great China is one of our fastest growing revenue markets in Asia Pacific for Twitter today and we remain committed to this market.
— Kathy Chen (@kathychen2016) December 31, 2016
4/12 We have grown our Greater China advertiser base nearly 400% over the past 2 years and we thank all of them for their support.
— Kathy Chen (@kathychen2016) December 31, 2016
5/12 We have fully transitioned our Chinese ad sales & support activities to our APAC HQ. All Chinese ad queries go to Alan Lan (@bluealan).
— Kathy Chen (@kathychen2016) December 31, 2016
6/12 At this time, our HK office will stay open to maintain our Greater China presence & for business opportunities with Chinese companies.
— Kathy Chen (@kathychen2016) December 31, 2016
7/12 Now that the Twitter APAC team is working directly with Chinese advertisers, this is the right time for me to leave the company.
— Kathy Chen (@kathychen2016) December 31, 2016
8/12 I’m proud to have helped build a successful Great China business for Twitter and thank @shaileshrao & @alizaknox for the opportunity.
— Kathy Chen (@kathychen2016) December 31, 2016
9/12 Working at Twitter has opened my mind, my passion is to connect people to the world through cross-cultural communications & businesses.
— Kathy Chen (@kathychen2016) December 31, 2016
10/12 I will take some time off to recharge, study about different cultures and then pursue more international business opportunities.
— Kathy Chen (@kathychen2016) December 31, 2016
11/12 I wish Twitter all the best as it is a fantastic platform for everyone to express themselves & to see what is happening in the world.
— Kathy Chen (@kathychen2016) December 31, 2016
12/12 Thank you again for all of your support! I wish you a Happy & Prosperous New Year in 2017! #LoveTwitter
— Kathy Chen (@kathychen2016) December 31, 2016
