Pitney Bowes Boosts Asia Pacific & Middle East (APME) Management Team with Three Senior Appointments

Following the recent opening of its regional headquarters in Singapore, Pitney Bowes Inc. the leading mailstream technology company, has strengthened its bid for expansion into the Asia Pacific and Middle East region with the appointment of I.T. industry veteran Eric-Yves Mahe as President for Pitney Bowes Asia Pacific & Middle East (APME).

Mahe will be responsible for all direct operations and distributors in the region. He brings with him more than 20 years experience in the IT industry with several multinational companies including Computer Associates Inc. where, as Vice President and General Manager for North Asia, he oversaw business operations in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Mahe was previously also Senior Director of Sales for Asia Pacific Global Services at Sun Microsystems where he played a key role in building the new Asia Pacific Support Services and Professional Services Sales Operations which spanned five Asia Pacific regions and twenty-three countries.

Said Patrick Keddy, Executive Vice-President and President, Pitney Bowes International, ”I am confident that Eric’s 20 years’ experience in the IT industry and keen understanding of the Asian market will be instrumental in Pitney Bowes’ expansion in the Asia Pacific and Middle East region and we look forward to his contributions.”

“Pitney Bowes is going through exciting times – a transformation from a traditional business model to a services/software model. I look forward to working closely with our customers in this region and to sharing with them our diversified portfolio of hardware, software and services that will offer unprecedented customer value,” said Mahe.

In addition, Pitney Bowes also announced the appointment of two other senior executives in newly created positions, reporting into Mahe: Lynette Koh to the role of Vice President, Marketing & Postal Relations, Asia Pacific & Middle-East, and Loh Eng Ee as Vice-President, Services, Asia Pacific & Middle-East.

Koh brings to the position over 15 years’ of marketing and brand management experience from strong brand-focused companies such as Procter & Gamble and Cerebos Pacific. Prior to joining Pitney Bowes, Koh was Senior Vice-President of Sales & Marketing at Singapore Post. In this role, she was instrumental in leading the transformation of Singapore Post into an integrated service provider relevant in today’s changing and competitive environment. She also spearheaded various initiatives to drive the adoption of direct mail.

Loh brings with him a total of 28 years of extensive service operations and management experience in the IT industry with companies such as Dell Asia Pacific, Compaq Computers and Tandem Computers. He was most recently Director of Professional Services/PMO at Dell Asia Pacific, where he was responsible for building and growing the professional services business and starting up Dell’s Custom Factory Integration (CFI) Services unit in Asia Pacific. He also led a Technical Support Call Center in China where he successfully managed service performance and inventory control.

Added Mahe, “We have undertaken a careful selection process to identify candidates with the suitable background and experience to catapult our APME business into the next phase of growth. Both our new hires have proven track records in their respective fields and in combination, their expertise will have synergistically positive impact to the countries as we embark on our expansion.”