FOX International Channels Asia appoints Francis Chang as SVP Legal & Business Affairs and General Counsel for Asia Pacific & Middle East
Hong Kong, December 2, 2013 – FOX International Channels (FIC), has named Francis Chang as its Senior Vice President Legal & Business Affairs and General Counsel for Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Francis joins the company today and serves as the chief legal advisor for Asia’s leading pay-TV network across the region.
As General Counsel, Francis is the most senior legal executive in the region and is responsible for all of FIC’s business and legal affairs as well as its standards and practices. This includes managing FIC’s legal team across the region and working with all levels of the organization as well as various teams to oversee business deals, negotiations, contracts and all legal matters. He is based in Hong Kong and reports to both Zubin Gandevia, FIC’s President of Asia Pacific and the Middle East, and Rita Tuzon, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the FOX Networks Group in the US.
Francis brings with him to FIC exceptional leadership as well as legal and business expertise honed over nearly two decades of experience, with extensive knowledge in key areas such as corporate, commercial, technology, licensing and intellectual property law. He most recently spent eight years at the Canadian law firm, Blake, Cassels & Grayson LLP, based in Vancouver, initially starting as an Associate Counsel in 2005 and then becoming a partner in 2008. His move to FIC marks a return to both Hong Kong and the television industry, having worked at STAR TV as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel from 1999 to 2005, prior to the network coming under 21st Century FOX and becoming a part of FIC Asia. Previous to his tenure at STAR TV, Francis worked at Walt Disney Television International.
“Francis has a great deal of industry knowledge and experience and we are all very pleased that such a well-respected and well-liked former senior colleague has returned to the company,” said Zubin Gandevia. “FIC Asia believes that in order to maintain our position as Asia’s leading pay-TV network we need to assemble the best possible team, and Francis’ appointment cements that commitment.”
Francis said, “FIC is an unparalleled global leader in international media and entertainment, and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with such a talented group of executives at FIC Asia in some of the most dynamic and interesting markets in the world.”
Francis obtained his J.D. from the University of Toronto. He also has an MBA (Finance) from New York University Stern School of Business and a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
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About FOX International Channels
FOX International Channels (FIC) is 21st Century FOX’s international multi-media business. We develop, produce and distribute 300+ wholly- and majority-owned entertainment, factual, sports, movie and lifestyle channels across Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa, in 45 languages. These networks and their related mobile, non-linear and high-definition extensions, reach over 1.6 billion cumulative households worldwide.
In Asia, FIC operates or distributes 30+ channel brands, including the FOX, STAR and National Geographic brands, with over 100 feeds across 14 markets. As the leading pay-TV network in the region, we reach more than 550 million cumulative subscribers across Asia Pacific and the Middle East with offices in Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Australia and the UAE. For more information, please visit www.foxinternationalchannels.com.
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