MUMBAI: CNN has appointed Ann Chu as director - partner solutions group, CNN Advertising Sales Asia Pacific.

Chu will be based in Hong Kong and will report to CNN advertising sales Asia Pacific VP William Hsu. She will be responsible for generating and managing sponsorship opportunities and projects across the region.

Hsu said, "Ann?s experience in both the newsgathering and content sales functions position her extremely well to provide our clients with first-in-class sponsorship solutions. As the CNN ad sales team in Asia continues its solid sales performance this year, we look forward to Ann?s continued commitment to the network and our clients."

Chu brings in over a decade of experience. She was most recently the executive director of CNN broadcast sales and affiliate relations, responsible for managing sales and support of the network?s broadcast services to networks across the region. Prior to joining CNN, Chu had also worked at MTV Asia and Dreamworks in Los Angeles.