Linktone fills COO, CFO posts; Guptha joins board amid resignations
NEW YORK, Apr. 21, 2008 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) — Linktone (NASDAQ:LTON) Ltd. Monday named Anthony Chia chief operating officer and Jimmy Lai chief financial officer.
The Shanghai, China-based company also named Muliawan Guptha to its board while announcing the resignation of five other directors – Colin Sung, Elaine La Roche, Allan Kwan, Agus Mulyanto and Sutanto Hartono. Each left because of ‘personal reasons and other professional commitments,’ Linktone said.
Chia most recently served as senior advisor to PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk (OOTC:PTMEF) , which is Linktone’s controlling shareholder.
Lai most recently worked as chief financial officer of Palm Commerce Holdings.
Shares of the provider of wireless interactive entertainment services rose 3% to $2.38 in late trades.