Crown appoints new Country Manager for Malaysia

May 27 | 2014

Crown Worldwide Group has a new Managing Director for Malaysia, Jimmy Thompson. Jimmy was previously Deputy General Manager for China.


 

Jimmy has served in numerous roles and locations, from sales to general management, spanning four cities and three regions over a 15-year period at Crown. Jimmy has also successfully completed Crown’s in-house executive leadership development programme.

 

Jimmy is now based in Kuala Lumpur, and he will be responsible for the performance and future growth of Crown Malaysia’s four locations, reporting to Ken Madrid, the group CEO APAC and CFO.

 

"I am looking forward to working with Jimmy as Crown continues along its successful path in Malaysia," said Ken Madrid.

 

"After working in China for 18 years, I look forward to building upon and expanding an already established Crown operation to ensure its long-term development in Malaysia,” said Jimmy regarding his new post.

 

A fluent speaker of Mandarin Chinese, Jimmy joined Crown in 1999 after completing Crown University’s management training programme in Holland. Prior to joining Crown, he worked in the logistics industry in China.

 

Photo:  Jimmy Thompson