APCO Expands Financial Communication Capabilities in Greater China

Shanghai (November 2, 2010) - Pui Shan Lee, former executive director at Citigate Dewe Rogerson, joins APCO Worldwide as a vice president based in Shanghai, Murray King, managing director of Greater China, announced today. Lee brings a wealth of experience in advising Chinese companies and multinationals in financial communication.

At Citigate, Lee devised public relations strategies for a wide range of Chinese companies' overseas initial public offerings. She also provided highly-tailored media and speaker training programs to senior executives in various sectors, drawing on her more than 10 years of financial journalism experience. Her previous clients include Bank of Communications, China Pacific Insurance, Baosteel, China Life, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, West China Cement, Focus Media, Bank of America, AlixPartners and MassMutual.

Prior to her work at Citigate, Lee was the financial editor at Television Broadcasts Limited, where she oversaw a team of 20 reporters and managed the financial newscast production. In addition, she covered banking and capital market news as a reporter for the Hong Kong Economic Journal.

Lee joins APCO alongside Sukyi Yau, who leads APCO's financial communication practice in Asia and is a principal in the firm's global practice.

About APCO Worldwide

Founded in 1984, APCO Worldwide is an award-winning, independently owned global communication consultancy with offices in major cities throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., APCO clients include corporations and governments; industry associations and nonprofit organizations; and seven of the top 10 companies on Fortune's Global 500. APCO offers services related to business, industry and finance; media, public opinion and society; and government and public policy. The firm is a majority women-owned business. For more information, please visit www.apcoworldwide.com.

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