The appointment followed a recent announcement from RedDoorz of their expansion plan in Indonesia and the Southeast Asian region
Southeast Asian budget hotel booking platform RedDoorz today announced the appointment of Edward Wong as its new Vice President, Marketing and Lalit Mangal as Chief Product Officer.
With “close to” 17 years of experience in the digital marketing and media across over 40 global brands, Wong previously held the position of Regional Head of Country Digital at ride-hailing giant Grab.
He had also held leadership positions at OMD Singapore, Omnicon Media Group, and Starcom Mediavest Group.
RedDoorz VP, Marketing Edward Wong
As for Mangal, he was known as the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Commonfloor.com, an Indian real estate platform. Founded in 2007, the company was acquired by Quikr in January 2016, reportedly for US$112 million.
He also serves as advisors to Indian startups such as Evibe and Unacademy.
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Both executives will be based in Singapore.
Following a US$1 million funding round in 2017, RedDoorz has recently announced its plan to expand in the Indonesian market.
The company plans to invest US$10 million to expand within the market over the next 12 months, adding operations in nine new cities such as Banda Aceh, Balikpapan, Batam, Lombok, Makassar, Manado, Medan, Palembang, and Solo. It will also scale existing operations in Denpasar, Bandung, Bogor, Jakarta, Semarang, Surabaya, and Jogjakarta.
RedDoorz Chief Product Officer Lalit Mangal
The company has also begun its entrance to the Philippines and Singapore.
“The addition of both Edward and Lalit to RedDoorz is yet another example of the substantial recruiting opportunity we are seeing across our markets and demonstrates our continued ability to attract top talent from the industry,” said RedDoorz Founder & CEO Amit Saberwal in a press statement.
“With our growth across geographies in Southeast Asia, we are certain that our teams will benefit immensely from their expert knowledge as well diverse business understanding. We are certain they will play a key role in RedDoorz’s growth,” he added.
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