Yahoo Asia's new CFO and head of strategy is an all-rounder by anyone's standards. Richard Tsiang has taken up the role and will bring a wealth of MA, corporate advisory and investment experience with him.
Well known in Hong Kong for his strident and prescient views, the Australian-educated Tsiang became interested in the new economy last year while he was a partner at Allard Partners, an investment company.
Now with Yahoo arguably the world's best known internet company he will have a chance to take the monolithic portal into new areas in the notoriously fragmented non-Japan Asian market.
His past experiences have trained him well for his new role. That's because aside from...