Joval Gan - Country Head of Appco Singapore & Hong Kong

Joval Gan started off his journey with Appco Group in September 2000, in the Financial Services Division of one of its marketing companies.

One of the key decision makers with the group, Joval got opportunity working in various divisions, including, Charities and Telecommunication.

Joval has been instrumental in business development and growth of the group; in 2010, after getting promoted to Singapore Country Head, he even got a chance to lead the company's business operations in Hong Kong.

Currently Joval looks after Singapore and Hong Kong operations, with over 350 field representatives; through his long range planning, and excellent organizational skills he has been continually attracting new clients for the Appco Group.

Appco Group powering ahead in the Asian market

Appco Group Asia is going great; things are catching fire with Appco Group Malaysia as the home and Appco Group Singapore as the second hub...

Within the Appco's Asia domain, Appco Group Thailand recently made news by driving sales for one of Thailand’s biggest premium car importers.

Appco Group Thailand assisted in the promotion and sales of cars at a motor expo by BRG Ramkamhaeng Group at Impact Muang Thong Thani in Bangkok - the first time Appco Group was asked to engage in this sort of work.

The pioneering team of six field representatives managed to sell eight cars during the expo, which included the latest Mercedes Benz SLK, Nissan Cube, Land Rover, Porsche Panamera and Bentley Continental – an impressive number considering the team only had one day of product and sales training for the expo.

Response from the BRG Ramkamhaeng Group has been positive and the group is keen on working with Appco Thailand in the future on other projects.

Appco Group Fundraisers taken on sunshine trip

Appco Group Singapore has always been giving its fundraisers ample opportunities to undertake trips that help them assess their individual work and the company's work in general. In fact this is done by the company all over the world, at all times. Quite recently ten Spanish Fundraisers got the chance to undertake such a trip and see for themselves how their efforts in the field everyday could change lives.

Appco Group Support España held a competition open to all Spanish Field Representatives within the Charities Division. The top ten performers were then offered the chance to be flown to the Canary Islands to see a children’s charity at work. There they were taken to a special village where about 40 children live. This village provides ample care and also enables children to grow up in a warm, family atmosphere. The fundraisers were thrilled on seeing the fantastic work done by the social workers and the charity 'mothers' in the village. One of them commented, “When we go out and secure long-term donors for charities we are enabling them to carry out these kinds of vital projects. It has made me feel really proud that I am helping to make a difference”, and added, “...it enabled us to see how important the work we do is”

The Appco Group FRs also had the opportunity to take part in a thrilling go-karting competition.

Appco Group launched in Belgium recently

2011, for Appco Group Singapore, is proving to be a very eventful year. The company is making it to greater heights and newer territories across the country. The year is also proving eventful for Appco Group on the global level. It was quite recently, just about a month ago that the company had it's latest country launch, the first one this year, in Belgium. The launch officially happened on April 5, after the successful testing of the market, which was conducted last year. The launch happens as part of the company's aggressive global expansion plans. The company thus becomes operative in 25 countries.

Jess Leeson, General Manager of Appco Group Belgique comments, “The tests showed us that Appco can be huge in Belgium. We expect to open a second location with a new client by the end of this year. The growth opportunities are promising.”

“We are incredibly excited about our venture into the first French speaking country within the Group in 2011; this is an amazing opportunity for French speakers within the Group worldwide”, adds Appco Group Vice President and Country Head of Belgium, Simon Murphy.

Appco Group Fundraisers raise public support for Earth Hour

Appco Group Singapore is known to support causes that serve for the general good of the society, with all sincerity.

Recently, when the whole world observed Earth Hour, Appco Group Fundraisers did all they could do to support it. They raised public support for the event, which urges global leaders to tackle climate change. As we know, hundreds of millions of people turned off their lights for one hour at 8.30pm on Saturday, March 26th, to support the Earth Hour. The event was aimed at making a serious point to global leaders that the world wants urgent action to tackle climate change. Earth Hour first started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million individuals and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change.

Appco Group works to procure financial support for such noble causes, and its network of Fundraisers have been raising awareness of Earth Hour and encouraging the public to take part.

Appco Group Singapore personnel happy for their New Zealand counterparts

Appco Group Singapore personnel are happy for their New Zealand counterparts, who had a narrow miss during the recent earthquake that struck New Zealand. Chris Kiely and his team of nine, working for a marketing company associated to Appco Group New Zealand had a narrow miss when the earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck Christchurch on February 22. Chris, who is the Managing Director of the associate company, was conducting a Training Day in his office at that time. He managed to exit safely, along with his team. They watched helplessly as the adjacent building collapsed.

Appco Group New Zealand had put a hold on all client work from February 23-28 so that Marketing Companies and their teams could overcome the event and show compassion to fellow New Zealanders.

“We had given full support to the Christchurch team as they tried to overcome this experience.”, said Appco Group VP Stewart Hartley.

Appco Group Support with great results for major partner in Australia

Appco Group Singapore has earned a reputation working out remarkable results with its clients in the charities sector. In fact the company has been making it big in the charities sector on a global level. Appco Group Support, which is doing commendable work, has a very good tie with one of leading organisations that focuses on assisting children in developing countries. Appco Group Support intends to help this organisation generate more donations through sign-ups in Australia this year. Plans are afoot to drive acquisition of new supporters for the organisation's monthly programme, which generated income to fund projects for assisting children worldwide.

A spokesman of this organisation has stated, “We’ve seen the positive impact of the company's efforts in other territories that we work in, and were eager to replicate the success in the Australian market place. Appco Group Support was able to provide the professional, reliable and cost effective service that we needed."