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Twitter appoints new boss for Indonesia

By Maria SantosIndonesia
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Twitter has appointed Roy Simangunsong as the company’s country business head in Indonesia.

“It’s my first day at work, so there’s no strategy to apply yet, but what is important for the audiences and advertisers are my confidence in running and developing this company. Because, at the end of the day, Twitter wouldn’t want us to innovate on things that disrupt the users’ experience,” said Roy as quoted by Antara news agency on Tuesday.

Indonesia has around 80 million Internet users, according to Roy, and around 150 million smartphone subscribers and almost 80 percent of Twitter users worldwide access the application from their mobile phones.

Prior to Roy, the business head position had been held by Rick Mulia from November 2014. Rick resigned in June, leaving the position vacant for two months.

Roy was previously the country business head at Yahoo! Indonesia and other multinational companies like Microsoft and IBM. His last position before becoming Twitter Indonesia’s number one person was chief executive officer for Okezone digital media company.

Questions & Answers

Q.

Who previously held the position of Twitter's country business head in Indonesia?

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Rick Mulia previously held this role for Twitter in Indonesia. He started in November 2014 but resigned in June, leaving the position vacant for two months before Roy Simangunsong's appointment.

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What is Roy Simangunsong's professional background before joining Twitter?

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Roy Simangunsong served as country business head at Yahoo! Indonesia and worked for multinational companies like Microsoft and IBM. Immediately prior to Twitter, he was CEO of Okezone digital media company.

Q.

What is Roy Simangunsong's immediate priority or philosophy for his new role?

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He states his confidence in running and developing the company is important for audiences and advertisers. He believes Twitter wouldn't want innovation to disrupt the users' experience, implying user experience is key.

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