ASIA-PACIFIC – JANUARY 21, 2013 – Karim Temsamani has returned to Asia as Google president of Asia-Pacific sales and operations. He is replacing Daniel Alegre, who now leads partner business solutions for Google globally, based at company headquarters in Mountain View, California.
Temsamani will oversee all of Google’s sales and operations across the Asia-Pacific region, determining the strategy for 16 offices and the regional business strategy for Google products including AdWords, AdMob, Google Maps, Google Apps for Business, DoubleClick Ad Exchange, YouTube and AdSense.
He was most recently Google’s vice president for new products and solutions for the Americas region, leading Google’s business and strategy for its rapidly growing newer businesses, including mobile advertising, display advertising, DoubleClick platforms, YouTube, social products and new search ad formats.
As Google’s global head of mobile in 2010 to 2012, he oversaw the growth of Google’s mobile advertising business worldwide, leading the teams charged with providing advertising services and solutions to thousands of advertisers, developers, and publishers.
From 2007 to 2010, Temsamani was managing director of Google Australia and New Zealand, leading its business and strategic partnerships in those countries. He joined Google from Fairfax Media, where he was Commercial Director for Newspapers and Group Director of Fairfax General Magazines.
