Vice President of Skype, Dan Neary, joins Facebook Asia Pacific

Facebook hires former Skype Vice President, Dan Neary, to head its global marketing solutions team in Asia Pacific.

Facebook announced that Dan Neary will be joining the social network giant as Vice President of Asia Pacific. Starting from early March, Dan will take over the leadership from Erik Johnson, who will be returning to the US.

Prior to joining Facebook, Dan was the Vice President and General Manager of Global Market Development at Skype. He was also the Vice President of Emerging Markets eBay where he focused on building the company’s business in South Asia, India, Middle East and Hong Kong.

Joining Facebook, Dan will lead the global marketing solutions teams across Asia Pacific and will play a key role in building and maintaining strategic relationships with top regional agencies and clients. Dan will be reporting directly to Carolyn Everson, Vice President of Global Marketing Solutions in London.