{"id":805,"date":"2015-08-17T03:59:12","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T03:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/?p=805"},"modified":"2015-08-17T03:59:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T03:59:12","slug":"rovio-makers-of-angry-birds-announces-new-country-director-for-india-and-south-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/?p=805","title":{"rendered":"Rovio, makers of Angry Birds, announces new Country Director for India and South Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angry_birds_2-624x351.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-806\" src=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angry_birds_2-624x351-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"angry_birds_2-624x351\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angry_birds_2-624x351-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angry_birds_2-624x351-200x113.jpg 200w, http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angry_birds_2-624x351.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Rovio Entertainment, creators of the popular Angry Birds, today announced the appointment of Anurag Sachdeva as its new Country Director for India and South Asia.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement by Rovio Entertainment, \u201cIn his new role, Sachdeva will focus on consolidating Rovio\u2019s strong presence in the market, driving global partnerships and strategic alliances while strengthening the organizational capabilities within Rovio. He will also lead telecom operator relations for South East Asia while focusing on the expansion of the company\u2019s market base.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Previously Sachdeva served as Rovio\u2019s Associate Director, Business Development for India and Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Alex lambeek, Chief Commercial Officer at Rovio said \u201cAnurag has proven to be an asset steering the growth of Rovio in this very important market.\u201d He added, \u201cHe brings valuable experience to our Flock\u2019s leadership in South Asia and he will be key to helping us raise our game even further in the region. We look forward to working closely with Anurag and supporting him in this new journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sachdeva has worked previously with Vodafone, Bharti Airtel, Virgin Mobile India and Aircel. He holds a degree in B.Tech from GAU.<\/p>\n<p>Angry Birds has been <strong>one of the most popular mobile games<\/strong>, and we\u2019ve seen its several versions ever since it launched back in 2009. Now, it is back in the form of a sequel \u2013 Angry Birds 2 \u2013 on Android and iOS. The game available for download on Google Play store and Apple App store. It is a free app, but comes with in-app purchases.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Firstpost<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rovio Entertainment, creators of the popular Angry Birds, today announced the appointment of Anurag Sachdeva&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[21,12,5,9],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angry_birds_2-624x351.jpg",638,359,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angry_birds_2-624x351-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angry_birds_2-624x351-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angry_birds_2-624x351.jpg",638,359,false],"large":["http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angry_birds_2-624x351.jpg",638,359,false],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angry_birds_2-624x351.jpg",638,359,false],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angry_birds_2-624x351.jpg",638,359,false],"enternews-featured":["http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angry_birds_2-624x351.jpg",638,359,false],"enternews-medium":["http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angry_birds_2-624x351.jpg",638,359,false],"enternews-thumbnail":["http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/angry_birds_2-624x351.jpg",480,270,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/?author=1"},"category_info":"Uncategorized","tag_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":807,"href":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805\/revisions\/807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}