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Pax8: Strategic Hiring
Pax8 appointed Mel Thompson, formerly of Optus, as APAC VP of Experience, signaling leadership expansion in Asia-Pacific region
Source: GN — ASX:EXP Experience
The leadership read
A hiring build-out like this points to deepening the sector executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 98.6 (Neutral) (down 1.4 month-on-month), Asia is at rising (+2.4pts) on signal share.
Pax8: 1 signal in the last 90 days; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow.
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