Head of Twitter China Resigns After Just Seven Months Due to Positive Momentum

(YicaiGlobal) Jan. 3 – Kathy Chen, head of Twitter [NYSE:TWTR] Greater China, has announced on social media the platform that she will resign from her post. Chen has held the position for only about seven months.

Chen posted messages on Twitter on Dec. 31, 2016, saying Greater China is the fastest-growing important market for Twitter, whose advertising business has grown 400 percent in the region over the last two years. Given what she called the “company’s current positive momentum in Greater China,” she believes it’s time for her to leave. Twitter confirmed the news on Jan. 2, 2017. Chen also referred to Twitter’s Asia-Pacific team working directly with Chinese advertisers as another reason to leave the company.

Previously, Chen held management positions at Microsoft and Cisco but her appointment at Twitter led to debate at the time.

Chen’s resignation follows that of Parminder Singh, Twitter’s managing director for India, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, who left the company in November 2016. Twitter announced in October last year that it would lay off 9 percent of its staff, totaling 350 jobs across various departments.