chinadotcom corporation , the integrated enterprise software and mobile applications company, today announced the appointment of Mr. Keith Oliver as Senior Vice President (SVP) for Finance and Administration.

Mr. Oliver has over 20 years of experience in the finance and financial management fields. He was Chief Financial Officer of Dentsu Young & Rubicam Asia for 4 years, where he contributed substantially to the improvement of financial operations of the company. In addition, Mr. Oliver spent 18 years with Philip Morris Asia where he held various key positions including Regional Vice President, Finance. After Philip Morris Asia, he joined Kraft Foods Asia Pacific as Area Director for 4 years.

Daniel Widdicombe, Chief Financial Officer, said, "As the company increases its scope of operations due to organic growth and acquisitions, we are committed to augmenting our management team at both the corporate and operating levels, and we will continue to hire seasoned professionals to meet the demands of our growth. The appointment of Keith Oliver as SVP for Finance, together with senior appointments announced recently including John Clough as Independent Director of the board of chinadotcom, John Xiao as Executive Director of the board of hongkong.com, and Roger Allen as Managing Director of Praxa Limited, will certainly add value to the group in developing and implementing its strategy going forward."