Wunderkind jumps into PacificNet

PacificNet Inc., a provider of customer relationship management, e-commerce telemarketing services, value-added service and Chinese gaming technology (hey, that’s what’s written on the press material), has announced the appointment of Joseph Levinson to the position of chief financial officer.

PacificNet chairman / CEO Tony Tong cited Levinson’s extensive experience working in China and his “US-China language skills” as among the primary reasons for the hire. Levinson’s experience in Asia spans about ten years, when he first took an executive position at Hong Kong-listed China Strategic Holdings, reportedly one of the earliest foreign venture capital firms in China.

Thereafter, Levinson worked at KPMG and Deloitte and Touche. Indeed, Levinson was at LaTouche by age 24, setting the record for youngest manager ever in Deloitte’s New York office. Since 2001, he has worked in China as senior exec in a media firm and a pharmaceutical company. Also among Levinson’s most impressive achievements is scoring in the top 1% on his CPA exam.

Beijing- and Hong Kong-headquartered PacificNet Inc. is an investor in and operator of companies that provide outsourcing, e-commerce, and value-added services in China, such as call centers, telemarketing, direct response television marketing, CRM, interactive voice response, mobile applications, and communications product distribution services. PacificNet corporate clients include China Telecom, China Mobile, Unicom, PCCW, Hutchison Telecom, Bell24, SONY, TCL, Huawei, American Express, Citibank, HSBC, Bank of China, Bank of East Asia, DBS, TNT, and the Hong Kong government. PacificNet employs over 2,300 in China with offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Macau, and branch offices in 26 provinces.