19-Mar-2010
Jerry Liu (75) has been appointed Head of Create Hong Kong and will assume office on March 22, the Commerce & Economic Development Bureau says. This follows an open recruitment exercise which attracted more than 150 candidates.
Mr Liu, 51, has pursued a career in the film and television-related industry for more than 25 years. He is a co-founder of the Media Asia Group of companies, which is one of Hong Kong's leading producers and distributors of Chinese-language films.
He was the Media Asia Entertainment Group's Chief Executive Officer from 2001 to 2005, focusing on business development. He also oversaw the group's operations in production and co-production, marketing and publicity, distribution and sales of films including the Infernal Affairs trilogy and Initial D.
