Americom Asia-Pacific (AAP) last week announced the appointment of Elias B. Zaccack as Managing Director, based in Singapore, replacing Cynthia Dickins. Dickins who had been the face of Americom Asia for quite sometime now will be shifting to Bethseda, Maryland, USA following her promotion as Vice President, International Sales for GE Americom. Zaccack was earlier regional sales manager Asia PAcific for Scientific Atlanta.

AAP is a joint venture between GE American Communications (GE Americom), based in Princeton, NJ, and Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications (LMGT), headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. AAP's GE-1A, a Ku-band satellite will be launched and fully operational by the end of 2000. AAP currently has offices in Singapore, New Delhi, and Beijing.