BEIJING, Jan. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- China Distance
Education Holdings Limited (NYSE: DL) ("CDEL", or the "Company"), a
leading provider of online education in China focusing on professional education,
today announced the appointment of Mark
Marostica as the Company's Vice President of Corporate
Development and Strategy. In this role, Mr. Marostica will be
responsible for leading corporate development initiatives for the
company as well as strategic planning activities and investor relations.
Mr. Zhengdong Zhu, Chairman and
CEO of CDEL, said, "I am very pleased to welcome Mark to our team,
and believe his experience and extensive knowledge in the capital
markets, education and Internet
industries will provide a unique perspective on our financial and
business strategy and allow him to make strong contributions in
this role. We look forward to working closely with him in executing
our strategic initiatives and driving long-term growth."
Mr. Marostica has over 15 years of experience in the capital
markets, with a focus on Asian education and Internet companies.
Before joining the Company, he was a managing director and senior
research analyst at Piper Jaffray & Company from 1998 to 2014,
and served as managing director and head of Asia equity research from 2009 to 2012. In
that position he supervised coverage of more than 100 Hong
Kong-listed companies and managed a team of 20 equity research
analysts. Prior to that he was a consulting manager at
Deloitte & Touche from 1994 to 1998. Earlier in his career,
Mark served as an information
technology manager at Fortis, and as an analyst at Electronic Data
Systems. Mark holds a master degree in Business Administration from
University of St. Thomas and an Honors Bachelor of Commerce
degree from Lakehead
University.
About China Distance Education Holdings
Limited
China Distance Education Holdings Limited is a leading provider
of online education in China
focusing on professional education. The courses offered by the
Company through its websites are designed to help professionals and
other course participants obtain and maintain the skills, licenses
and certifications necessary to pursue careers in China in the areas of accounting, healthcare,
E&C, and other industries. The Company also offers other
professional education courses for the national judicial
examination, English proficiency test for professionals, computer
application skills, and other occupational certifications or
skills, online test-preparation courses for self-taught learners
pursuing higher education diplomas or degrees, test preparation
courses for university students intending to take the nationwide
graduate school entrance exam, and online language courses. For
further information, please visit http://ir.cdeledu.com.
Contacts:
China Distance
Education Holdings Limited
Lingling Kong, IR
manager
Tel:
+86-10-8231-9999 ext1805
Email:
IR@cdeledu.com
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Email:
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