First Advantage Divides its Commercial Operations into Two Divisions ; Announces Executive Appointments
February 03, 2014 at 06:30 am EST
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First Advantage announced that it is increasing its investments in the Asia Pacific region and expanded its leadership team with the addition of international business executives. As part of the company's strategy to expedite growth in the APAC region, the company has divided its commercial operations into two divisions: North Asia Pacific and South Asia Pacific. Since the two areas of Asia have significant and unique opportunities for growth, the company appointed a managing director for each region to drive new business and achieve higher overall revenue.
The company announced that Matthew Glasner was appointed managing director of the South Asia Pacific region to manage team leaders and support First Advantage's operations in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines and Malaysia. Glasner previously worked for Experian, where he served as the general manager for Experian Marketing Services for Australia and New Zealand. First Advantage also appointed Jay Wang as managing director of the North Asia Pacific region, responsible for the China, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan markets. Most recently, Wang was the general manager of BI Worldwide in Shanghai, where he served as head of the company's China operations.
First Advantage Corporation is a background check company. The Company is a provider of employment background screening and verification solutions. Its product suite enables its customers across all industry sectors to perform pre-onboarding screening and post-onboarding monitoring of employees, contractors, contingent workers, drivers, tenants, and volunteers. Its pre-onboarding products include criminal background checks, drug/health screening, extended workforce screening, FBI channeling, identity checks and biometric fraud mitigation tools, education/work history verification, driver records and compliance, healthcare credentials, executive screening and others. The Companyâs post-onboarding solutions include criminal records monitoring, healthcare sanctions, motor vehicle records, social media and global sanctions and licenses. The Company also offers fleet compliance, hiring tax credits and incentives, tenant screening and investigative research.