BBC Worldwide is hiring former Forbes sales director Inez Albert to be is digital sales director for Asia. Albert left Forbes in May after three years in the Asia-Pacific region, following stints as Asian Wall Street Journal marketing director and Barron’s sales director. At BBC Worldwide, she will be tasked with selling advertising on BBC.com to Asian buyers.

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The controversial advertising appeared on the BBC site outside the UK in November and pulled in £1.5 million by end of March.  MSN global sales director Tom Bowman joined BBC Worldwide as BBC.com international sales VP last year. Via Marketing Interactive.