SINGAPORE—MSLGroup has hired Kelvin Yeo as managing director, MSL Singapore. The firm’s Singapore office was established in 2005 and today serves as a global and Asia hub for several large client relationships.

Kelvin Yeo brings with him more than 20 years of strategic communications experience with agencies and in-house. Most recently, he led the government and public sector team at Burson-Marsteller in Singapore and, earlier in his career, spent time living and working in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has held positions with Porter Novelli and The Hoffman Agency.

Yeo takes over from Yvonne Koh, who served as managing director since 2008 and led the  office  through  a  period  of  expansion, from five to more than 30 staff. Koh has relocated with her family to the United States and will take on a senior role with MSLGroup North America starting January 2013.