Taiwan-based GigaMedia Ltd., owner of the online poker site Everest Poker, wants Thomas Hui to become President and Chief Operating Officer of the company. This should happen immediately after his appointment of replacement.

“The President and COO positions are newly created, strengthening the senior management at GigaMedia, enabling us to further exploit the enormous market opportunities before us”, claims CEO Arthur Wang.

Thomas Hui has worked as the Chief Financial Officer of Giga for three years and proved to be a multi-talented leader. Before that he worked as Executive Director at the global investment bank Goldman Sachs, as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch and as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.