Two senior Meta executives — Dan Neary, vice president for Asia-Pacific, and Kate Hamill, managing director for retail and e-commerce in North America — are leaving the company after more than a decade each in key leadership roles. The departures are unrelated.
Neary, who joined Meta in 2013, announced his decision to step down in a LinkedIn post on Thursday. He described the move as the end of a “12-year run,” during which he helped grow the company’s business across the Asia-Pacific region.
Based in Singapore, he oversaw Meta’s expansion in some of its largest and fastest-growing international markets, including Australia, Southeast Asia, and Greater China.
“It’s hugely gratifying for me to look back at the small Singapore office where this journey started over a decade ago and see how far we have come together,” Neary wrote. “It’s been the ride of a lifetime on the Meta APAC rocket ship.”
He added that he would remain for a few months to help with the leadership transition before taking a break to spend time with family and explore the next steps.
Neary’s exit marks the end of an era for Meta’s Asia-Pacific operations, which have seen explosive growth over the past decade. Asia is now Meta’s largest user base, home to over a billion accounts across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
Meta’s platforms have become essential for communication, commerce, and digital advertising in India, Indonesia, and Thailand. The region also continues to be a key driver of Meta’s business messaging and performance ad revenue.
Hamill, who spent 13 years at Meta, will join Pinterest as vice president of enterprise sales for North America starting April 7. She will oversee revenue and sales teams in the US and Canada and work closely with Pinterest’s Chief Revenue Officer, Bill Watkins.
Hamill led Meta’s advertising relationships across major verticals, including retail, travel, entertainment, and gaming. She also worked closely with product teams on offerings like mobile app ads.
In a LinkedIn post earlier this week, she said she was drawn to Pinterest’s focus on “AI-driven and lower funnel ad solutions ” and the company’s mission to build a “more positive online space”.
Her departure is notable given her role in strengthening Meta’s ties with major US advertisers during a period of rapid growth in its ads business. She helped launch and scale tools like Advantage+, automatically optimizing ads to reach likely buyers using AI. Advertising remains Meta’s primary source of revenue.
Neither executive gave a specific reason for their departure.
A Meta spokesperson told Bloomberg, that Neary took the company’s Asia Pacific business to “incredible heights, delivering consistently strong results over the years.”
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