China Distance Education Holdings Limited appointed Mark Marostica as Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy. In this role, Mr. Marostica will be responsible for leading corporate development initiatives for the company as well as strategic planning activities and investor relations. Before joining the company, he was a managing director and senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray & Company from 1998 to 2014, and served as managing director and head of Asia equity research from 2009 to 2012.