Prior to joining Maxus, she was at OMD Shanghai and Zenith Shanghai for three and six years, respectively.
In her new role, she directly reports to Leon Chen, Maxus China COO, and will be responsible for managing and developing all multinational-corporation accounts at both regional and global levels.
Maxus' key international clients in China include UPS, Union Pay and Air France.
Lin takes over from Madelene Ortega, who left the media agency in June 2015 for Facebook, based in Singapore.