2024 Speakers

Jun Cao

Vice President, Head of Asia

Analytic Partners

Corentin Balmet

Regional Sales Director (Asia)

Brandwatch

Sam Eatwell

Enterprise & APAC GSA Lead

Braze

Michelle Tenoudji

Global Business Director

Clickr

Gallen Yip

Head of CRM

Diageo

Sharon Koh

Managing Director

Digital Studio by APRW

James Rogers

VP Brands, APAC

Digital Turbine

Ronnie Brown

Singapore General Manager & Group Chief Technology Officer

DirectAsia Singapore

Simrat Sawhney

Vice President, Sales & Client Growth, Asia

Epsilon

Prerna Pant

Global Director, Innovation – Social

Genesys

Premika PoSaw

Principal UX Designer

GovTech Singapore

Anjali Kalia

AVP Digital Marketing

IHH Healthcare, Singapore

Sahaj Khunteta

Head of Market Insights & Analytics

Intel Asia Pacific and Japan

David Beal

CMO

Jollibee Food Group

Andrew Ridsdale-Smith

Head, Kantar Analytics Practice SEA

Kantar

Imran Khan

Regional Insights and Analytics Lead - AMEA Snacks

Kellanova

Evangeline Leong

CEO & Founder

Kobe

Zeeshan Muhammad Khan

Head of Marketing

Legoland

Xuan Zheng

Global Director Marketing effectiveness and Media Lead

L’Oréal

Sidne Yeo

Asia Head

Lufthansa Innovation Hub

Mark Czajkowski

Chief Marketing Officer, Singapore and Chief Analytics Officer, Asia

Manulife

Nikhil Rao

Chief Marketing Officer

Mars

Ching Yee Wong

Vice President, Communications

Marriott International, Asia Pacific

Upali Dasgupta

Marketing Director, APAC

Meltwater

Tuck-Wai Yue

Digital and Marketing Director, Asia IDL

McDonald’s

Agnisha Ghosh

Director, Digital Media & Advertising Strategy, Asia

MetLife Asia

Shane Ang

Regional Head of Intelligence & Performance

Moët Hennessy

Damien Cummings

Chief, Digital Strategy & Leadership Practice

National University of Singapore (NUS-ISS)

Chris Lee

Assistant CEO, Museum Experience & Services

National Gallery of Singapore

Ervin Ha

Consumer and Marketing Insights Leader, Singapore

NielsenIQ

Charnae L. Morris

Head of eBusiness (eCommerce, Digital and Data & Technology)

Nestlé Purina Petcare AOA

Neil Patel

Co-Founder

NP Digital

Aditya Ahuja

Country Head and Regional Ecommerce Lead

PepsiCo

Howard Kwong

Chief MarTech and Digital Officer

Prudential

Nexus Chay

Digital Insights & Analytics Global Marketing Lead

Razer Inc.

Daphne Kuah

CMO

RBI APAC

Juliana Chu

Vice President, Digital & Ecommerce

Shiseido Asia Pacific

Sunita Kaur

Executive-in-Residence

Singapore Management University

Prerna Munjal

Senior Director of APAC Sales

Shutterstock

Gracia Yap

Regional Head of Marketing

TAG Heuer

Sujata Dantiki

Head of Customer Acquisition and Retention

Tesla

Clarisse Desgeorge

Director of Omnichannel, South Asia Pacific

Tiffany & Co.

Prantik Mazumdar

President

TiE Singapore

Inez Fun

Global Beauty & Wellbeing Digital Director

Unilever

Madhav Nayak

Chief Marketing Officer KFC Asia

Yum! Brands

Robert Gaxiola

Consultant

David Lim

Consultant

Dominic Powers

Former Chief Growth and Innovation Officer, APAC

Sumit Ramchandani

Consultant

A’bidah Zaid Shirbeeni

Journalist

MARKETING-INTERACTIVE

Camillia Dass

Deputy Editor

MARKETING-INTERACTIVE

Rezwana Manjur

Editor-in-chief

MARKETING-INTERACTIVE

Soren Beaulieu

Regional Content & Strategy Director

MARKETING-INTERACTIVE

Jun Cao

Vice President, Head of Asia

Analytic Partners

Jun Cao is the vice president, head of Asia at Analytic Partners. With 20+ years of analytics experience and deep insights across the Asia and North America markets, Cao brings innovative solutions and high-value consulting skills to help global and local clients drive analytic adoptions in Asia. Cao holds a Ph.D. degree from Temple University in the US and a bachelor’s degree from Peking University in China.

Corentin Balmet

Regional Sales Director (Asia)

Brandwatch

Corentin Balmet is the regional sales director (Asia) at Brandwatch. He has over a decade of experience working across numerous industries, including retail, banking, automotive, consulting, and technology. He is also a part-time lecturer at ESSEC Business School in Singapore. Originally from France, he has been working across APAC for the last 8 years. In his spare time, he is passionate about rugby, both playing and coaching underprivileged kids.

Sam Eatwell

Enterprise & APAC GSA Lead

Braze

Sam Eatwell is a seasoned MarTech professional with nearly 6 years of experience at Braze, where he played a pivotal role in launching their APAC office in Singapore. He now leads the Global Strategic Accounts business in the APAC region.With over 15 years of experience in the marketing and advertising industry, Sam has been instrumental in shaping digital marketing strategies for SMBs, government and multinational organisations.Passionate about the intersection of technology and marketing, Sam is committed to helping brands unlock the full potential of their customer engagement strategies through innovative solutions.

Michelle Tenoudji

Global Business Director

Clickr

Michelle Tenoudji is the global business director of Clickr Media Pte Ltd, leading various global business projects. Based in France, her area of expertise is the go-to market strategies, where she focuses on generating demands and market penetration within APAC. Having been in the industry for over 14 years, she has worked alongside European clients as well as numerous organisations across APAC namely Japan, Singapore and Malaysia.

Tenoudji has a background in architecture, where she started before entering the marketing world. Beyond the workplace, she enjoys exploring the intersections of great experiences through visiting hotels. To her, the combination of architecture and service they offer is akin to omni-channel marketing, aligning customers with the best experience.

She is also passionate about tech and women’s empowerment. Tenoudji aspires to build more bridges between Japan and other nations through connecting businesses across APAC.

Gallen Yip

Head of CRM

DIAGEO

Gallen Yip has spent the last 19 years of his career driving purpose and commercial impact for some of the most celebrated brands in the world. Yip is currently the head of CRM & data in Diageo. His key responsibility lies in accelerating digital transformation initiatives to help win in the next generation of consumer celebrations and stay at the forefront of the industry.

Prior to Diageo, Yip was with The Body Shop, Abbott Laboratories, and McDonald’s, leveraging data and informed ‘gut feel’ to orchestrate purposeful consumer experiences in a built-to order ecosystem.

Outside work, he is an amateur cyclist who is training to complete at least 1 Ironman Triathlon in this lifetime. Yip is a #datageek #digitalnative, and a #Singaporean@heart. He balances time between family, work, and his wheels, and always on the look-out for amazing food and liquid.

Sharon Koh

Managing Director

Digital Studio by APRW

Sharon Koh joined APRW as one of the owner-directors in 2015 to set up the digital marketing practice at the firm. Koh brings along a rich plethora of over 20 years of experience in the areas of marketing and brand development across various recognised corporates in Singapore. Prior to joining APRW, she spearheaded the marketing function at budget airline, Scoot, part of the Singapore Airlines Group. At Scoot, she was part of the pioneer team that launched the airline in 2012. She spent over three years at the airline. Koh also worked across various roles in marketing at TREND Micro and Procter & Gamble (P&G).

At APRW, Koh drives the digital strategies for a strong portfolio of clients across diverse areas like government, public affairs, consumer goods and services, education, property, food & beverage, tourism, charities and non-profit, among many others. Koh and her team work seamlessly with the marketing teams of various firms and ensure all online activity complements offline efforts.

Koh’s strength lies in her rich knowledge of how to navigate within the digital space in a holistic way. This includes a deep understanding of the consumer’s digital content consumption behavior, identifying the right communication channels, development of multi-faceted cross-format content to engage the digital audience of today.

James Rogers

VP Brands, APAC

Digital Turbine

James Rogers is Digital Turbine’s VP of sales, leading the APAC brand business. An AdTech and Mobile veteran with over 10 years of experience, he breathes programmatic and mobile advertising, and is skilled in digital strategy. Prior to joining Digital Turbine, Rogers served as the managing director where he led sales and operations for APAC. Rogers also held several leadership positions at InMobi from 2012 to 2017, where he was deeply entrenched into the mobile advertising space and supported a global base of agency and brand clients.

Ronnie Brown

Singapore General Manager & Group Chief Technology Officer

DirectAsia Singapore

Ronnie Brown moved into digital in 1999 as he was fascinated with new technology and its effects on human behaviour, particularly in marketing. That fascination has not dimmed in the intervening 23 or so years. Finding value for businesses in this intersection of technology and behaviour is where he is most happy and productive.

Previously spending time in agencies (Saatchi & Saatchi and Mirum) and client side (EMI Records and Reed Exhibitions) has given him a rounded view of the digital, marketing and sales functions across many vertical industries.

He has spent the last ten years working in insurance after transferring from Hiscox in London (where he spent three years in a global role from 2013) to DirectAsia where he has held positions in Singapore and Thailand.

Simrat Sawhney

Vice President, Sales & Client Growth, Asia

Epsilon

Simrat Sawhney is a quintessential growth leader with an unparalleled track record of spearheading billion-dollar businesses, capturing new business, and driving revenue growth for advertising & marketing technology companies across the APAC markets.

Prior to joining Epsilon, Sawhney spent the last 11 years of her career in various commercial roles at Meta. Her last role at Meta was head of sales, Asia Pacific (gaming mid-market and growth), where she led a strong sales org. overseeing a ~billion-dollar business for one of Meta’s top 5 verticals. Prior to Gaming, Sawhney held sales leadership roles for the e-commerce, travel, and digital media & publishing verticals for Facebook’s advertising and monetisation solutions.

Prior to joining Meta, she served as a strategy consultant and the CEO’s business lead at a boutique brand consulting and digital sentiment analysis startup in Taiwan.

Sawhney is renowned for her role as a culture-carrier, fostering collaboration and productive relationships across functions. She excels in building diverse, high-performing teams, emphasising excellence, transparency, and continuous learning. Her entrepreneurial mindset and extensive APAC market knowledge, combined with global experience, have set her up as a recognised industry leader in advertising and tech.

Prerna Pant

Global Director, Innovation – Social

Genesys

Prerna Pant is a seasoned entrepreneur and business strategist in SaaS and digital analytics.

She has run sales teams, customer experience programs, and end-to-end marketing campaigns across the world.

Most recently, Radarr (co-founded by Pant in 2012), a SaaS social analytics platform which uses AI to convert billions of online conversations into actionable signals – was acquired by global CX leader, Genesys, in early 2024.

Pant has over 20 years experience in the digital and AI space in roles that have spanned digital strategy and social media intelligence, 360 marketing, social CX and data analytics. Her strengths in strategy, product, sales and marketing have seen her in leadership roles in both agencies and in-house including in social media networks, Ogilvy, Accor Hotels and more, and win multiple industry accolades & awards.

She has lived and worked in over 5 countries and is an avid traveler. Pant received her bachelor’s in science (BSc) degree in business management from King’s College, London.

Premika PoSaw

Principal UX Designer

GovTech Singapore

Premika PoSaw is currently the Principal UX designer at GovTech Singapore, where she merges culture, creativity, business, and technology to unlock the potential of meaningful narratives and ecosystems. She champions the democratisation of problem-solving, leveraging technology as a force for good to enhance people’s lives.
With a rich history of leadership roles at JumpStart Asia, Ogilvy and Saatchi & Saatchi, she has honed her skills in UX, digital strategy, behavioral design, and creative problem-solving.

Additionally, PoSaw is passionate about diversity and inclusion, mentoring, and coaching. She’s also an avid runner, always striving to push her limits both mentally and physically.

Driven by a mission to enrich lives, PoSaw starts each day with two bold questions: What can bring joy today? How can we amplify it to the max?

Her greatest thrill? Hearing someone exclaim, “I never thought of it that way!”

Anjali Kalia

AVP Digital Marketing

IHH Healthcare, Singapore

Unlocking a brand’s full potential and desirability across all communication touch-points, to fortify its market presence in fast-changing consumer landscapes, with a customer centric lenses’. This is Anjali Kalia’s forte.

A well regarded digital champion, with over 20 years of experience is best known to implement 360O digital roadmaps delivering speed-to-benefit, by leveraging cutting-edge capabilities in, or across platforms, features, products to place customer value propositions at the forefront of consumer minds.

Prior to joining IHH Healthcare as an Assistant vice president of digital Marketing, she has held several roles in CRM and loyalty strategies to create a consumer-centric strategy through online and offline channels on e-commerce, social media, web and mobile application, social listening and performance marketing.

Sahaj Khunteta

Head of Market Insights & Analytics

Intel Asia Pacific and Japan

Sahaj Khunteta has over 15 years of diverse marketing & insights/analytics experience, spanning both B2C and B2B domains. He has led functions such as marketing strategy, campaign and media management, website and research & analytics, working with prestigious agencies like Nielsen, Nielsen McKinsey Incite, JWT, and global tech brands like Intel.

His expertise encompasses designing and managing media campaigns tailored to various audience segments, online retail marketing, content planning, market research, website management, and data analytics. This extensive experience enables him to seamlessly integrate insights across the consumer and customer journey, creating impactful experiences that resonate.

In his current role as head of market insights & analytics at Intel Asia Pacific and Japan, he manages and continues to learn from his team of skilled data & business analysts. As a team, their role is to structure data across varied data streams (website, CRM, search, social listening, surveys, custom research, 3rd party insights, etc.) to inform GTM strategy and tactics while leveraging insights for enabling business growth, improving marketing effectiveness & consumer / customer experience.

David Beal

CMO

Jollibee Food Group

David Beal is the group chief marketing officer and head of global digital marketing at the Jollibee Group, where he serves as the driving force behind the marketing strategies for the company’s diverse portfolio of 18 brands operating over 6,800 stores across 33 countries. In his role, Beal spearheads the development and execution of a comprehensive marketing roadmap aligned with the company’s global ambitions. Leading a diverse marketing team with a global perspective, he is actively involved in creating global centers of excellence for key marketing functions, elevating brand equity, visibility, performance, and customer engagement.

Before joining the Jollibee Group, Beal spent 11 years at Starbucks Coffee Company, where he held various key roles. As the global lead for Starbucks’ customer digital programs international expansion, he played a pivotal role in expanding digital initiatives across 86 countries and cultivating a loyal customer base of over 30 million members. Additionally, Beal was instrumental in the growth and management of the US$4 billion Starbucks Card international payment platform, as well as the international expansion of core marketing functions including digital, product marketing, analytics, brand, sustainability, creative, and operations.

He also had stints with media agency MEC in Singapore, Ogilvy & Mather in Hong Kong, and Ogilvy Healthworld in the UK, which all contributed to an impressive track record that demonstrates an exceptional blend of global experience and skills in brand development and digital marketing. Beal is a history graduate from Princeton University and holds a master of science in international strategy and economics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He is now based in Singapore.

Andrew Ridsdale-Smith

Head, Kantar Analytics Practice SEA

Kantar

Andy has been with Kantar for almost 25 years and is based in Singapore. For the last 20 years he has worked in a variety of regional APAC roles and across a broad mix of industries and clients.

In recent years, his role has focused on helping our clients make better decisions with their existing data through both the application of more advanced, predictive analytic approaches as well as a more critical human perspective.

He currently leads Kantar’s analytics practice in APAC which focusses on using AI-based approaches to help maximise marketing ROI, extract insights from digital data and bringing sense to large, siloed datasets.

Imran Khan

Regional Insights and Analytics Lead – AMEA Snacks

Kellanova

Imran Khan is an insights and analytics veteran with extensive experience in data analytics applications, insights solutions, business strategy formulation, and B2C sales in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East markets, with esteemed industry leaders like Kellanova (formerly Kellogg), BCG, and Mondelez. Currently, Khan leads insights and analytics for Kellanova’s AMEA snacks business, focusing on implementing data-driven approaches to influence strategic and operational decisions in the region, thereby enhancing overall business performance. Driven by a passion for integrating forward-looking, data-driven perspectives, he strives to leverage new capabilities in analytics, data science, and AI across various applications.

Evangeline Leong

CEO & Founder

Kobe

Evangeline Leong is the founder and CEO of Kobe Global Technologies. Founded in 2016, Kobe has quickly established itself as a leading influencer marketing agency by specialising in creative ideation and results-driven campaigns with its proprietary influencer data and patented management system. With access to over 14 million creators globally, Kobe effectively matches brands with influencers to engage target audiences. The agency’s excellence is underscored by its 7 consecutive Gold Awards for Influencer Agency of the Year since 2020.

Zeeshan Muhammad Khan

Head of Marketing

Legoland

For over two decades, Zeeshan Khan has been a driving force in the MARCOM and media industry, wielding data and storytelling as his tools of choice. As head of marketing at Legoland Malaysia, the world’s second-largest theme park operator, he oversees a strategic marketing landscape, orchestrating diverse sub-functions to ignite consumer desire for the resort.

He has worked across a spectrum of industries, from CPG and leisure to education, real estate, telco and banking while honing his expertise across agency and client-side experiences. His forte lies in planning, crafting and executing impactful marketing strategies, products, and campaigns, seamlessly blending performance marketing, MARCOM planning, consumer research, and analytics into winning formulas.

His leadership prowess extends beyond campaigns, nurturing high-performing teams that thrive on collaboration, innovation, and excellence. A certified change coach and perpetual learner, Khan embraces the dynamism of the media landscape, constantly seeking new narratives and challenges to conquer.

Xuan Zheng

GLOBAL Director Marketing effectiveness and Media Lead

L’OREAL

Xuan currently serves as the global marketing effectiveness director for L’Oréal’s consumer product division. In this role, she leads the development of investment guidelines for beauty engagement touchpoints across all categories. Additionally, she oversees the development and scaling of marketing measurement programs in over 20 markets.

With 15 years of experience in marketing effectiveness, Xuan brings a wealth of knowledge gained from diverse markets across Asia, Europe, and the America. Her career is marked by a strong track record of strategic thinking, advanced analytical skills, and a demonstrated ability to deliver commercially impactful actions. Before joining L’Oréal, Xuan honed her expertise at leading media agencies and advertisers. Most notably, she was the global media and brand analytics lead at Unilever, where she led the implementation and scaling of a global marketing investment allocation program. This program, spanning all five Unilever divisions and 26 priority markets, proved instrumental in guiding crucial investment decisions during the turbulent COVID-19 period and a significant organisational restructuring phase.

Xuan is an economics graduate from London School of Economics and Politics Science. She is now based in Paris.

Sidne Yeo

Asia Head

Lufthansa Innovation Hub

Sidne Yeo currently manages the Asia office of Lufthansa Innovation Hub, a subsidiary of Lufthansa Group focused on pioneering the future of travel, and he also holds a role as a pre-IPO tech investor in Family Offices based out of Hong Kong and Singapore. With a background in founding startups in recruitment, e-commerce, and manufacturing, Yeo also brings extensive experience in business development and partnerships with prominent tech companies like Grab and foodpanda in the APAC region.

Mark Czajkowski

Chief Marketing Officer, Singapore and Chief Analytics Officer, Asia

Manulife

Mark Czajkowski leads the marketing, communications, customer experience, and advanced analytics capabilities for Manulife Singapore. He is also the Interim chief analytics officer for Manulife Asia.

He built and scaled advanced analytics, customer experience and marketing functions for Manulife Japan to deliver an improved experience for our customers and distributors.

He has over 15 years of experience across multiple leadership roles in Singapore, Japan and Australia, spanning consulting, start-up and financial services industries. Prior to his roles at Manulife, Czajkowski held numerous advisory positions with IBM Business Consulting Services and Macquarie Group.

Czajkowski holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from the University of Technology Sydney.

Nikhil Rao

Chief Marketing Officer

Mars

Nikhil Rao is a seasoned senior commercial leader with 25 years of FMCG experience spanning global, regional, and business unit roles across India, Southeast Asia, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, and Europe. Currently, he is the CMO for Mars Wrigley India with iconic brands like Snickers, Galaxy, Bounty, Boomer and Orbit.

Rao brings substantial expertise across marketing, creative strategy, digital transformation, product innovation, sales, and ecommerce, with specialised knowledge in categories such as chocolate, bakery, beverages, gum, candy, and meals. An adaptable and results-driven business leader, he has a proven track record of driving growth and unlocking brand potential. He is deeply passionate about strategic and creative ideas that elevate brands and enhance consumer lives.

Ching Yee Wong

Vice President, Communications

Marriott International, Asia Pacific

Ching Yee Wong is the vice president, communications, of Marriott International, Asia Pacific excluding China. She oversees the communications strategy and reputation for Marriott International $B!G (Bs portfolio of brands and Marriott Bonvoy across the region. Wong and her team also drive internal communications to further strengthen Marriott $B!G (Bs People First culture through strategic associate engagement.

Wong is a senior brand and PR leader with more than two decades of communications experience, having worked with global technology and media companies such as Netflix and Instagram across the Asia-Pacific region.

Upali Dasgupta

Marketing Director, APAC

Meltwater

Upali Dasgupta is the marketing director for Meltwater, Asia Pacific and Japan. She is a marketing executive in the SaaS and digital space, and has over 19 years of experience across varied industries (SaaS, media, Telecom & IT) across B2C and B2B organisations. At Meltwater she works with a team of marketing rockstars to grow the brand’s presence in the region and is focused on creating go to market strategies in partnership with cross-functional teams. She is shaping Meltwater’s marketing program to be rooted in a data driven approach across online and offline channels covering PR, digital marketing, content marketing, performance marketing, customer advocacy to generate demand.

Tuck-Wai Yue

Digital and Marketing Director, Asia IDL

McDonald’s

Tuck-Wai Yue is a digital native and his most recent work at McDonald’s includes building a strong community of fans on its mobile app. Through targeted offers, CRM, a vibrant loyalty program, mobile ordering and delivery services, McDonald’s engages more than 50 million fans with great value, fun and excitement daily.

Prior to McDonald’s, his work experience includes social media marketing services and mobile app development through leading agencies, as well as multinational work as a Global Services lead consultant for PCCW Telecommunications based out of Hong Kong, Beijing and Kuala Lumpur.

Agnisha Ghosh

Director, Digital Media & Advertising Strategy, Asia

MetLife Asia

Agnisha Ghosh brings a wealth of experience from various industries, including insurance, pharma, nutrition, and FMCG, among others. With over a decade of expertise in digital marketing, advertising, ecommerce, and CRM in the Pan-Asian market, she is well-versed in navigating the complexities of these domains.

What sets her apart is her exceptional background that spans both client-side and agency experience, providing her with a holistic understanding of the industry. Notably, she has received prestigious industry accolades highlighting her outstanding contributions and recognition within the field.

Shane Ang

Regional Head of Intelligence & Performance

Moët Hennessy

Shane Ang is a strategic marketing leader with a proven ability to drive performance and revenue growth in dynamic markets with a background in regional and global roles at leading companies such as Moët Hennessy, Lazada, and The Kraft Heinz Company.

He specialises in translating data into actionable insights to optimise marketing strategies and enhance brand performance. Ang is skilled in market research, business intelligence, and stakeholder management.

He thrives in fast-paced environments, delivering results that exceed expectations.

Damien Cummings

Chief, Digital Strategy & Leadership Practice

National University of Singapore (NUS-ISS)

Damien Cummings is one of Asia Pacific’s most recognised digital transformation leaders. He is currently the chief, digital strategy and leadership practice at the National University of Singapore (NUS-ISS). Before joining NUS-ISS, he was CEO of HR technology company, Peoplewave. Before entrepreneurship, he was global head of digital marketing at Standard Chartered Bank and chief marketing officer at Philips APAC. Cummings has also worked at major global brands such as Samsung, Dell, Ogilvy, Coca-Cola, and McKinsey & Company.

He is a sought-after keynote speaker, chairman and commentator on digital transformation, marketing and entrepreneurship.

Cummings holds a master of arts in digital management from Hyper Island, and a doctor of philosophy in management (honoris causa) from KEISIE University, Korea. He is currently a candidate in the executive master of digital transformation, ESSEC Business School and doctor of business administration, University of Canberra, where his research thesis focuses on the intersection of trust, digital content and artificial intelligence.

Chris Lee

Assistant CEO, Museum Experience & Services

National Gallery of Singapore

Chris Lee is the assistant chief executive (ACE) at National Gallery Singapore. He leads a first-of-its-kind museum experience and services business unit which integrates visitor experience, innovation and technology, Integrated marketing and communications, and business development to deliver a seamless, personalised and elevated experience with art physically and digitally within and beyond the walls of the museum.

Lee led the gallery’s self-disruption transformation, in response to COVID-19, towards a phygital museum and outreach beyond its walls through breakthrough initiatives like GalleryAnywhere & The People’s Gallery. Online visitorship tripled to 3.5 million post pandemic and onsite visitorship has recovered to surpass pre-pandemic levels.

Lee also led a large cross-divisional team from 2019 to 2022 to radically re-design the museum experience into a new multi-modal, decentralised ticketing and seamless museum experience, involving both hard and soft infrastructure innovation.

Prior to National Gallery Singapore, Lee served in a number of key executive marketing management positions at EMC, HP, Sony Ericsson, Philips and Procter & Gamble.

Ervin Ha

Consumer and Marketing Insights Leader, Singapore

NielsenIQ

As a method-neutral researcher, Ervin has over 15 years of experience working with clients to understand and utilise consumer data for strategic planning.

Working across clients spanning many different sectors, Ervin has worked with a mix of global, regional, and local companies on how brands can best engage consumers through brand health, consumer understanding and innovation.

Charnae L. Morris

Head of eBusiness (eCommerce, Digital and Data & Technology)

Nestlé Purina Petcare AOA

Charnae L. Morris, is currently the head of eCommerce, digital and data and technology for Nestlé Purina Petcare in AOA (Asia, Oceania and Africa). Previously she held a similar role at Nestlé Indochina, responsible for digital transformation across sales and brand communications. She started her career with Nestlé in the US in 2009, where she gained solid marketing and sales experience across the confectionery and coffee categories. During this time she led the direct to consumer business for Nescafé Dolce Gusto. In September 2014, Morris joined the digital acceleration team and later transitioned to global digital marketing manager with the direct business unit at Nestlé SA HQ in Switzerland before moving to Singapore (the first time) in 2017 to assume the role of eBusiness lead for Zone Asia Oceania and Africa (AOA).

Neil Patel

Co-Founder

NP Digital

Neil Patel is the co-founder of NP Digital. The Wall Street Journal calls him a top influencer on the web, Forbes says he is one of the top 10 marketers, and Entrepreneur Magazine says he created one of the 100 most brilliant companies. Neil is a New York Times bestselling author and was recognized as a top 100 entrepreneur under the age of 30 by President Obama and a top 100 entrepreneur under the age of 35 by the United Nations.

Aditya Ahuja

Country Head and Regional Ecommerce Lead

PepsiCo

Aditya Ahuja is a seasoned marketing and sales leader with over 14 years of experience in the food and beverage industry. Currently, as the country head and regional ecommerce lead at PepsiCo, he leads PepsiCo Foods business in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Pacific Islands and heads several of PepsiCo’s ecommerce initiatives across several Southeast Asian markets.

Ahuja is a consumer-centric leader with strong expertise in turning around businesses, building brands, developing multi-culturally diverse talent and more recently setting up a strong foundation for PepsiCo’s omnichannel play in Southeast Asia. During his 14 years, he has worked and managed brands/businesses across several key Asian Markets including India, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

Howard Kwong

Chief MarTech and Digital Officer

Prudential

Howard Kwong has more than 20 years of experience in information technology and digital transformation for Fortune 500 as well as entrepreneurship in America and Asia.

Kwong is the chief officer, martech and digital at Prudential Plc, responsible for the overall martech and digital strategy, to transform Prudential to a digital enterprise and foster widespread innovation. Prior to Prudential, Kwong led innovation transformation for large enterprises in Hong Kong and Taiwan as part of the professional services team at Amazon Web Services.

Kwong also played a number of senior leadership roles at homegrown startups in Hong Kong across different industries: COO at Stakk, a leading millennial-focused video content and product platform in Hong Kong. CTO at Delivery Republic, the online-to-offline service provider that operates the biggest delivery network coverage in Hong Kong and CTO at Handheld Culture, a popular e-commerce platform for Chinese-language ebooks. Kwong was the assistant director of technology for SCMP Group where he led the technology and business transform to push the publisher of South China Morning Post into the digital-native and mobile-first era.

Nexus Chay

Digital Insights & Analytics Global Marketing Lead

Razer Inc.

Nexus Chay is a digital marketing professional with over 10 years of experience, working across various media agencies and currently leading digital marketing insights at Razer global marketing. He focuses on data-driven marketing strategies and leading mar-tech capabilities to deliver measurable results for Razer.com and the brand.

Chay is a strong believer particularly in multi-touch attribution, customer data platforms, and working with media partners to reach gamers more effectively and strategically.

In his role, Chay bridges digital marketing and big data, helping businesses make the most of their first-party data. By translating complex data into clear, actionable insights, he supports teams in understanding their audience, refining targeting, and improving overall marketing performance.

Daphne Kuah

CMO

RBI APAC

Daphne Kuah was appointed VP, marketing officer Burger King, for the Asia Pacific region in February 2022. Passionate in leading brands and marketing function capabilities, her current focus is infusing the Burger King brand with purpose, building engaging marketing campaigns, and improving product quality.

Prior to joining Restaurant Brands International, parent company of Burger King, Kuah spent 17 years with Procter and Gamble, most recently as vice president in Singapore. She held various roles within the company an became a business leader across design and commercial assignments. She lived and worked in developing and leading ASEAN markets for several product categories and brands, such as Downy, Ariel or Febreze.

During these years, she took equal pride in building brands and developing global award-winning campaigns, as she did in building teams, relationships and campaigns that resonate. She has developed vast experiences including end to end commercial operations and multiple new brands’ entries into new markets.

Daphne graduated from the National University of Singapore.

Juliana CHU

Vice President, Digital & Ecommerce

Shiseido Asia Pacific

Juliana Chu joined the Shiseido team in May 2021 and brings more than a decade of leadership in the areas of ecommerce, customer experience, digital media planning as well as analytics.

She is currently leading the digital & ecommerce practice in the Asia Pacific region in Shiseido, overseeing the region’s strategy and operations in ecommerce, CRM, digital marketing, media and CMI (Consumer & Market Intelligence).

Chu holds a bachelor of science (biochemistry) degree from Imperial College London.

Sunita Kaur

Executive-in-Residence

Singapore Management University

With nearly three decades of leadership experience across Asia Pacific, Sunita Kaur has been instrumental in driving business growth and leading teams in the technology sector, holding key roles at Microsoft, Facebook, Spotify, and Twitch. Now, as managing partner at The X Fractor, she provides fractional COO services, helping startups tackle operational challenges and accelerate growth through tailored strategies in marketing, finance, and analytics. Her primary focus is Toothcomb, an AI research tool designed for content creation, market research, and business development.

Additionally, Sunita contributes to academia as an executive-in-residence and adjunct professor at Singapore Management University.

Prerna Munjal

Senior Director of APAC Sales

Shutterstock

Prerna Munjal is a seasoned tech leader with a proven track record of driving growth and innovation within the APAC region. As the senior director of APAC sales at Shutterstock, she heads the enterprise organisation, focusing on delivering cutting-edge creative tech solutions and ethical Generative AI to businesses across the region.

With over 15 years of experience in the tech industry, Munjal has a deep understanding of building and leading high-performing international sales teams. She excels at crafting strategic plans, exceeding revenue targets, and navigating dynamic business environments.

Prior to joining Shutterstock, Munjal served as the head of international growth, APAC at Google. In this role, she led a global team responsible for managing multi-million dollar ad sales revenue across small and large enterprise clients. Her leadership contributed significantly to the rapid growth of Google’s cross-border advertising business worldwide.

Beyond her professional accomplishments, Munjal is dedicated to fostering a more diverse and inclusive environment within her teams and for her customers. At Google, she championed initiatives promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within the gaming industry, and at Shutterstock, she remains a strong advocate for ethical Generative AI.

Gracia Yap

Regional Head of Marketing

Tag Heuer

Gracia Yap is a marketing and communications leader who brings nearly two decades of experience in luxury retail and supercar industries. Covering the Asia Pacific region with global brands such as TAG Heuer, McLaren Automotive, Leica and Porsche, she has led regional teams to deliver impactful brand experiences. Known for her entrepreneurial spirit and ability to bring energy into a room, Yap advocates for supportive mentorship by guiding with empathy, celebrating achievements and nurturing aspirations.

Sujata Dantiki

Head of Customer Acquisition and Retention

Tesla

Sujata Dantiki is a dynamic marketing executive with a proven track record at the convergence of digital, consumer behaviour, and innovation. She possesses a unique ability to future-proof global brands against market volatility. In her most recent role at Tesla, Dantiki spearheaded the customer acquisition and retention strategy across North America. She successfully guided the brand’s comprehensive market strategy for the vehicle sector during a critical period, marked by rising competition in the electric vehicle market, evolving government regulations, and shifting consumer preferences.

Her passion for purpose-led and consumer-centric marketing is the common thread woven throughout her professional journey. As the former global head of competitive strategy and intelligence (CSI) for eBay, Dantiki successfully developed, sold in the business case, and launched the global CSI function, contributing to eBay’s regained relevance.

Her leadership during the dynamic COVID-19 environment earned her the 2022 Spot Award (top 1%). Her team’s work identified growth opportunities across six business verticals, empowered the business and delivered actionable insights to the board of directors. Having built a solid reputation as a growth catalyst, Dantiki’s next opportunities span marketing consulting in the direct to consumer, fashion, luxury and consumer goods spaces. She authored marketing thought leadership in a bimonthly newsletter to potential clients. At a $150M DTC brand, she served as CMO and directed a successful brand refresh. At Forever21 she led marketing, ecommerce and sales through their bankruptcy and into a successful acquisition.

Clarisse Desgeorge

Director of Omnichannel, South Asia Pacific

Tiffany & Co.

Clarisse Desgeorge, born in Paris (France), is the director of omnichannel for South Asia Pacific at Tiffany & Co. With two decades of experience in the luxury sector and 15 years in managerial roles, Desgeorge worked at Cartier, TUMI and Bell & Ross before joining Zenith in 2018 as chief marketing and digital officer based in Switzerland.

In this newly created role at Tiffany based in Singapore, Desgeorge is responsible for the omnichannel client journey to optimise client experience and satisfaction in South Asia Pacific. She is driving the digitalisation of the brand and the shift towards a client-centric organisation in the region with the expansion of ecommerce, client care centers and the roll-out of clientelling and data insights strategies.

Prantik Mazumdar

President

TiE Singapore

Prantik Mazumdar is a serial entrepreneur & venture investor and acts as a digital transformation catalyst in organisations to drive sustainable change and impact. After pursuing a major in computer engineering and a minor in technopreneurship from the National University of Singapore (NUS), he kick-started his career with the Singapore government (Enterprise Singapore) to drive international trade promotion for the island state.

He started his entrepreneurial journey with Happy Marketer in 2011 where he spent a decade building and scaling up one of the best and most awarded independent digital marketing services firm. In February 2019, he had a successful exit when Happy Marketer was sold to Merkle, part of Dentsu International. He is an active angel and venture investor, mentor, advisor and speaker through organisations like TiE Singapore, Jungle Ventures, Quest Ventures, NUS Angel Ventures and is an entrepreneur-in-resident at INSEAD.

Inez Fun

Global Beauty & Wellbeing Digital Director

Unilever

Inez Fun is the global beauty and wellbeing digital director at Unilever. Bringing 18 years of extensive experience in branding, marketing, advertising, and strategic planning, her expertise spans both B2B and B2C portfolios, encompassing roles at brands, media platforms, and creative agencies. She is skilled across multiple disciplines including data-driven marketing, dCom marketing, beauty tech, social and commerce, strategically integrating creative elements, research insights, analytics, and technology into cohesive communications that build brands and deliver results. Her current focus is to develop new and scale existing digital, media and commerce capabilities to drive Unilever beauty and wellbeing business globally.

Madhav Nayank

Chief Marketing Officer KFC Asia

Yum! Brands

Madhav Nayak is chief marketing officer for KFC in the region. In this role, he looks after marketing strategy and calendar, communication, innovation, consumer insights, ecommerce and media strategy, with accountability for competitive sales growth in partnership with franchisees across markets.

Nayak is passionate about building distinctive brands that make people’s lives more enjoyable and easier, and inspiring teams to achieve their full potential. Prior to joining Yum! Brands, Nayak’s experiences spanned Unilever and Facebook (now Meta), covering large businesses with global and APAC footprints. In his last role at Unilever, he served as senior marketing director for the global fabric care business with responsibility for topline and bottomline delivery, market share growth, and the innovation and communication program. At Facebook, he led global partnerships within consumer goods categories with revenue growth responsibility across APAC.

Outside work, Nayak enjoys teaching at business schools, as well as writing, with his debut novel releasing shortly.

Robert Gaxiola

Consultant

Robert Gaxiola is a brand and advertising consultant with deep expertise in the esports, entertainment, and gaming ecosystem. As the managing partner at Playbook XP, his strategic insights and creative solutions help brands win in the gaming space.

His career path as an executive creative director includes roles at the top creative agencies in Asia, including Ogilvy, Bates, and Dentsu. His experience in the USA took place at Goodby Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco, widely regarded as the best digital shop in the country. His prior role as APAC Creative Lead for the fastest-growing esports startup in Asia gives him unique insights into the category.

Outside his consulting roles, Gaxiola teaches leadership and marketing courses at SMU Academy. His experience makes him a sought-after trainer for brands looking to excel in the gaming ecosystem.

David Lim

Consultant

Armed with more than 17 years of regional marketing experience spanning various verticals, David Lim is a cross-disciplinary senior marketer; with expertise in brand and content strategy, digital and performance marketing, communications, as well as CRM and loyalty marketing. He has created multiple award-winning and results-driven campaigns that achieved business objectives across the entire conversion funnel.

Lim has also built and led successful teams with his unique combination of strategic thinking, business acumen and leadership skills. He led the group marketing practice and the HappyFresh Thailand business as SVP and managing director respectively before becoming a fractional CMO now. Prior to that, Lim led performance marketing and CRM in Scoot, retention marketing in Singtel and digital marketing in Starcom, where he worked with brands such as Heineken, Samsung, MSIG Insurance, Singapore Grand Prix and many more.

He also conducts marketing masterclasses and workshops, including functional teams across the APAC region.

Dominic Powers

Former Chief Growth and Innovation Officer, APAC

With more than 25 years of global media, marketing, loyalty, sales, and management experience, Dominic Powers has built and led high performing multi-disciplinary teams across continents and cultures for the likes of Epsilon, DoubleClick, CtrlShift and most recently, dentsu. With a deep understanding of doing business in Asia Pacific and Europe, Powers is also an investor, advisor and connector, helping brands, agencies and technology companies navigate and disrupt the world of consumer engagement; while constantly thinking of real solutions to make our world a better, more sustainable place.

Sumit Ramchandani

Consultant

Sumit Ramchandani is a commercial-driven marketing leader with deep expertise in omnichannel marketing, lead management and revOps, across fintech, Web3 and technology sectors. Currently as the founding partner of XL-Asia, he serves as the chief of growth at aarna.ai, an AI-driven web3 digital asset management protocol. His leadership in previous roles at AIA Insurance, Blueshift, AirAsia Media Group and eBay has consistently delivered significant growth, across APAC and North America.

A’bidah Zaid Shirbeeni

Journalist

MARKETING-INTERACTIVE

A’bidah Zaid Shirbeeni is a journalist at MARKETING-INTERACTIVE. With a focus on the dynamic landscape of Southeast Asia, she delves into the realms of marketing, advertising, tech and business. Her interest lay in covering stories around new media, influencer relationships and the intersection between marketing and legal.

Before her foray into the world of marketing, A’bidah was an entertainment journalist. Her knack for storytelling led her to interview some of Hollywood’s most illustrious figures such as Harrison Ford, Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson, and brought her audience closer to the stars.

Beyond the headlines, you’ll likely find her soaking up the sun by the pool or unwinding at home with a captivating movie.

Camillia Dass

Associate Deputy Editor

MARKETING-INTERACTIVE

Camillia Dass is the associate deputy editor for MARKETING−INTERACTIVE where she focuses on Southeast Asian regional news and trends in advertising, marketing, business and economy.

A writer at heart, Dass has experience working on both print and online platforms as well as for magazine publications across her career.

Before joining MARKETING-INTERACTIVE, Dass worked for Tatler Asia, where she interviewed prominent members of society and the creme-dela-creme of Singapore. A digital native, she thrives in creating content influenced by analytics and trends.

In her spare time, you can find her exploring new restaurants and food, listening to an audiobook and travelling as much as she can.

Rezwana Manjur

Editor-in-chief

MARKETING-INTERACTIVE

Rezwana Manjur has more than a decade of experience under her belt, first joining MARKETING-INTERACTIVE in 2012 as a journalist. Over the years, she has risen through the ranks in the newsroom, working across markets such as Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Hong Kong. During her time with MARKETING-INTERACTIVE, she has interviewed several high-profile individuals, from Sir Martin Sorrell to Gary Vaynerchuk and Russell Simmons.

In her current role, she oversees the overall direction for the MARKETING-INTERACIVE brand working closely with the editorial, production and commercial teams across online, new media, print, social and events. She also oversees MARKETING-INTERACTIVE’s branded content division to ensure editorial integrity in all of the content produced, while fostering close collaboration with clients.

When she’s not writing and editing, she is also a familiar face to many of MARKETING-INTERACTIVE’s audiences, hosting the brand’s awards and conferences.

Soren Beaulieu

Regional Content & Strategy Director

MARKETING-INTERACTIVE

Soren Beaulieu currently serves as the Regional Content & Strategy Director at Lighthouse Independent Media, the publisher of MARKETING-INTERACTIVE, Human Resources Online and iTnews Asia.

With more than 15 years of experience, Soren’s role and responsibilities span across content, media, commercial and event production. He overseas more than 20 awards programmes in APAC and Southeast Asia, and leads Lighthouse’s custom business arm, where he has delivered tailored solutions for several clients including Adobe, BBC, CNN, IBM, Quora, Oracle, Salesforce, Samsung, Shutterstock and Twitter, to name a few.

Soren holds a Master’s degree in the social sciences from the University of Chicago. Being a father of four has caused him to take a keen interest in the science of longevity, which has instilled a love of sleeping early, exercising daily, eating simply and fasting intermittently.