Speakers

Anggie Aprillia

Director, Social & Influence Marketing, Asean & South Pacific , Ogilvy PR

Sabrina Azmi

Research Solutions Director, CARMA Asia

James Baldwin

Head Of Influence, APAC, Ogilvy PR

Over his last 5 years, James has played a key role in building Ogilvy’s market-leading Influencer proposition based out of Ogilvy UK. At the forefront of what innovative Influencer strategy looks like, James has led a multi-market award-winning influencer team on some of the world biggest consumer brands including Coca-Cola, Unilever, British Airways, World Health Organisation and the IOC Olympics Games to name a few.

The last 18 months has seen James spearheaded the development of Ogilvy PR’s innovative new discipline, Business Influence. The first of its kind in the industry, James has helped enable Ogilvy’s most established B2B clients such as Vodafone, IBM, Samsung and EY, encouraging senior client leads to take their first steps into B2B Influencer marketing.

James has been at the forefront of global Influencer strategy, throughout his time with Ogilvy, pioneering several of our industries most established thought leadership papers, Including ‘Influencing Business: The Rise of B2B Influence’, Ogilvy’s Annual Influencer Trends Paper, and ‘Health Influence: Wellness Got Real’

In January 2024, James switched London for Singapore,  coming to Lead the regional growth of Influence in APAC for both B2B and B2C disciplines. Bringing a wealth of international experience, having already led the integration expansion of multiple global brands into Asia Including Coca-Cola and HSBC, James’s appointment brings best-in-class capabilities & leadership to an already exciting influencer practice for Ogilvy PR across Asia Pacific.

Carolyn Camoens

Director, APAC Communications, Zendesk

Ramya Chandrasekaran

Chief Communications Officer, QI Group

Junaidah Dahlan

Senior Communications Leader for ANZ, ASEAN and South Korea, GE HealthCare

Thuymi Do

Head of Digital & Public Relations (Asia), Campari

Daniel Feiler

Senior Director Communications APJ, ServiceNow

Shruti Gupta

Head of Marketing, HyperGAI

Aman Gupta

Managing Partner, SPAG Finn

Marc Ha

SVP & Managing Director, APAC Client Strategy, Archetype

Throughout his 25 years in communications marketing, Marc has worked with Fortune 1000 and high-growth companies across technology, financial and professional services, logistics, and manufacturing. He brings extensive consulting experience in corporate and change communications, reputation management, and running multi-market programs across APAC and beyond.In this age of AI, Marc believes the brands that flourish are those that use technology to make their audience conversations more, not less, human

Sarah James

Head Of Communications, Asia, Sun Life

Warren Johnson

Founder, W Communications

Kelly Johnston

Chief Operating Officer, Sandpiper

Sung Lee

Executive Director, Region Communications and Patient Advocacy, APMA, Novartis

David Lian

Managing Director, Asia, Growth & Innovation, Zeno

Sisca Margaretta Elliott

Global Marketing & Communications Leader,

Jasmine Mobarek

Head of APJ & EMEA Communications, HP

Jasmine Mobarek is the Head of APJ & EMEA Communications, and is responsible for HP’s communications efforts across the region, including corporate and executive communications, as well as product communications for both commercial and consumer segments. Jasmine has worked in Communications for nearly 20 years, across many industries including technology, automotive, government and banking and finance. Her experience spans campaign execution, crisis containment, ultimately driving effective storytelling to increase the overall favourable opinion of a brand. Prior to her current role, Jasmine held the position of Communications Lead for HP ANZ where she was successful in driving brand awareness and thought leadership across both Australia and New Zealand. Prior to joining HP in 2019, Jasmine spent time at CommBank as well as Ford Motor Company leading social media and brand communications across Australia and New Zealand. Jasmine is passionate about continuing HP’s strong commitment to innovation, sustainable impact and education in the Asia region – connecting with our customers with powerful storytelling that cuts through the noise. She graduated from Monash University with a qualification in public relations/management and currently resides in Melbourne, Australia.

Paul Mottram

Regional President, Asia-Pacific, Zeno

Lauren Myers-Cavanagh

Head of Communications, Asia, Microsoft

Lauren is the head of communications for Microsoft in Asia where she leads a team focused on figuring out what this new age of AI means for the craft of communications while at the same time trying to explain AI to the world. Prior to Microsoft, Lauren led communications for Twitter in Asia where she focused on protecting Twitter’s corporate and social license to operate while growing audience and revenue across more than a dozen markets in the region. Prior to Twitter, she spent six years at Edelman where she held various roles, the last of which was Director of Communications & Special Projects for Asia Pacific. Before making the move to Singapore, she was Chief of Staff to Edelman’s UK CEO. She joined Edelman from Dyson where she led an international communications team tasked with launching and growing the brand in emerging markets. And she started her career in government where she worked with Michel Barnier when he was Commissioner for the European Single Market.

Sanjay Nair

Global AI Marketing Lead, BCG

Barkha Patel

SVP, Communications, Asia Pacific, Mastercard

Yinren Peh

Head of Global Accounts (Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa), TikTok 

Louis Piereck

Senior Global Brand Director, Vaseline, Unilever

Louis has been helping brands and teams achieve their purpose and growth potential for over 20 years across the world based in Brazil, Chile, China, USA, South Africa and Singapore. A true global citizen who connects East – West and believes that magic happens when you combine vision, great ideas, craftmanship and a passionate team . Proven track record building brands that have a positive impact in the world and deliver outstanding business results.

Emily Poon

President, Ogilvy PR Asia

Michael Rinaman

Global Practice Lead, Managing Director - Strategy, Sandpiper

Elan Shou

Global Chief Growth Officer, Asia & Greater China MD, Ruder Finn

Puneet Pal Singh

Director, Communications, Asia-Pacific, Japan & China, Cisco

Puneet Pal Singh is Head of Communications for Asia-Pacific, Japan and Greater China at Cisco.

As a strategic communications adviser to C-suite executives, he oversees overall corporate communications, crisis management, content creation, and public and media relations campaigns. He leads Cisco’s Thought Leadership across the region and is responsible for conceptualizing and delivering data and research-driven campaigns aligned with business priorities to drive perception change and establish Cisco as an industry leader in key segments. Puneet has more than 10 years of experience in the media and communications field. A former journalist, Puneet previously worked with BBC News as a Business Reporter and with ESPN Star Sports as a TV Host.

Arun Sudhaman

CEO/Editor-in-Chief, PRovoke Media

In this role Arun oversees PRovoke Media's global content offering, including its analysis and insight into reputation, public relations and communications trends and issues. Since joining PRovoke Media in 2010, Arun has comprehensively redefined the title’s content platform, which includes its digital presence and new products such as the Influence 100 compendium of key global influencers, the Global PR Agency Rankings, the Global Creative Index, and the PRovoke Media podcast. He also led the rebrand of the Holmes Report to PRovoke Media in 2020.

Arun has also played a pivotal role expanding PRovoke Media's coverage into Asia-Pacific and other emerging markets, and has helped steer the company’s international events programme, particularly the Global Public Relations Summit — which has featured such luminaries as Sir Martin Sorrell, P&G’s Marc Pritchard, Chuck Porter and IBM’s Jon Iwata. 

He brings to the position more than a decade’s experience as a journalist and digital content specialist, most of which has been spent analysing the media, marketing and communications industries. His career has encompassed coverage and analysis of reputation and leadership issues in numerous countries across the world, including the US and UK, Russia, China, India and South Africa. 

Prior to joining the Holmes Report, Arun spent more than seven years with Haymarket Media in Hong Kong, Singapore and London. He joined Haymarket title PRWeek UK in January 2009, after covering Asia’s media and marketing landscape at sister Haymarket title Campaign Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong and Singapore. 

Before Haymarket, Arun spent one year at public relations firm Weber Shandwick during its tumultuous mergers with Weber and BSMG. During his career as a journalist he has appeared on BBC News and has also contributed to The Guardian and the South China Morning Post, where he began his career as a business reporter.

In 2015, Arun became the youngest-ever inductee into the ICCO Hall of Fame.

Prerna Suri

VP, Communications (Asia and Middle East), Sony Music Entertainment

Prerna Suri is a seasoned communicator with a diverse and distinguished career spanning journalism, corporate communications, public affairs, and public policy. Currently, she serves as Vice President, Communications, Asia & Middle East for Sony Music Entertainment (SME), the world's second-largest music label. Her deep understanding of the Asian and Middle Eastern markets is invaluable as she leads strategic communications, ESG (environmental, social, and governance) initiatives, and internal communications for SME, ensuring the company's voice resonates powerfully across the region.

Prior to SME, Prerna honed her strategic acumen at tech companies like Meta and Cisco. Her international experience extends to the United Nations where she served as the Asia Pacific Spokesperson for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), navigating the complexities of global humanitarian communication. Earlier, she carved a path as an award-winning foreign correspondent with Al Jazeera English, garnering global recognition for her incisive reporting and insightful program presentations.

Prerna was recently recognized as one of the Top 20 Global Indians in Communications by Reputation Today. Her expertise is further validated by her service on several judging juries for PR awards and broadcast journalism, demonstrating a keen eye for impactful communication strategies across different media platforms.

Prerna's academic foundation lies in her passion for life-long learning. She holds a Master of Science degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Lady Shri Ram College for Women. Additionally, she is an alumna of Harvard Business School's CORE program.

Beyond her professional life, Prerna actively contributes to global discourse. She is a fellow at the Asian Forum on Global Governance and a TEDX speaker. In her personal life, Prerna embraces an active lifestyle and is an avid cyclist, yoga practitioner and meditates.

Ivan Tan

Group SVP, Corporate & Marketing Communications, Changi Airport Group

Every day is a different day for me at Changi Airport. My colleagues and I in Corporate & Marketing Communications drive the brand marketing, PR, social media, online/offline advertising and corporate reputation programmes for Changi Airport and CAG in Singapore and overseas. We leverage the opportunities presented to us on digital and social platforms to better target our audiences.

Serving more than 60 million passengers each year and over 100 airlines, Changi Airport’s stakeholders are many and varied. We have the unique challenge of communicating with them across multiple channels and round-the-clock. And in this day and age of 24/7 news, being prepared for crisis and issues management is a must.

Prior to joining CAG, I was Deputy Managing Director at the Singapore office of Weber Shandwick. At the agency, my clients included Singapore blue chips as well as IPO candidates. I also supported the pitch by Genting International for the Sentosa Integrated Resort licence.

My career started at SingTel where I was Director (Corporate Communications) for six years following a two-year secondment to Belgacom, the Belgian telco based in Brussels.

Jess Tang

Founder & CEO, Mavic.ai

Pia Tyagi

Senior Regional Director, Communications & Sustainability, APAC, Shiseido

Jessica Ulhmann

VP of Employee Engagement and Transformation, Weber Shandwick

Adrian Warr

South APAC CEO, Burson

Hin-Yan Wong

EVP Strategic Planning and Head of Intelligence, Weber Shandwick