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  • Robert Gilby steps down as CEO of Dentsu APAC

    Robert Gilby steps down as CEO of Dentsu APAC

    Mumbai: Rob Gilby has stepped down from his role as CEO of Dentsu APAC after two years to pursue new ventures. He took on the position in September 2022, following Ashish Bhasin, and was instrumental in driving growth and regional integration efforts within the company, aligning its operations under the “One Dentsu” strategy.

    With nearly three decades of experience in media and entertainment and over 25 years of expertise in the Asia Pacific region, Gilby made a significant impact at Dentsu. During his tenure, he focused on strengthening leadership, enhancing the company’s core competencies, and aligning Dentsu’s practices with client-driven growth objectives.

    Before joining Dentsu, Gilby served as president of Asia Pacific at Nielsen, where he worked closely with brands, agencies, and media owners to deliver audience insights. He also founded and led Blue Hat Ventures, a firm specializing in helping digital media companies grow in the Asia Pacific market. His experience spans key markets like China, India, Southeast Asia, and Australia, having held leadership roles at major companies such as The Walt Disney Company, WarnerMedia, and PwC.

    Beyond his corporate work, Gilby has been involved in advisory roles with Singapore’s Ministry of Communications and Information and the InfoComm Media Development Authority, and he chaired the Singapore Media Festival.

  • Dentsu APAC elevates next generation leaders

    Dentsu APAC elevates next generation leaders

    Mumbai: Dentsu Asia Pacific has announced promotions of its next generation leaders. As a part of this development, Sharan Jaswal has been promoted to general counsel APAC, Luke Speers to chief people officer APAC, both effective from 1 April. The company further has named Paul Koppelman as chief financial officer for APAC, effective from 1 May.

    “Asia Pacific is critical to the future growth of Dentsu and our clients. I am delighted to see the promotions of three executives in the region, bolstering the existing team with exceptional people who have grown through our organisation,” commented Dentsu International global CEO Wendy Clark.

    Jaswal brings nearly 20 years of in-house experience with previous roles at ESPN Star Sports and Yahoo!. She joined Dentsu in 2015 as senior regional counsel and has steadily assumed responsibility and respect from her peers, being promoted to deputy general counsel, APAC in 2018. She’s a vocal DEI advocate, founding Women@dentsu in Singapore in 2018 and currently co-leads the women empowerment pillar of dentsu’s DEI strategy in the region.

    “Sharan’s a trusted advisor, respected for her strong commercial acumen. She has a proven record of developing and leading our legal teams across South Asia, South-East Asia and Creative businesses in APAC, all while initiating a DEI agenda in Singapore and supporting our global initiatives in the region,” added Wendy.

    Luke Speers brings extensive experience from the digital, telecommunications and financial services sector having previously worked as head of people at iSelect, one of Australia’s largest insurance comparators, Telstra and The MitchelLake Group in consulting capacities. He joined dentsu Australia in March 2016 as head of talent, and was promoted to HR Director in August the same year, before being promoted to chief people officer in April 2019 and adding South-East Asia to his remit in 2021.

    “Luke’s passionate about people. His exposure to global brands and start-ups across sectors has enabled him to develop expertise pivotal in identifying and securing world-class leaders, building high-performance teams and helping secure the success of some of the world’s most exciting organisations,” commented Wendy.

    Paul Koppelman has a track record of delivering transformation and growth, with a strong global outlook. Having worked in Europe and Asia Pacific over his 20-year career, he has held leadership positions in several global companies across banking, technology and media & entertainment.

    Wendy said on Paul’s promotion, “Paul is a respected member of the finance community and has proven his strategic and commercial capability as a partner to the ANZ business. His appointment will bring stronger commercial acumen and rigor across the APAC region.”

  • Dentsu APAC elevates Ted Lim as chief creative officer

    Dentsu APAC elevates Ted Lim as chief creative officer

    MUMBAI: Dentsu Aegis Network has promoted Ted Lim to chief creative officer of Dentsu Asia Pacific excluding Japan. Prior to this, Lim led Dentsu’s creative offering for Southeast Asia. 

     

    Dentsu Asia Pacific (ex Japan) CEO Rohit Ohri said, “Ted has done a great job in building a culture of creativity and innovation in Southeast Asia and will now will bring those skills to an even bigger job across the region. I look forward to working closely with Ted to bring to life Dentsu’s core proposition of Good Innovation outside Japan and in the process, build and enhance our company’s creative reputation.”

     

    Previously, Lim was executive creative director and deputy chairman at Naga DDB Malaysia and chief creative officer at Leo Burnett Singapore before joining Dentsu in 2013.

     

    Lim, who will now work with over 20 offices across 10 countries, said, “Fortune follows fame. Do work that makes our clients and their brands famous, and money will follow.”