Our Team

Kunal has been with Ogilvy since 2005. He is currently based in Singapore and is the Group CEO for Ogilvy Singapore & Malaysia.   

Kunal has spent over two decades in the communications business working with a range of clients, including Unilever, Mondelez, Nestle, Vodafone, BMW, Pernod Ricard, The Tata Group, The ITC Group, Pringles, Changi Airport Group and SingTel. He has worked on integrated election campaigns for political parties in India and in Mauritius. He worked on building the Indian Premier League (IPL), managing all IPL communication over a period of eight years, and also led the campaign for the South Asia ICC Cricket World Cup.   

Prior to his current role in Singapore & Malaysia, Kunal was the CEO of Ogilvy India from 2015 to 2022. Before that he was Chief Digital Officer and Country Head of OgilvyOne in India.   

His passions include scuba diving, origami and teaching.  

He also serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the AAMS, Singapore; and as a member of the Governing Council of his alma mater, MICA, Ahmedabad. 

Shirley is the Chief Client Officer of Ogilvy Singapore. 

She has achieved multiple successes throughout her 20 years working in the communications industry. This includes driving client impact and building high performance, diverse teams.

In her career, she has led multidisciplinary teams to do some of their most impactful work for brands like BMW Asia, AIA, Decathlon, Japan Airlines, Health Promotion Board, and many more. She used her deep and varied skillsets to build brands with purpose and impact. These have been recognised in major global, regional and local effectiveness awards, including gold for IPA Effectiveness Awards,  APAC and Singapore Effies.​

Her favourite sport is running.

Nicolas listens more than he talks. That’s because he enjoys picking the best of everyone’s brains to come up with unexpected creative thinking. Although he’s a seasoned storyteller and problem solver, he maintains a perpetual learning mindset.

This approach has enabled him to effectively manage some of Ogilvy’s largest accounts in Asia, as well as local brands across diverse countries, gaining a deep understanding of market nuances and specificities.

His work has consistently earned him prestigious awards, such as Singapore first ever Cannes Grand Prix and multiple Cannes Gold Lions across various categories including Film, Branded Content, Brand Experience, Outdoor, and PR.

Q is a highly accomplished professional at Ogilvy, where she manages two portfolios since joining the agency in 2008. Her areas of expertise include social media, advertising, and Islamic marketing. Q has received notable recognition, such as being named Southeast Asia's Young Achiever of the Year in 2014 by Campaign. She has led award-winning campaigns focused on insights-driven strategies, effective engagement, and successful launches.

As the Managing Director of PR & Influence in Singapore and Malaysia, Q is dedicated to achieving results for clients through an earned-first approach. Additionally, Q serves as the Executive Director for Islamic Marketing in the region, advising and managing accounts for brands targeting Muslim consumers and assisting Islamic brands in expanding beyond the Muslim market. Her diverse client portfolio spans sectors such as banking, finance, personal care, and digital brands.

Q is a sought-after speaker and panelist, sharing her expertise on communications, marketing, and Islamic branding at local and regional conferences, as well as universities.

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With over 17 years of experience, Ishita is celebrated as one of Singapore's most innovative and effective strategists. Through her career, Ishita has been both a marketer and an agency brand strategist.

She joined Ogilvy in 2017 and has played a pivotal role leading strategy across key clients including the Changi Airport Group, Pringles, NCPC, Swisse and more recently Mondelez.

She was also shortlisted as Campaign Asia’s SEA Strategic/Brand Planner of the Year in 2023.

Fred is a reformed suit turned head of strategy via 19 years at creative, digital and PR agencies. He believes what best aids agencies’ thinking isn’t buzzwords and proprietary tools, it’s keeping things fun.

Imagination and banter have helped his teams to deliver multi-year sector growth for early childhood education, multi-market sales growth for McDonald’s, international fame for Changi Airport’s biggest retail event, and many things in between.

On his watch, Ogilvy Singapore has ranked #1 locally twice, and top 50 globally once, for effectiveness. Campaign Asia named him SEA strategic/brand planner of the year 2022.

Aanchal has over 20 years of experience leading global and regional brands across diverse geographies including India, MENA and APAC.

She has worked on a range of  clients like Unilever, Shell and Cathay Pacific.  

As Asia Managing Director for Unilever and as part of WPP@Unilever, she leads the Pond’s and Vaseline global team, regional work on Dove and Comfort and works hand in hand with the Ogilvy APAC offices to deliver best in class work for Unilever in-market.

Outside of work, Aanchal practices and teaches alternative healing and meditation. She is a certified Reiki Master and is always looking to upskill in new modalities. She’s passionate about travel, food and making her adorable Lhasa Apso puppy an Instagram star!

Manjit has been with Ogilvy for 15 years and has over 20 years of experience in the areas of business strategy, leading and advising corporations through transformation, expansion and change management across the region. 

As the Chief Operating Officer, ASEAN, Manjit is responsible for overseeing the finance, operations and commercial management for Ogilvy’s business across Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Manjit’s purpose is to foster closer collaboration, leverage synergies across his markets and the network. He has extensive experience and understanding of ASEAN countries, is sensitive to the various cultures as he partners with market leaderships in areas of business transformation, financial, administrative, commercial, operational and risk management. 

Outside of work, he spends time with his wife, two teenage sons and his dog, Donut. He enjoys nature, tennis and being entertained by TikTok content.  

Kaiting joined Ogilvy in 2012 as a Senior Finance Manager for Redworks. 

She’s an experienced and accomplished CPA with over 15 years of experience covering business partnering and commercial finance, budgeting, management reporting as well as compliance for Singapore companies. 

She started her career with 5 years in audit compliance with EY and PWC  before extending her experience in the commercial world with RWS prior to joining Ogilvy. 

Since joining Ogilvy, she has taken on numerous portfolio from supporting Redworks to seeing it rebrand and transit to Hogarth, and now to supporting business leaders covering a range of clients like HSBC, CAG, Nestle, Toyota, William Grant and various government clients. 

She believes through continuous improvement in commercial acumens, processes and workflows, enhanced team efforts across capabilities/ crafts, and takes pride that even Finance can support the leaders to make strategic and important decisions for Ogilvy to bring value not only to our clients but also improve our employees' experience.

Chris has been with Ogilvy for over 6 years and currently leads the Ogilvy One practice in Singapore and Malaysia. In a career spanning more than two decades, he has been dedicated to driving business growth through digital and technology transformation.

His diverse skill set includes providing comprehensive support to B2B and B2C businesses, with strengths in developing customer relationship management (CRM) strategies and providing expert advice on technology and programme initiatives. He has a proven track record in B2B lead management strategy, B2C CRM strategy, business assessment, change management and process implementation.

Chris's expertise and impact radiates across his clientele, making him an invaluable asset in navigating the complex and dynamic landscape of digital business.

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For over 27 years, Giri has been a brand evangelist, igniting consumer passions and leaving an indelible mark on the industry. He has been a transformative leader who consistently challenges the status quo, propelling business growth and building resilient teams. His ability to cultivate creativity and entrepreneurial spirit in his teams sets him apart.

Currently, as Chief Client Officer for APAC, Giri crafts transformative partnerships, redefining industry benchmarks and amplifying the impact of global giants like Coca-Cola, Colgate, and YUM! His recent stewardship of Cadbury's global clientele exemplifies his commitment to purpose-driven creative work at the intersection of Platforms, Culture, and Technology.

Giri's passion extends beyond the boardroom. A fervent F1 fan and a self-proclaimed culinary expert of Indian cuisine, his zest for exploration transcends borders. Fluent in over 7 Indian languages, including Tamil, which is one of four official languages in Singapore, his current state of residence.

Sharon is the Director of Talent for Ogilvy Singapore & Malaysia and comes with more than 20 years of talent experience from across a variety of industries including advertising, brand creative design, IT solutions, logistics and freight forwarding. She has experience in the full spectrum of HR that includes recruitment, training & development planning, HR business partnering, employee mobility, HR policy creation, employee performance management, etc. 

Her first foray into the world of advertising was back in 2011 when she joined Leo Burnett as an HR Manager. Over the course of 6 years, Sharon progressed to HR Director of Leo Burnett (and then Saatchi & Saatchi and Prodigious with the creation of the Publicis Communications group in 2016). 

Outside of work, Sharon loves to travel to explore all the world has to offer. Other than travel, she enjoys the company of her three cats, she avidly practices yoga, and indulges in chocolate whenever she fancies (which can be quite often).

David Dahan has led agencies and global clients for the past 10 years in London, Australiaand Singapore. Prior to that he was a brand and communication strategist. 

Over his 20+ years of experience, David worked on very iconic Brands such as Toyota,Dulux, Mercedes, J&J, Gillette, Emirates, Stella Artois, Aviva and, as Global Client Lead,many Unilever brands – Dove, DiG, Axe, Clear, Hellmann’s, Pond’s, Vaseline, Comfort. 

David is now leading The&Partnership, an integrated agency network across Asia Pacific, offering bespoke solutions to major clients and putting collaboration at the heart of its model. He is also the WPP global lead for Unilever in Singapore, where he created a bespoke global hub, bringing the might of over 100 dedicated people from 10 different WPP companies, across creative, media, research and production.

David is particularly proud of the suite of award-winning work for Dove which is now a case study in terms of inclusive, empathy-driven, brand and product marketing that tripled the size of the brand in less than 20 years, turning it to Unilever's largest brand.

Andy Kochar currently serves as Deputy Regional Chief Financial Officer, Asia Pacific since 2014.  In this role, Andy is a strategic business partner who oversees the financial and commercial operations in APAC.  Andy first joined Ogilvy in 2004 as the North America Controller for Ogilvy PR.  He was promoted to North America CFO and then to Worldwide COO and CFO of Ogilvy PR.  He relocated to Hong Kong in 2014 to take on his current role and is now based in Singapore.  Andy enjoys being a business partner to help the company grow its profit through operational and commercial initiatives. 

Andy graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the Stern School of Business at New York University.  Andy is married and has 3 beautiful children (Shreya, Anisha and Ayaan).   

Andy is also an accomplished pilot who learned to fly on the Cessna 172. Outside of his love for his family and flying, Andy is an all-out sports fan who continues to follow all his New York sports teams and of course his cricket team from India.

Emily is the Asia Pacific President of Ogilvy Public Relations (OPR) with over 20 years of experience in corporate reputation, integrated marketing and strategic communications. She has consulted for global multinational companies as well as small, medium enterprises across diverse industry sectors.

Her 16-year long career at Ogilvy saw her rise up to become the youngest-ever and the first female head of OPR leading a 1000-strong team across 13 markets in Asia Pacific. Passionate about driving DE&I, OPR country leadership is now made up of 92% locals and women now make up 71% of its senior leadership bench, in line with the proportion of women working in the Public Relations field.

Under Emily’s leadership, OPR has grown its business and presence in the region, adding New Zealand, Shanghai and Pakistan offices to its APAC footprint. The firm has stepped up its transition into a progressive entity, blending a growing digital and social media practice with strategic depth in corporate and brand communications. Emily has also been integral in pioneering AI-powered innovations and agile content and creator hubs, to progress the industry and business forward.

Emily is a big believer of promoting Asia brands to the world and bringing global brands to Asia Pacific. From partnering brands to shape their narrative leading to their successful public listing, putting ESG and purpose at the heart of company communications, to helping brands navigate greater complexity and uncertainty in public affairs, Emily remains passionate to helping businesses thrive and grow through the power of storytelling.

In recognition of her effort in championing the pivotal role for storytelling in building brands and growing businesses, she won “Agency Head of the Year” by PR Awards Asia in 2023 and was named Campaign Asia-Pacific 2018’s “40 under 40” list of leaders that champion change and progress. OPR has also won numerous Asia-Pacific, Southeast Asia and SingaporeAgency of the Year accolades since2018.

Emily sits on the board of the Industry Advisory Council for the Department of Communications and New Media at the National University of Singapore and the AI Advisory Board for the Singapore Institute of Technology. A big champion of gender diversity in leadership, she is a founding member of the Singapore Chapter for Global Women in PR. Prior to joining Ogilvy, Emily spent four years in a strategic communications consultancy handling a portfolio of local SMEs and government clients. Emily graduated from the Singapore Management University with a Bachelor of Business Management, with a double major in Marketing and Law.

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.

Ab Gaur is the Founder and CEO of Verticurl, President of Ogilvy One in APAC, and Ogilvy’s Chief Data and Technology Officer. In 2006, Ab founded Verticurl as one of the world’s first agencies fully focused on marketing technology, rapidly expanding its presence to over 18 countries.

A pioneer in leveraging marketing technology to shape consumer experiences, Ab is responsible for defining and steering the technology vision, strategic expansion, and technology-driven commercial growth for both Verticurl and Ogilvy.

His deep expertise is recognized globally, and he has been a trusted consultant to many of the world's leading multinational corporations.

Sue is the Chief People Officer for the Ogilvy Group in Asia Pacific, with responsibilities for talent development, learning and development, L&D, wellness, DEI and oversight on mobility, talent acquisition and compensation and benefits.  Sue is the talent and HR business partner in the agency across 18 markets.

Almost three decades at Ogilvy, she spent the earlier part of her career as Business Director, working in 6 markets across multiple global businesses before transitioning into talent leadership for the region.

She creates and conducts leadership, senior and middle management training for Ogilvy and runs the prestigious 30 for 30 Women’s leadership program, now in it’s 6th year

She has lived in Asia for over 20+ years

Arvind is Ogilvy Asia’s Chief Strategy Officer where he leads a team of cross-functional strategists across 20 offices and 14 markets in the region. 

Arvind has spent 20 years with Ogilvy Asia in various strategic planning roles based out of markets like India, South East Asia, and, most recently, China where he spent 7 years before moving back to Singapore in 2023.

During his time at Ogilvy, Arvind has worked on global clients like The Coca-Cola Company, Nestlé, Motorola, American Express, as well as breakthrough Asian brands like ITC, Maxis, Alibaba among others. He is proud that work on some of these brands won multiple creative and effectiveness awards including Cannes Lions, D&AD, Spikes Asia, AMEs, Effies, WARC, and the IPA of UK. 

Arvind is a firm believer that effectiveness and creativity need to work in tandem—without one, the other is futile.

Daniel is the WPP Executive Director for Colgate-Palmolive in Asia.

His 25 years in the business have included spells in London, Hamburg, Singapore and Hong Kong. And a number of leadership roles with global and regional clients such as Unilever, Diageo, Vodafone, Shangri-La and Standard Chartered.

A Spikes judge in 2023, his teams have been recognised at multiple awards shows including golds at Cannes and IPA Effectiveness.

Even after a number of years in Asia, his passion for Brighton & Hove Albion FC remains strong.

Kenny doodles a lot. That’s because he loves transforming ideas into captivating visual stories. With a keen eye for detail and innovation-centric thinking, Kenny consistently delivers work that inspires and resonates deeply. His ability to blend creativity with strategic insight has made him a valued partner to CMOs, with their teamwork contributing to the success of countless campaigns.

Shupin leads the Hogarth and Ogilvy Joint Venture in Singapore. With 15 years in the business, Shupin has accumulated vast experiences ranging from creative production and leading businesses across a wide variety of clients, from FMCGs to Financial Services and Tech Companies. Her radical ideas combined with her passionate and sincere approach have solved challenging problems in our ever-changing business world. Shupin strongly believes in building a positive people-centric culture and is known to embrace camaraderie and build strong relationships with the people she engages with, as she believes that this is the essence of success. 

Greg has lived in Asia for over 35 years, 20 of which have been with Ogilvy. His journey with Ogilvy began in 2004 when he joined in Hong Kong as an Account Director looking after a portfolio of international brands – The Economist, Delta Airlines, and Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts – in addition to local brands – SmarTone and Swire Properties.

In 2011 he was he was promoted to Director of Client Growth for Ogilvy Hong Kong – where he was responsible for new business development for the Ogilvy network in the territory. For the next 3 consecutive years, Ogilvy Hong Kong was ranked #1 in the New Business League by R3 Asia Pacific.

In 2013 Greg was named one of Campaign Asia’s “40 under 40”. That same year, he was promoted to Head of Marketing & Communications for Ogilvy in Asia Pacific – responsible for the overall reputation management of the agency network across 37 offices in 18 markets.

From 2018 Greg held a dual-role as Global Business Director looking after Huawei’s Consumer Business Group, responsible for biannual executive briefings with a focus on Huawei’s core global strategy objectives in the premium, fashion, and technology sectors.

Following a global pitch in 2021 – the biggest of its nature for the global industry in over 3 decades – Greg has since moved to Singapore to establish and run WPP’s Open X business for The Coca-Cola Company. Greg’s stewardship of WPP Open X is responsible for all of Coca-Cola’s 100+ brands across 14 countries in ASEAN, Australia, New Zealand, and South Pacific.

Nikhil is a regional ECD at Ogilvy Singapore. Born and bred in Bombay, he has led teams across India and Asia Pacific to create world-famous work for brands like Ikea, Absolut, Heineken, Google, Guinness, Nike, United Nations Vaseline, Virgin Mobile and most recently, The Coca-Cola Company. Work that sometimes went beyond ads and became part of pop culture. Winning him over 97 shiny metals, including golds at Cannes, one show, Webbys, the Andy’s, D&AD, Clios, LIA and a Grand Prix at Adfest. In 2015, ad-age claimed he was one of the top 10 copywriters in the world. How they arrived at that sketchy data point is still up for debate.

Off late, he's been applying his specialised skills of persuasion to get his 3-yr old to stay off screens. So far, it isn't working.

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Anggie Aprillia is the Social and Influence Director for Ogilvy, ASEAN, and the South Pacific. She is responsible for leading WPP StudioX’s Social and Influence capability from industry thought leadership, crafting best-in-class impactful work supported by the right team and organizational structure to support our ambition in elevating The Coca-Cola Company’s social and influence across 11 markets in ASP.

Anggie brings over a decade of expertise in a diverse marketing and communication spectrum, from digital, advertising, content, social, and now influence. She started her journey with Ogilvy from Indonesia’s office in 2013 and led a team focused on digital and social media. She moved to Ogilvy Singapore in 2016 as part of WPP talent mobility, where she successfully grew social and content offerings across different regional clients from financial, FMCG, and tech companies during her role as Director of Content. Anggie has steadily risen through the ranks of Ogilvy, taking on management roles of increasing responsibility.

She enjoys sharing her knowledge as a frequent speaker at industry events and mentoring young talents.

Nikhita is the Senior Marketing Manager for Ogilvy Singapore and Malaysia. She comes with more than 9 years of experience across a variety of industries including finance, retail, and manufacturing.

She is driven by understanding end-consumer needs and creating a better customer journey and experience. Nikhita has developed and implemented digital marketing strategies that have increased customer engagement, brand awareness, and sales growth through strategic planning and successful campaigns.

Bursting with ideas, she is detail-oriented and amiable. Her passions include travelling, fostering cats and improving her yearly reading goals.