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Confirmed Speakers (order of appearance):
Kenneth Tan, Assistant Chief Executive (Industry),
Media Development Authority, Singapore
Hary Tanoesoedibjo, CEO, MNC Group
Brahmal Vasudevan, CEO, Creador
David Goldstein, President, Nexmedia; Director, Emtek
SK Biswas, Chief Strategy Officer - APAC, Havas Media
Amrin Awaluddin, Group MD, Media Prima
Sunny Saha, SVP & MD, Entertainment Networks, Turner International Asia Pacific
Bharad Ramesh, Regional Executive Director, Strategic Operations & Trading,
Starcom MediaVest Group
Ronnie Screwvala, MD, The Walt Disney Company India
Arjen van Mierlo, CEO, Endemol Asia
Ben Heyhoe Flint, Head of Asia-Pacific, Fuse, Omnicom Media Group
Toru Shimada, CEO, Southeast Asia, Rakuten
Adam Butterworth, CEO, Clear Channel Singapore
Stephen Dolan, Commercial Director, Asia, Facebook
Phalgun Raju, GM, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong & Taiwan, InMobi
Gowthaman Ragothaman, Chief Client Officer, APAC, CEO, South and Southeast Asia, Mindshare
Damien Cummings, Regional Marketing Director, Digital & Social Media,
Samsung Asia
Jesus Perezagua, President, Europe & Africa, Fox International Channels
Tom Keaveny, President & MD, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific
Alfie Yee, Senior Director of Marketing, Asia Pacific, Hilton Worldwide
Aruna Natarajan, GM, OMD International
Peter Hutton, MD, ESPN STAR Sports
Gregory Thiery, Managing Director - Head of Southeast Asia Media & Communications,
Morgan Stanley
Sarah Harden, Group Director, Partnerships and Development, Asia, News Corporation
Robin Bell-Jones, Head of TMT Asia, Permira
Nicholas Smith, Global Alliance Manager - Digital Marketing, APAC, Adobe Systems
Sean O'Brien, CEO, Carat Asia Pacific
Calvin Soh, Founder, Ninety Nine Percent
ShuFen Goh, Principal, R3
Aseem Puri, Marketing Director, Fabric Care Asia, Unilever
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Kenneth Tan, Assistant Chief Executive (Industry), MDA
Kenneth Tan is responsible for the industry development and promotional efforts of the Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore, covering seven sectors: film, broadcasting, animation, music, games, publishing and interactive digital media. Kenneth's previous appointments include MD of Village Roadshow's Singapore JV companies, COO of MediaCorp TV and CEO of MediaCorp Radio.
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Hary Tanoesoedibjo, CEO, MNC Group
Hary Tanoesoedibjo, CEO and controlling shareholder of MNC Group, is also the founding shareholder and CEO of Bhakti Investama. He has had a distinguished career as an investment banker and transformed MNC and its parent PT Global Mediacom Tbk. into Indonesia's leading integrated media company and telecommunications-focused business enterprise. Hary is a co-founder of Smart Alliance, a regional industry organization founded by six of the largest media companies in Southeast Asia.
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Brahmal Vasudevan, CEO, Creador
Brahmal Vasudevan founded Creador in 2011. He previously spent 11 years as a general partner
and MD of ChrysCapital, a leading private equity firm focused on growth capital investments
in India. He was part of the senior leadership team that grew assets under management from
US$64 million to US$2 billion. Prior to joining ChrysCapital, Brahmal was at Malaysian pay-TV
operator Astro, where he was involved in strategy, marketing and expansion into neighboring
countries. Brahmal started his career at BAT and also worked at the Boston Consulting Group.
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David Goldstein, President, Nexmedia; Director, Emtek
David has served as a director of Emtek since 2009, and has been with the Group since 2007. Emtek is a leading media company in Indonesia with two major broadcasters, a production house and a pay-TV business. David was previously an adviser to Khazanah Nasional Berhad in Malaysia. He has held GM posts in Telstra Hong Kong and Schlumberger. He was VP at New World Mobility/JP Morgan Partners Hong Kong, and a manager in Swisscom in Switzerland.
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SK Biswas, Chief Strategy Officer, APAC, Havas Media
SK Biswas has over 19 years of experience in the communications industry and leads Havas
Media's strategy and delivery across APAC. Prior to joining Havas, he was Starcom MediaVest's
regional MD on P&G. Biswas' other previous stints include ten years with FCB, where he was
client services director in 1997 and became CEO in 2001. In 2005, he moved to Beijing to become
FCB Interactive's north Asia area director, where he was responsible for the Greater China market
with a focus on digital and relationship marketing.
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Amrin Awaluddin, Group MD, Media Prima
Amrin has served Media Prima, a leading diversified media company in Malaysia, for 11 years in various capacities, with former roles that include CFO of TV3, CEO of Natseven TV Sdn Bhd (ntv7), CEO of Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad (TV3) and as group advisor and COO of Media Prima. He also sits on the board of Media Prima subsidiaries Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Bhd (TV3), Synchrosound Studio Sdn. Bhd, Big Tree Outdoor, Primeworks Studios Sdn. Bhd, Alt Media Sdn. Bhd and The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Bhd.
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Sunny Saha, SVP & MD, Entertainment Networks,
Turner Broadcasting Asia Pacific
Soumitra Saha or Sunny is responsible for overseeing the corporate development of Turner's pan-regional portfolio of entertainment brands, spearheading Turner's Brands Everywhere approach to original content. In addition to his pan-regional responsibilities, Sunny also oversees Turner's networks in Southeast Asia and Australia/New Zealand.
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Bharad Ramesh, Regional Executive Director, Strategic Operations & Trading, Starcom MediaVest Group
Bharad Ramesh has over 13 years of experience in telecom consulting, media research, tactical
planning, and media buying across India, the US, China, and the wider Asean region. He currently
oversees all aspects of Starcom MediaVest Group's media investment and operations as well
as trading across Asia. Prior to joining Starcom, he was deputy leader at Mindshare Singapore,
managing agency operations, trading, and product development. He was regional client director
for the agency's GSK and Aviva businesses.
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Ronnie Screwvala, MD, The Walt Disney Company India
Ronnie Screwvala has been a key pioneer and innovator in India's media and entertainment industry since the 1990s. Today, as MD of The Walt Disney Company in India, Screwvala drives strategy and growth for The Walt Disney Company in one of its most important global growth markets. He oversees businesses spanning television, broadcasting, movies, consumer products and licensing, interactive, digital and games through multiple brands, namely Disney, UTV, Bindass, Marvel, Indiagames, Pixar and ABC.
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Toru Shimada, CEO, Southeast Asia, Rakuten
Toru (Thomas) Shimada is a Senior Executive Officer and Director of Rakuten Inc., a full service internet company. Rakuten is one of the leading e-commerce sites in Japan for general shopping, travel and securities. It also offers finance services, with one of the fastest growing credit card companies in Japan. The company sees e-commerce as a global venture and has set up businesses in China, Indonesia, Brazil, UK, USA, Germany, France, Indonesia and Thailand. Mr. Shimada joined Rakuten in 2004 and spearheads its operations in Southeast Asia. Prior to joining Rakuten, Mr. Shimada was Founder and Director of INTELLIGENCE, LTD from 1989 to 2004. Prior to INTELLIGENCE, LTD. Mr. Shimada worked at RECRUIT CO., LTD. from 1987 to 1989.
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Adam Butterworth, CEO, Clear Channel Singapore
Adam Butterworth is the CEO of Clear Channel Singapore. He has been with the company almost
23 years after starting with what was then More Ferrall Plc in the UK in 1990. He became sales
director of Adshel, Clear Channel's street furniture business in the UK, in 2001. In 2004, he moved
to Australia as sales director for Adshel across Australia and New Zealand. In May 2010, Adam
was appointed CEO of Clear Channel Singapore. Adam likes to think of himself as a catalyst for
change and a driver of innovation within the out-of-home medium.
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Stephen Dolan, Commercial Director, Asia, Facebook
Stephen Dolan is the commercial director for Facebook Asia, based in Singapore. Stephen is responsible for growing advertising revenue in the region and was Facebook's first employee in Asia. Stephen was previously responsible for Microsoft Advertising's online products across Asia and led the sales unit at the regional level.
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Phalgun Raju, Regional Director & GM, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong & Taiwan, InMobi
Phalgun Raju is the regional director and GM for Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan at InMobi.
Phalgun spearheads InMobi's regional business strategy, sales, business development, operations
and marketing. She is a frequently invited industry speaker on mobile advertising and branding
events, and is receiving the Brand Leadership Award at the 2012 World Brand Congress in Mumbai
later this year. Prior to InMobi, Phalgun was in various senior leadership roles at Google, Nokia
and McKinsey.
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Damien Cummings, Regional Marketing Director, Digital & Social Media, Samsung Asia
Damien Cummings is currently the regional marketing director for digital and social media at
Samsung Asia. Damien has over 15 years' experience in the digital industry, covering digital
marketing, e-commerce and social media. Prior to this, he was Dell's online director for APAC
and Japan, managing over $1 billion in e-commerce revenue in Asia. At Dell, he also had the
dual role of global social media director, with a mandate to "operationalize" social media sales
and marketing into Dell's top ten countries internationally.
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Jesús Perezagua, President, Fox International Channels Europe & Africa
Jesús Perezagua, president of Fox International Channels (FIC) Europe and Africa, is responsible
for FIC's business in the European territory (excluding Italy and Germany) and the African
continent, where he manages the distribution of the entertainment and factual TV channels
and services grouped under the Fox and National Geographic Channel brands. He leads the
management of 21 local offices, servicing more than 80 channels in 37 countries and over 350
Employees.
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Tom Keaveny, President & MD, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific
As president and MD, Tom is in charge of strategic growth and development of Discovery's business in the Asia-Pacific marketplace. Tom oversees all aspects of Discovery's Singapore-based operations for Asia-Pacific, including Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, Discovery Home & Health, Discovery Turbo, Discovery Science, Discovery HD World and Discovery Kids.
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Alfie Yee, Senior Director of Marketing, Asia Pacific, Hilton Worldwide
Alfie Yee joined Hilton Worldwide's Singapore office in 2008 as director of marketing for Asia
Pacific. In his current capacity, Alfie leads the strategic development and implementation of
marketing strategy for Hilton Worldwide's portfolio of brands and the HHonors loyalty program.
He also spearheads brand management of the flagship Hilton brand across the region. In
2011, he was named Asia Pacific Marketing Professional of the Year by the Hospitality Sales &
Marketing Association International (HSMAI). In 2012, he was recognized by Chinese Business
News Weekly (CBN) as the Business Innovator of the Year.
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Aruna Natarajan, GM, OMD International
Aruna Natarajan leads Asia Pacific client relationships for OMD's key global accounts, including
Johnson & Johnson, Visa, Standard Chartered and Fonterra. In this role, she steers the advertisers'
communications strategy across the region. Aruna joined OMD as regional director in 2007. Prior
to OMD, Aruna was the planning director on Ford with MindShare China. While there, she also
provided strategic planning support for other MindShare China clients, including Gillette and
Pepsi. In 2003, she worked in China as research manager at TNS, managing quantitative research
projects for clients such as L'Oreal and Intel. Prior to moving to China, Aruna worked in India
with MEC and Starcom.
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Peter Hutton, MD, ESPN STAR Sports
Peter has been in sports broadcasting for 30 years and held key appointments across various parts of the business. Prior to joining ESS, he was sports SVP at FIC, MD of Broadreach Media, COO of Ten Sports parent Taj TV Sports and joint MD of IMG/TWI Asia. He was formerly a radio and television journalist, commentator and presenter on BBC TV, BSB Sports Channel, Sky, ITV and IMG.
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Gregory Thiery, MD & Head of Southeast Asia Media & Communications, Morgan Stanley
Gregory Thiery is an MD and head of Southeast Asia media and communications investment
banking at Morgan Stanley, based in Singapore. Gregory has been focused on the media and
communications industry at Morgan Stanley for the last 13 years and has executed a wide range
of financing and M&A transactions in Europe (1999-2001), US (2001-2006) and Asia (2006-2012).
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Sarah Harden, Group Director, Partnerships and Development, Asia,
News Corporation
Sarah is responsible for News Corporation's existing investments and joint ventures across Asia and for identifying and pursuing new business development opportunities in the region. As part of that role, she sits on the boards of Star China Media, The Moby Group, and ESPN STAR Sports.
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Robin Bell-Jones, Partner & Head of TMT Asia, Permira
Robin Bell-Jones became a partner at Permira in 2011. He joined the London office in 1999 and,
after completing his MBA, spent two years in the Frankfurt office before returning to London.
In 2012, Robin moved to the Hong Kong office to lead the TMT team in Asia. Robin has worked
on a number of transactions including All3Media, debitel, Premiere and ProSiebenSat.1. Prior
to joining Permira in 1999, Robin worked in M&A at CSFB and BZW in both London and San
Francisco, focusing largely on the TMT sector. Robin has a degree in modern languages from
Oxford University, England, and an MBA from INSEAD, France.
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Sean O'Brien, CEO, Carat Asia Pacific
Sean O'Brien is CEO of Carat Asia Pacific, in charge of over 1,900 people in 35 offices across 15
countries. Sean joined the company in September 2012 as Chief Client Officer for the region to
take on the leadership of the company's multinational clients, including Nokia, Adidas, Philips,
Beiersdorf and Fox, as well as hold responsibility for new business development. In March 2012,
he was appointed to his current role to build momentum for Carat in Asia Pacific. Sean was
previously regional/global account director with the Omnicom Media Group in London/EMEA,
and prior to this was CEO of OMG Thailand.
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Calvin Soh, Founder, Ninety Nine Percent
Calvin Soh set up Ninety Nine Percent in 2012, his latest venture in an already distinguished
career in creative agencies. He started as a traffic assistant at Ogilvy & Mather and became the
company's employee of the year within two years. He joined Saatchi as David Droga's first hire,
and his award-winning campaigns helped make Saatchi Singapore Ad Age's Global Agency of the
Year in 1998 – the first time a Singapore agency beat agencies in London, New York, South Africa,
and Europe. Calvin was also ranked number one in Asia in 2000 by Campaign Brief, and was in the
top three for four consecutive years, having won over 400 international awards, such as Gold and
Silver Pencils in The One Show, Cannes Lions, awards from D&AD and Communication Arts.
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ShuFen Goh, Co-Founder & Principal, R3
A trained biologist with a commercial mind, ShuFen Goh traded lab coats for consumer exploration.
Her curiosity and passion for marketing helped her win over clients such as Coca-Cola, Unilever
and BMW in Ogilvy and M&C Saatchi. In 2002, she founded R3 to help clients focus on improving
ROI from their marketing, finally putting science back into the equation. Based in Singapore,
ShuFen continues to lead R3's global expansion while serving as independent marketing advisor
to clients, particularly in aligning marketing to corporate financial goals and helping companies
fast track capability in measuring marketing payback
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