On Tues. Nov. 25, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide announced the appointment of Tham Khai Meng as Worldwide Creative Director and Chairman of its World Wide Creative Council.
As Co-Chairman and Regional ECD for O&M Asia Pacific since 1999, Khai built Ogilvy into a creative powerhouse, first in Asia, and later globally. The agency has been recognized as “Creative Network of the Year” for seven consecutive years by Campaign Brief Asia, and one of the most successful creative businesses anywhere in the world. Under his leadership, Ogilvy Singapore became the third most awarded agency in the world at Cannes.
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A Singaporean and a Neil French protege, Khai will divide his time between New York and the rest of the world; he will continue to supervise Asia. Khai commented, “I’m honoured to take on this worldwide role. I believe opportunities abound in these frightening yet very exciting times. As a global agency, we are in a strong creative posi-tion, but we all believe we can do better. … The marvellous thing is that I shall continue to work with Miles Young who will be taking on the new global CEO role in January. We’ve been a team in Asia for a long time, and we both reckon that renewing our partnership will make for some spectacular success on the bigger stage. We expect to have a lot of fun along the way!”
