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Shortlist for the 2025 Women Leading Change Awards is out
Meet the inspiring women and companies driving progress and redefining leadership across the region.
Women to Watch 2024: Rhoda Adams, Golin
Marrying courage, corporate acumen and cultural sensitivity, Adams has cemented Golin’s position as a successful corporate communications and crisis management powerhouse in China.
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Google reveals third-party cookies are here to stay
Tech giant’s 360 u-turn will mean advertisers can still use third-party cookies to target consumers.
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Mash names all-female executive team, shifts global HQ to Singapore
EXCLUSIVE: Founder Tash Menon-Verheul steps into a board director and advisory role as the creative agency enters a new phase of growth across APAC.
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Godrej Indonesia appoints Hilda Kitti as CMO
EXCLUSIVE: The digital marketing veteran, an alum of Tokopedia, Meta and Unilever, joins Godrej Indonesia as chief marketing officer effective May 1.
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Art Garfunkel delves into psoriasis patient experience in Sun Pharma campaign
Art Garfunkel discusses his experience living with psoriasis as part of Sun Pharma’s I LUV YA for The Long Haul campaign.
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Ad block party: Can Google’s AI shut the gate early?
The tech major’s new AI-led regime is pushing ad vetting upstream, giving agencies cleaner inventory but demanding sharper compliance and smarter creative.
Women to Watch 2024: Patra Patrasuwan, Yum Restaurants International
Patrasuwan’s marketing philosophy of delivering high-quality food at affordable prices and always keeping the customer at the heart of every decision has led KFC to become the number-one brand in Thailand’s QSR industry.
Women to Watch 2024: Penelope Shell, Zenith Media
As a chief strategy and product officer, Shell has extended her remit towards building Zenith’s business, growing its clients’ brands, driving innovation and shaping the industry’s principles to be responsible towards youth.
Move and win roundup: Week of April 21, 2025
Catch up on our weekly roundup of people moves and pitch wins, with the latest updates from R/GA, The Atticism, Anak, Meta, Omnicom, Havas, Adobe, W Communications, BurdaLuxury, UM and more.
Omnicom Media Group consolidates influencer capabilities under Creo brand
Creo to operate influencer capabilities across 40-plus markets select markets, while select markets like the UK will operate as OMGCreo.
Meta’s anti-trust trial would be a ‘win-win all round if Instagram were split’
But breakup of the company could lead to higher prices for advertisers.
Women to Watch 2024: Paula Chiang, iProspect
Chiang’s leadership, performance-agility mindset, and mentorship has made iProspect an industry champion in driving brand growth while pioneering the implementation of AI-driven solutions for clients and young talent.
Forsman & Bodenfors expands earned-first model as Po Kay Lee takes on Asia role
EXCLUSIVE: After more than three years leading Forsman & Bodenfors Singapore, Po Kay Lee’s elevation to Asia president comes amid a series of regional wins—and signals a push to reorient the agency’s creative process around ideas, not just media spend.
Google uses AI to block harmful ads—but inconsistencies remain
Google’s 2024 Ads Safety Report outlines how AI is being used to identify and prevent ad policy violations at scale. While enforcement activity has increased, persistent gaps and inconsistencies exist across markets.
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Inside the collapse of Indonesia’s most promising creative network
EXCLUSIVE: Thirteen years after its launch as a bold new model for independent agencies, Indonesia’s Fantastis Anak Bangsa (FAB) has collapsed amid allegations of financial misconduct, leaving a trail of unpaid taxes, shuttered agencies, and missing leadership.
AI is no longer optional: Appier's CEO on creative intelligence and the company’s next chapter
Following Appier’s acquisition of AdCreative.ai, CEO Chih-Han Yu outlines the company’s full-stack marketing AI vision, what’s next for the firm, and the evolving role of CMOs in this era of AI-powered marketing.
Omnicom CEO John Wren dismisses speculation about Omnicom-IPG deal leading to client attrition
Wren was speaking at the Q1 earnings call and expects to close the IPG acquisition in H2 2025.
Google faces $6 billion lawsuit in the UK for dominating search and ‘overcharging’ advertisers
Competition lawyer Dr Or Brook alleges Google has used its dominant position to charge overinflated ad prices.
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