May Chuah is a seasoned Chief Financial Officer, bringing more than 25 years of management experience. Her previous vocation includes being an Auditor and holding finance leadership and board director roles for MNC and listed companies located across APAC region. Prior to ADK, she was with McCann Worldgroup China and Japan, for over 14 years. She joined ADK as CFO in 2019 overseeing commercial finance, operations as well as executing board fiduciary duties for overseas entities. She holds an MBA from Manchester Business School, UK, and professional CPA qualifications from Australia, Hong Kong and Malaysia.

Rob Findley has 30 years research, planning and business management experience and specialises in structuring research insights into clear actionable marketing strategy, media planning and brand development opportunities. Before joining ADK in 2007, Rob worked at the global research institute Esomar and at brand consultancy Interbrand.

With 29 years of experience in the advertising industry in Vietnam. She has started her career at Bates Worldwide 141 in 1994. Then moved to Publicis group as Buying Director in 2001, won P&G prize of brand monetization. From 2008 joined Yahoo Singapore and back into Vietnam set up Yahoo VN winning the President Club Award for Yahoo Global in 2009, one of pioneer in digital marketing. Started up VBA in Nov 2010, one of the leading digital agency growing business, won Cannes Award - Youtube leader board 2019 of LG World Cup Quang Hai. Joined ADK in Jan 2020 until current as CEO of ADK Group Vietnam.

Yasuyuki Katagi is a distinctive leader who has a wealth of global experience in the communication/advertising industry. In his experience spanning more than 30 years, Katagi took on management roles based out of several locations worldwide from Germany to China. His entrepreneurial drive led to the founding of Red Wasabi, a marketing consultancy in Shanghai under Ogilvy’s umbrella before securing the position of CEO of McCann Worldgroup Japan/Korea. In 2018, his highly established and diverse work experiences led to his appointment as CEO for global operations at ADK Inc., to oversee its vast global network.

David is the ADK America’s CEO. In this role, he leverages nearly three decades of experience in helping clients harness the power of brands and communications to navigate successfully through change and achieve business growth. In a world that is increasingly media rich and experiential, David helps clients develop brand and communications strategies, and systems and tools that produce real results in personal and organizational performance.

Norio Nishizuka has over 29 years of experience in sales promotion, healthcare marketing, global branding, and more, gained through his career in a global agency. He worked as a Japanese client business lead in Shanghai from 2006 to 2008 and was awarded the China Marketing Effective Award in 2008 for his contributions to significant business growth for clients. After returning to Japan, he led the consumer healthcare unit and provided innovative work. Since 2018, he has been assigned as the CEO of ADK China Group. He is Leading agency business model transformation according to the China dynamic market trend. His leadership style is focused on a strong passion for client business success and people-oriented team management.

Rie Otsuka is an experienced specialist in CRM, digital marketing, and global marketing for over 25years. After graduating from universities in Florida with BA and Boston with MA, she joined McCann Worldgroup in 1996, since then she had been an account at their Digital/CRM specialized agency. She Joined ADK Global as CGO in May 2022 and now wearing additional hat - she stations in Singapore since April 2023 as CEO for Singapore and emerging markets. Her favorite motto is “No rain, No rainbow”.

With more than 30 years of experience in the Marketing Communication industry, Hiro Joined ADK TAIWAN as the Chairman & CEO in 2017. He started his career in a Japanese mega agency, then spent more than a decade with a global network agency and played the role as the Managing Director. He also experienced the client side of the business being the General Manager of a global brand. He started to take a double role as CEO of ADK Hong Kong since 2022.

Pradeep Shankar has nearly 3 decades of experience across marketing, advertising, digital and technology. He has previously worked with global organizations including Y&R, FCB, RR Donnelly and has partnered with global companies across the world to strategize and build high-performing solutions. He joined Rage in 2008 and was part of the leadership team that expanded the business across APAC including Australia. He is currently the MD & CEO of ADK India, ADK Australia and ADK Rage, the global solution centre for the Network based in India.

Masato Suematsu is an experienced leader with strategy background in various field including marketing communication, branding and business strategy. He started his career in Tokyo in 1999, later joined ADK Tokyo HQ in 2004, moving on to become Regional Strategy Director of ADK Global Network in 2015 based in Singapore. Since 2019 he has been part of leadership team of the network as Chief Strategy Officer, which led to his current role as CEO of ADK Thailand operation. Suematsu’s role involves leading strategic vision of the network focusing on Thailand, accelerating its transformation as well as providing relevant solutions to brands.

Naoko Takeda leads strategy at ADK Global across corporate & solution functions from July, 2021. She has been involved in ADK’s overseas business since her joining in 2003. Since 2013, she has been instrumental as a media planner focusing on solution development, consulting in Data Driven Marketing (DDM) & planning optimal marcom investment in Asia & Greater China regions with her expertise in user data analysis & ROI optimization modelling.