Creative duo rise in JWT overhaul of leadership in Asia

HONG KONG: J. Walter Thompson has reorganised its regional management team in a drive to bolster the network's creative firepower in Asia. It has created two senior creative positions: Northeast Asia creative director, filled by JWT Shanghai creative director Lo Sheung Yan, and Southeast Asia creative director, taken up by the agency's Singapore head of creative Norman Tan. Kevin Ramsey, who has also been promoted to president JWT Asia-Pacific from chief operating officer, said: "We've taken two top creative leaders and given them the mandate to drive the work forward. We also want local creative talent to start coming through and this elevation is a reflection of that." Lo will be responsible for China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea, while Tan will oversee Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. Miles Colebrook also moves up to chairman of JWT Asia-Pacific, while retaining his role as the group's international president. In other promotions, Tom Doctoroff, JWT China chief executive, has been appointed Northeast Asia area director, while Mark Webster will move to Bangkok as regional director for Southeast Asia, a position formally held by Marc Capra, who will be relocating to America to join the network's US operations.

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