Soetanto returns to Taiwan for DDB role

TAIPEI - Publicis Shanghai managing director Roy Soetanto is returning to Taiwan to take up the managing director role of DDB's Taiwan operation, replacing Caroline Chyr who departed for DraftFCB recently.

Soetanto, who took up his role with Publicis Shanghai after almost a decade helming Publicis’ Taiwan office (Media, 27 July), has been tasked with spearheading the agency’s growth plans with a focus on building its local client base, in a bid to drive growth in a difficult and relatively inactive market.

“We need people with an open mindset who can innovate, try new things and take the agency to the next level,” said DDB president and CEO  Dick van Motman.