Dentsu Aegis Network consolidates regional management team in southeast Asia

Dentsu Aegis Network has announced several management moves to further enhance network capabilities. As of July 1st the network will move to a consolidated country management structure in five Southeast Asian markets whilst simultaneously appointing a regional President for Dentsu Media and a Chief Client Officer for Japanese clients in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. This completes the process of creating a unified Dentsu Aegis Network management structure across Asia Pacific initiated in January.

The country leadership will report directly into Southeast Asia chairman and CEO Dick van Motman (pictured). Each of the countries will be operated as single P&L’s, with strong individual brands working in a client centric fashion.

In Thailand Amornsak Sakpuaram (CEO Dentsu Aegis Network Thailand) and Vichai Suphasomboon (Non Executive Chairman) will lead the group. Harris Thajeb (CEO) and Yusca Ismail (Non Executive Chairman) will do the same in Indonesia. Margaret Lim, who was in charge of the former Aegis brands in Malaysia, will see her role expanded to lead the entire network in her country. In the Philippines it is Aegis Chairman Miguel Ramos who will be the country CEO for Dentsu Aegis Network. Finally Toshinori Aoki was tapped to fill the position in Vietnam.

Dentsu Aegis Network is also announcing expanded roles for Aki Kakegawa and Mitsuyuki Nakamura. Kakegawa, who has been serving as the Chief Client Officer for Japanese clients in Southeast Asia will see his vital role expanded to include Australia and New Zealand.

Nakamura will take on the newly created role as President for Dentsu Media in Southeast Asia – whilst retaining his position as CEO at Dentsu Media Thailand. He will be focusing on building and strengthening the Dentsu Media brand in the region.

“When Dentsu and Aegis came together in the region, I was blessed to find all these seasoned people in our organizations”, said Dick van Motman, chairman and CEO, Dentsu Aegis Network Southeast Asia. “It was a matter of putting the right people in the right place so that we can do even more, even faster and truly innovate the way brands are built. A young, talented and vibrant network like ours needs this kind of experience at the top to get maximum results. I’m very confident that the network is now in the perfect position to harvest in these vibrant economies in this economically strategic and important region.”