Living Marketing
David Ko has been in the Asia marketing scene for over 30 years, currently working at global agency Ruder Finn managing their digital and branding arm, RFI Asia. Says David, "The thing I love most about people in my tribe is their deep understanding of how branding and communication works, how perceptions are shaped, and their well-honed BS-meter." Conversations with guests can cover any number of topics, but always originate from the distinct perspective of a marketer, or someone for whom marketing is a huge part of life. New episodes are posted every two weeks.
Episodes
23 episodes
Douglas Young: A Unique Creative Journey to Retail Heaven
Our guest Douglas Young, CEO and co-founder of Goods of Desire (G.O.D.), joins us to share his fascinating journey from architecture student to becoming an icon of the Hong Kong retail landscape. Discover how Douglas' architectural background u...
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Kevin Huang: Navigating the Future of Media
[RE-SHARED WITH PERMISSION FROM IAB HK] Prepare to be inspired as we sit down with Kevin Huang, one of the pioneering minds behind IAB Hong Kong, to explore the phenomenal growth of this influential organization. From a handful of visionaries...
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Kate Wood: Advancing Workplace Wellbeing and Inclusivity in Asia
As the corporate world grapples with creating environments that truly embrace every individual, Kate's voice has emerged as a beacon of progress and hope. She joins us to share her impressive pivot from risk and compliance to spearheading Div...
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Janet Yuen: Managing through Tumultuous Times
Welcome to a new season of Living Marketing, the podcast where we chat with business leaders about their life lessons and experience! Today, we're joined by Janet Yuen, CEO of Hung's Food Group (HFG), who has masterfully blended tenaci...
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Janis Tse: Balancing the "Me" in Life
As global marketing director for Plaza Premium, among the world's largest operators of luxury airport lounges globally, Janis is no stranger to the trials and triumphs of a second year being battered by a history-making pandemic. In spite of al...
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Liz Weselby: Living the Adventure
Before she joined Archetype as deputy managing director, Liz was editorial director for LUXE City Guides for five years. I'm a huge fan of LUXE, one of what their founder Grant called "Luxe Lovelies", so it was a fascinating conversation about ...
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Caroline York: Daring to Try
As head of Corporate Communications for AQUMON, an Asia-based investment platform and roboadvisor, Caroline enjoys an exciting role at the intersection of fintech and consumer marketing. Her path to FSI is anything but typical though, only movi...
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Kimberly Hu: Breaking Out
As Director of Membership for Hong Kong's hottest new private members club, Carlyle & Co, Kimberly has waited a long time for the club to open its doors because of the pandemic. Personally, she's also navigated a journey without a script to...
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Henry Jones: Gen Y Marketers Leading the Way
Henry is Asia Head of Marketing for FCM Travel, part of Flight Centre Travel Group. At 27 years old he's also my youngest podcast guest to date, a millennial marketer who has enjoyed a swift rise up the ranks during his five years with FCTG. We...
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Arun Sudhaman (part 2): The Personal Stuff
Welcome to part 2 of my chat with Arun, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of PRovoke Media, one of the most respected and widely read trade media of the marketing and communication industry. We start with a rumination over how well-prepared agencies real...
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Arun Sudhaman (Part 1): Provoking Conversations for Communicators
I'm incredibly excited to have Arun as my latest guest. He is someone I've known for decades, a highly respected journalist and entrepreneur who has covered the communications industry for almost 20 years. As CEO of PRovoke Media, formerly know...
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Julie Purser: Living Out Loud
Julie Purser, Marriott International's VP of Marketing for Loyalty & Partnership in Asia Pacific, is articulate, outspoken, a ton of fun to talk to, and someone whose adventurous spirit I admire so much. She came to Hong Kong seven years ag...
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Audrey Khong: Being Fearless
After years of marketing leadership roles at major financial institutions such as Vanguard and Fidelity International, Audrey Khong might seem like she's been an FSI veteran forever, but her career actually began in FMCG in her native Malaysia....
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Sylvia Lee: From Silicon Valley Bros to Casinos
As Senior Director of Sales and Marketing for the Lan Kwai Fong Group's hospitality division, Sylvia is a champion of innovating digital solutions wherever she works. No surprise, since she first cut her teeth in Developer Relations for Netscap...
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45:04
Tina Chao: Lovin' It Every Step of the Way [in Cantonese]
Tina Chao is Chief Marketing and Digital Customer Experience Officer with McDonald's Hong Kong, but we first met years ago when she was General Manager of Marketing for the Hong Kong Tourism Board, a post she held for five very successful, even...
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Carson Glover: Marketing Iconic Luxury from New York to Hong Kong
As VP of Brand Marketing and Communications at The Peninsula Hotels Group, Carson brings decades of luxury marketing experience with such iconic brands as De Beers, Harry Winston, and Tiffany & Co. to his new role in hospitality. His career...
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Andrea Richey: "Shark Lady" Shares the Highs and Lows of Marketing an NGO
Since becoming executive director of the Hong Kong Shark Foundation, Andrea Richey has given numerous talks in schools and private companies, lobbied heavily for major restaurant groups to cease serving shark's fin, and tirelessly championed ma...
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Penny Davis: Covid, Campaigns, Creativity, Controversy, and...Capetown
Penny Davis, head of Brand, Customer & Public Affairs for Bupa Hong Kong, is an adventurous soul who thrives on new experiences. Growing up on an Australian sheep farm, her globetrotting started in South Africa during her late teens, culmin...
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44:40
Patrick Sun: Art, Activism and the Meaning of Happiness
In 2014, Patrick Sun founded SUNPRIDE FOUNDATION, a non-profit that aims to promote a more equitable world for LGBTQ people and their allies, through the exhibition and preservation of contemporary art. He’s a...
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Jennifer Woollford: Leaders for hire in the Gig Economy (Part 2)
After leaving a high-flying job with Mars, Inc. in the UK and relocating to Hong Kong with her family, Jennifer Woollford experimented with a variety of different roles before founding NEON Leaders, a collective of strategic marketing leaders f...
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Jennifer Woollford: Leaning Out to Lean In (Part 1)
Jennifer Woollford was global brand director with Mars, Inc. before she moved to Hong Kong from the UK three years ago with her husband Stuart and two children. Rather than continuing her rise at the global food giant in an Asia role, she chose...
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