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At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Hong Kong based CEO’ operating in the Marketing space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Mike Schuett
Founder & CEO of Housing Market Group
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About Australia Housing Market, Canada Housing Market, Inc, China Housing Market, Dubai Housing Market, Germany Housing Market, Hong Kong Housing Market, Housing Market Ads, Housing Market Group, India Housing Market, Indonesia Housing Market, Japan Housing Market, Malaysia Housing Market, Philippines Housing Market, Qatar Housing Market, Singapore Housing Market, Terra International Realty, Thailand Housing Market, UK Housing Market, UK Housing Market, US Housing Market, Vietnam Housing Market: Housing Market Group is an online real estate marketplace for finding and sharing information about homes, real estate, and mortgages.
Win Mak
Chief Executive Officer of Mirum
Win is a long-established figure at the forefront of the digital scene whose personal journey mirrors the phenomenal rise of the industry itself. He is a pioneering digital entrepreneur and design expert with over 20 years of experience in UX and information architecture, strategy and creative solutions. Having read architecture in London, it was his passion for practical and usable design which drew him towards the limitless possibilities of the internet and led to the birth of Designercity. At Designercity, Win created the UK’s most successful e-Commerce website for multinational grocery giants Tesco and built Arsenal Football Club’s first ever website. Win relocated Designercity to Hong Kong in 2000 where the firm has since helped some of the city’s biggest brands such as Hong Kong Tourism Board and Hong Kong International Airport expand their digital footprint. In 2013, Designercity joined the WPP group and was crowned by Campaign Asia as Hong Kong’s “Digital Agency of the Year – Gold”. Now as Mirum Hong Kong, the agency continues to help major brands undergo successful digital transformations with Win’s guidance whilst also expanding their operations to China. Outside of Mirum, Win dedicates himself to promoting Hong Kong and nurturing the next generation of digital talent. He is a proud Investment Promotion Ambassador for InvestHK and is an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Design for THEi.
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About Designercity (HK) Ltd, InvestHK, Mirum, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Vocational Training Council: Mirum is a global agency created with a pioneering spirit.
Henek Lo
CEO and Co-Founder of HYPE
Henek is the founder of Hype Asia, a Venture Builder that help Startups demystify, unlock, and succeed in Asia. By leveraging our local market expertise, operation networks, and proven experience we partner with Founders and Investors to scale their business into pan-Asia markets. We expand the addressable market potential for our partners and work hand-in-hand as stakeholders to build long term winning businesses. Hype Asia has worked with 12 startups since launching in 2018 already, some notable names include Carousell, Snapask, Surkus and Homage who are backed by VCs like GGV, Sequoia and Jungle Ventures. Henek was previously part of the first landing team to expand WeWork into the APAC region in 2016 as the General Manager for Asia ex. China – launching 5 locations in Australia, Hong Kong and S. Korea. WeWork is a platform for creators currently in 100+ locations and 12 Countries. Previous to WeWork – Henek was the General Manager for Greater China at Airbnb and part of its 2012 landing team that started Airbnb operations in Asia through setting up the Singapore hub. In his various roles with Airbnb, Henek helped grow Airbnb’s presence in the region and oversaw the hyper-growth of the company. At the start of his career – Henek worked in Bear Stearn, JP Morgan and Macquarie – departing as VP in Sales Trading where he serviced large institutions and funds that traded in APAC. He holds a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in the USA.
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About HYPE: HYPE is a team of passionate Venture Builders that help Startups demystify, unlock, and succeed in Asia.
Gerald Eder
Founder & CEO of EDGE Enterprises
Gerald Eder is an independent entrepreneur and investor active in various sectors such as Fintech, Edtech, Proptech and Cryptocurrency Mining. He is the founder of CompareAsiaGroup, the leading financial comparison business in Southeast Asia. The Group is partnering up with banks, insurers and Telcos across SEA and supports them in their marketing and distribution strategies. Before that, Gerald built large-scale ecommerce companies in Southeast Asia with Rocket Internet. Gerald started working in Investment Banking with Morgan Stanley in London and Rothschild in Frankfurt. He holds a Master in Finance from Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.
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About ComapreHero, CompareGlobalGroup, EDGE Enterprises: EDGE Global is company that helps entrepreneurs grow their business.
Jasper Donat
Co-Founder and CEO of Branded
Jasper Donat began his career in advertising in 1987 at Chris Ingram Associates (now MEC) before joining Eurosport. He moved to Hong Kong in 1995 to work for Star Sports before transferring to Channel [V] in 1997. In 2001 he co-founded Branded and has worked with a large number of the world’s leading entertainment brands. Branded also owns and produces the award winning “Matters” series of events including Music, Digital, Social & Sports and produces the YouTube FanFest series.
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About Branded: Branded offers brand creation, brand strategy, branded reality, brand management, communications, and media agency services.
Ryan Cheung
Co-Founder and CEO of PressLogic
Ryan Cheung is CEO & Founder at PressLogic. Ryan has graduated from BBA (Accounting and Finance), The University of Hong Kong, worked in various investment bank’s Equity Markets and Commodities Division while responsible for sales and structuring of derivatives and structured products. At his age of 26, he joined Leonteq Securities AG (formerly EFG Bank Financial Products) as Director in Asia, responsible for structured solutions business and expanding its Asia franchise. Leonteq is a leading and disruptive expert for structured investment products supported by its market-leading technology platform listed in SIX Swiss Exchange.
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About PressLogic: PressLogic is a technology start-up company that engages in MediaLens technology & data and digital media & content marketing operations.
Gerardo Salandra
Chief Executive Officer of respond.io
CEO and founder of Rocketbots (www.rocketbots.io), one of the leading AI-powered chatbot solutions provider in South East Asia. With previous experience in IBM, Google, and Runtastic, he has accumulated profound expertise in artificial intelligence, growth hacking, and digital marketing. As former Head of Growth at NDN Group, one of the largest technology groups in the ASEAN region, he lead the automation initiatives for several fortune 500 companies. Gerardo is also the co-chairman of the Artificial Intelligence Society of Hong Kong (www.aisociety.hk). An association with over three thousand members, dedicated to the further development of AI technologies and adoption in the region. He is a renowned public speaker in the field of Artificial Intelligence and a professional corporate trainer. With previous experience as a corporate consultant for multinational corporations, he constantly prepares organisation in conversation rate optimatzation, account-based marketing, customer journey building, and martech stack construction. He holds an MBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Bachelor in Science from the Reutlingen University in Germany.
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About Dragon Social, respond.io: Respond.io is a business messaging platform that connects customers from any channel to any team.
Scott Johnson
President & CEO of eBusiness BPO
In 2009 Scott Johnson co-founded eBusiness BPO. Prior to that, he has developed several companies specializing in retail and financial services in the United States for more than 35 years. Scott is an expert in revitalizing failing businesses and bringing them back to operational efficiency which has become his greatest asset in creating eBusiness BPO. He has acquired an extensive solutions-based and entrepreneurial background over the years. Scott believes that management success is pre-determined by the management approach. Thus, him becoming a hands-on capitalist to ensure that eBusiness is heading towards success. His philosophy has been very effective and the number shows in the growth of eBusiness, from seven (7) to one thousand (1,000) employees and counting, in a very short span of time. He is driven towards achieving his primary goal to provide twenty thousand (20,000) jobs in the coming years.
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About eBusiness BPO: Contact Service Outsourcing provider
Francis Kwok
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of PopSquare
Francis is responsible for strategic direction, business development and investor relations. Being a veteran in the industry, Francis is also a regular author and guest speaker on email marketing and big data topics, including commercial, governmental and academic sectors.
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About PopSquare, Radica Systems: PopSquare is an O2O AI-enabled pop-up marketplace and products experience platform.
Dicky Ying
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mezzofy
Marketing E-commerce Entrepreneur Digital Technology Blockchain Fintech
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About Mezzofy: Mezzofy is the On-Demand Digital Coupon Platform Provider for Business, Marketer and Developer.
Vadim Zolotokrylin
CEO of Holdex
Russian, raised in Saint Petersburg, but born in Kazakhstan, URSS, in 1988. Vadim studied Telco Engineering and Economics and worked in tech both back in Russia and in Hong Kong, where he moved in 2014. With experiences ranging from Product Owner and Tech Lead to co-founder/CEO in early-stage, technology-driven companies, he thrives creating and working in fast-paced environments with people that take ownership and never stop learning. Like Holdex. After bringing mobile apps to featured spots in the App Store, he entered the blockchain world with the same team by starting the Pitchday.io project. That marked a new exciting chapter in his professional career, leading his several months later to found Holdex Limited with co-founders Giorgia Pellizzari and Mark Curchin.
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About Amplify Protocol, Holdex, MiQ Limited: CPA Network for the Cryptoasset industry
Shannon Lee
Co-Founder & CEO of Rocco
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About Rocco: Rocco is an AI-powered social media marketing assistant.
Rick Tsing
Founder and CEO of OneOneDay
Rick, a serial socialpreneur, is a passionate advocate for technologies and businesses as a force for good. Rick has founded a number of innovative businesses, most recently Oodies – the Spotify for ads that give back to viewers and social causes.
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About OneOneDay: We are building the world’s largest advertising network, co-owned by every ad-viewer.
Aaron Weller
CEO of Elevate Digital
Aaron Weller brings a wealth of knowledge through personal experience. Over a period of 15 years Aaron has built and sold several online companies who relied solely on digital marketing for growth. Aaron was an early investor, instrumental in the success of one of Australia’s fastest growing online marketing companies in Australia.
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About Elevate Digital: Elevate Digital is a Hong Kong SEO consulting and services company.
Lester Chan
Co-founder, CEO of Aura Labs
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About AAIOT Group, Aura Labs: Aura Labs is an innovation agency that crafts solutions for businesses looking to serve people, and engage an audience at scale.
Edwin Wong
Founder & CEO of Cloudbreakr
Edwin Wong, founder of Advwhere, once described the best influence as something that “explain the secret behind influence”. It’s about creating an influence that can leads the trend. And for Advwhere, the most amazing thing is to discover the influential groups who turn a pure message into the next hot topic. “Predicting the trend by understanding the influence”, that’s my belief.
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About Cloudbreakr: Cloudbreakr is a media analytics company based on big data and AI analysis, with business operations in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, etc.
Vlad Nagin
Founder & CEO of LeadUp Marketers
Serial entrepreneur, inbound marketing and messenger marketing expert, startup advisor. Running technology startups across Europe, Asia and LATAM. Ex-Head of production of acceleration programs at IIDF VC.
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About LeadUp Marketers: We are a full service agency that deliver compelling digital marketing solution.
Janice Wang
CEO of ALVANON
Janice Wang, chief executive of fit expert Alvanon, is using the latest innovations and technologies to shape the future of fit. Janice Wang, a member of Alvanon’s founding family, joined Alvanon in 2002 as its CEO. Under her leadership Alvanon has attracted and nurtured top-tier data analysts, 3D modelers and apparel experts. The Group now operates in 89 countries and has evolved into an innovations company reinventing the way fashion works. At Alvanon she has successfully combined her apparel business knowledge and management skills with her industry vision to empower companies with data and intelligence. Improving standards in fashion – by providing the best insight, consulting services, training and technology for apparel professionals. The Financial Times has described her as: “The shaper of change for (the) fashion world”. Janice is the third generation of a family rooted in the apparel industry. She spent her formative years in the family childrenswear manufacturing business in Hong Kong, Sterling Products Limited, where she learned the value of technical excellence, relentless innovation, consumer focus and mentoring talent. She has worked in every aspect of product development and the supply chain. After leaving university with a double degree in Economics and East Asian studies, she went on to hone her business management skills with such high profile organizations as Texwatch Inc. and industry giant Li and Fung Limited. She has recently been admitted to the exclusive Young Presidents Organization and has been previously shortlisted in the UK for both the Businesswoman of the Year Award and the Woman of the Future Award. She lives in Hong Kong with her husband and two young daughters
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About ALVANON, MOTIF: ALVANON is an apparel and fashion company specializing in marketing services.
Paul Tomes
Co-Founder and CEO of PassKit
Paul Tomes, is the co-founder and CEO of PassKit®; a mobile engagement technology leader that helps some of the world’s biggest brands acquire, engage and deepen relationships throughout the customer lifecycle. Since the introduction of the mobile wallet and beacon technology, Paul and his team have been at the forefront of applying these technologies to drive engagement, loyalty and convenience across a broad range of industries. PassKit was born out of innovation when Paul, and his business partner, saw application for their carrier-grade finance cloud infrastructure to power Apple® Passbook®. In 2015, PassKit was included as one of the only software solutions in Intel’s IoT Solution Alliance and in 2016 Hong Kong Business named PassKit as one of the hottest start-ups. Today, PassKit is powering millions of mobile experiences on behalf of clients all over the world; including Best Western, DFS, Azul Airways, JetStar, Resorts World, Uber, and AIA. Prior to PassKit, Paul spent ten years in financial services, where he served on the board of directors at Credit Suisse Business Analytics, and designed and implemented HSBCnet for HSBC. Paul’s career began in the automotive industry where he was instrumental in the introduction of lean process engineering for many of today’s Ford vehicles. Paul holds a first class honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southampton and an MBA from Henley Management College in the UK. He has lived in five countries around the world with the last eleven years spent in Hong Kong, where he lives with his wife, four children and two cats.
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About PassKit: PassKit enables businesses of any size to easily integrate and benefit from mobile wallet applications and beacon technology.
Katherine Pei
Co-Founder and CEO of Latticespace
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About Latticespace: Latticespace is a unified workplace and tailored chatbot maker for robotic process automation, boosting operation efficiency in enterprise.
Scott Davies
Founder & CEO of I Love
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About I Love: I Love is a startup that connects brands with consumers by offering marketing services and products.
Vivian Peng-Williams
Founder & CEO of Hausie
Vivian founded Hausie to transform traditional manufacturing and retailing into an innovative research-driven process backed up by trend foresight as well as quantitative analysis, tailored to each client’s unique reality. Having been immersed in her family business of manufacturing (Cintico Industry Group Ltd), she brings forward a full-range expertise focusing on strategic positioning and practical actions. Prior to founding Hausie, Vivian was a Vice President at Barclays Capital. She has close to a decade of experience in the finance industry, predominately in special situations and fundamental equity research, including the consumer sector. She received a BBA from University of Michigan – Stephen M. Ross School of Business. She is also a graduate of the Founder Institute Incubator program.
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About Hausie: Hausie is a design and manufacturing firm specialising in furniture and home accessories.
Kk Tsang
Founder & CEO of The Bees Group
Kk Tsang is the founder and chief executive officer of The Bees.
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About The Bees Group: The Bees is a marketing services company that gives a fair share of the rewards to its staff to enhance its productivity and creativity.
Chris Hodgeman
CEO of Maventus Group
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About Maventus Group: MavSocial is a complete social media management software solution for brands and agencies
Ivy Wong
Founder & CEO of VS Media
Ivy Wong is the CEO & Founder at VS MEDIA.
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About VS Media: VS Media Ltd. is the next generation media network.
Irish Ong
CEO and Co-Founder of AlphaConcepts
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About AlphaConcepts: AlphaConcepts is an open platform that provides real and verified influencers, who can deliver speedy, high-quality contents.
Daniel Lo
CEO of GoGoChart
Entrepreneur
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About GoGoChart: GoGoChart is a fast growing startup with a focus on apps marketing.
Thomas Foley
President & CEO of Silver Egg Technology
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About Silver Egg Technology: Silver Egg Technology, provides services that enable web sites to respond intelligently and personally to each individual visitor.
Ricky Shin
Founder & CEO of PerkPrices
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About PerkPrices: Digital loyalty and discovery platform that allows consumers to save money by earning Cashback.
Julian Smith
Co-founder, CEO of Reclick Inc
Co-founder at Reclick Inc
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About Reclick Inc: Behavioral Retargeting & Email Marketing
Morita Toshiyuki
CEO of Vivid Digital
Morita Toshiyuki is the CEO at Vivid Digital.
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About Vivid Digital: Vivid Digital creates a unique experience for brands to express to their audience in meaningful ways.
Kent Cheng
Founder & CEO of Table Plus Media
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About Table Plus Media: Table Plus Media is a new media startup which focus on turning every table into a new form of advertising means.
Shawn Hiltz
CEO of INFO/NATION
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About INFO/NATION: INFO/NATION is an extensive database of Greater China’s high net worth individuals and ultra high net worth individuals (HNWI and UHNWI).
Shawn Hiltz
CEO of INFO/NATION
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About INFO/NATION: INFO/NATION is an extensive database of Greater China’s high net worth individuals and ultra high net worth individuals (HNWI and UHNWI).
Ken Ching
Co-founder, CEO of Locolla
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About Locolla: Connecting local retails and customers
Erick Gommeaux
Co-Founder & CEO of ADINTIME
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About ADINTIME: ADINTIME is a media buying company delivering media solutions at both national and international levels.
Carl Ng
CEO & Co Founder of LeDo ADs.
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About LeDo ADs.: LeDo provides Ads Space in all over Hong Kong.
Carl Ng
CEO & Co Founder of LeDo ADs.
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About LeDo ADs.: LeDo provides Ads Space in all over Hong Kong.
Ash Ryu
Founder and CEO of ValuEnhancer
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About ValuEnhancer: ValuEnhancer is a korean digital marketing agency in Hong Kong, housing the best Naver marketing experts.
Ash Ryu
Founder and CEO of ValuEnhancer
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About ValuEnhancer: ValuEnhancer is a korean digital marketing agency in Hong Kong, housing the best Naver marketing experts.
Atul Batra
CEO of ab Initio HK
Atul is a Finance and Management professional; an ex-banker (22 yrs). Over the past 4 years, he has advised businesses in extending their footprint to the Far East. Now pursuing his passion for Entrepreneurship. Addicted to Sudoku and loves Golf.
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About ab Initio HK: Ab Initio HK is a digital marketing studio.
Tony Lee
Founder & CEO of RectiCurve
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About RectiCurve: RectiCurve’s patent-applied online advertising method will provide a variety of advertisers with a new way to advertise their products.
Travis Hunter
CEO of Social Media Authority
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About Social Media Authority: Social Media Authority is a digital marketing consultancy, providing online advertising & social media management services.
