By Delani Philips Zalman loved art and planned on being a Graphic Designer, but his father gently nudged him towards more marketable career options. “I didn’t last two weeks in my accountancy course, so I quickly switched to marketing. At least, it had some sort of creativity to it.” “When
By Delani Philips Andrew took an interesting route in his career, from marketing to advertising and then back to marketing again. “Life is too short to be vanilla, so when the world zigs, you zag.” Not quite knowing what he wanted to do after he graduated, Andrew joined IBM as
By Delani Philips All she wanted as a young advertising executive was to work on the client’s side of the business. After eight years at some of Malaysia’s top ad agencies, May Ling got that long-awaited call. “I had a stint at Marlboro doing some interesting dark marketing, but I
By Delani Philips Although Danny Hoh graduated with a degree in finance, he was always drawn to the world of marketing. As a young lad, he found part-time work at events, and fell in love with the vibrancy of the industry. “My personality and interests have always been better suited
By Delani Philips Emily Chong’s childhood was filled with “business conversations” courtesy of her parents. “They were always talking about business opportunities and people’s needs, and I guess I must have absorbed some of it” She studied digital design but those early discussions around the family table helped her realise
By Delani Philips When Linda Hassan started working for Burger King many years ago, she didn’t have a career in marketing in mind. “I studied food science at the University of Nottingham because I had always wanted to be in the food industry. So when I joined Burger King, I
By Delani Philips One day when little Amy was at a tailor with her mum and she flipped through some fashion magazines and was captivated by the impressive-looking women in business suits… She asked her mum who they were, and her mum replied, “office workers”. Amy didn’t know what that
By Delani Philips When Datuk Lai Shu Wei graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Tri-State University in Indiana, he wasn’t really sure what he wanted to do for a career. As fate would have it, he landed a job at Lam Soon as a marketing executive.
By Delani Philips The man in the news is Abdul Sani Abdul Murad, Group Chief Marketing Officer of RHB Group. For the past seven years, Sani has been overseeing all aspects of the company’s brand, media, consumer research, marketing strategies, programs, customer growth, and marketing operations. His efforts have helped
By Delani Philips We shine the spotlight on Fernie Jasmine Abdul Ghani, Head of Group Strategic Communication & Marketing at Axiata. “I studied psychology as one of my majors and was intrigued that the power of words could influence the way people act. Marketing just seemed like a natural fit.”
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