Konstantin Popovic
Chief Executive Officer, Grey Singapore
Konstantin started his career at BBDO in Germany, before moving to the Chicago office and New York. During his stint there, Konstantin led brands as diverse as Wrigley, J&J and Best Buy.
Prior to Grey, Konstantin was in Publicis New York, where he was the Brand Agency leader for P&G’s Digestive Wellness and PGT (Procter & Gamble Company and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.) Healthcare brands. In that role, he led an integrated team of seven agencies across all marketing disciplines to develop integrated big ideas.
Other than his passion for global business, Konstantin has always been a digital innovator – from launching a user-generated content (UGC) based campaign three years before YouTube existed to being the global capability lead on Publicis’ real-time marketing engine
Aaron Phua
Executive Creative Director
A Singapore native, Aaron returned home, having spent the past decade in three of the world’s biggest economies; China, United States, and most recently Japan. Aaron brings nearly 20 years of advertising and creative experience with tenures at Wieden+Kennedy, Fallon, TBWA, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, McCann, Johannes Leonardo, Ogilvy and Edelman. He has developed multifaceted work for some of the world's largest brands including Nike, Under Armour, Converse, Burberry, Bacardi, Coca-Cola, Heineken, United Airlines, Google, Sony, Nokia, AT&T, Johnson & Johnson, IBM and Volkswagen. A recipient of multiple creative awards at the likes of D&AD, One Show, Cannes, Webby, Clio and Spikes, just to name a few. Aaron sat as a member of the jury at The One Show in New York and several others including the One Screen Film Festival, mentored at the Miami Ad School, spoke at the Michigan State University and the One Show Festival of Creativity in Beijing and served as a global advisor for the Ad Stars Festival in Busan.
Rossana Quagliana
Director-HR & Talent, Singapore
A Postgraduate from the London School of Economics & Political Science, Rossana started her career as an international recruiter for EMEA at Bloomberg in London, specializing in financial services. Two years later, she moved to the HR Generalist team covering the EMEA region. After Bloomberg, Rossana joined Temenos as a Senior HR Advisor looking after the MEA region. Subsequently, she relocated to Singapore with her family. Born in Italy, educated in London and now a permanent resident in Singapore, Rossana is a true international person, having worked in multicultural and fast-paced environments, thus developing an interest and appreciation for different cultures as well as enjoying new challenges brought by dynamic work-places.
Sam Ying Kit
Chief Financial Officer – Singapore & Malaysia
Sam is actually his family name and his first name is Ying Kit but everyone calls him Sam. Sam oversees the financial operations of Grey Singapore and Grey Malaysia. Sam is a CPA with over 15 years’ experience in the advertising industry. He began his career with Ernst & Young as an auditor and prior to joining Grey, Sam spent 8 years with McCann Worldgroup holding various financial leadership roles in Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing. Sam’s strength lies in financial planning, commercial management, resource planning, compliance and financial management
Lew Jiachun
Area Financial Controller- Singapore & Malaysia
JC oversees the financial operations of Grey Malaysia and Singapore, including commercial, financial planning, client compensation and profitability, contract management, compliance, budget development and resource planning. He is also responsible to define the most optimal way to deliver services to ensure quality to clients and profitability for the agency. JC has more than 10 years of experience across financial reporting and financial planning and analysis. Prior to joining Grey, he has worked in Publicis Singapore, Resorts World Sentosa and Baxter Healthcare. Graduated with a degree in Commerce Accounting from University Tunku Abdul Rahman, JC is also ACCA-qualified and Chartered Accountant in Singapore.
