Emily Poon

Emily is the Asia Pacific President of Ogilvy PR for 13 markets with 20 years of experience in corporate reputation, integrated marketing and strategic communications for local and multinational brands across diverse industry sectors. Her 15-year long career at Ogilvy saw her rise up to become the youngest-ever head of Ogilvy Public Relations across Asia Pacific and Singapore's business, in recognition of her effort in championing the pivotal role for PR in building brands. Emily is also a big believer of promoting Asia brands to the world, and bringing global brands to Asia Pacific. Under Emily's leadership, she has steered Ogilvy to win the top PR, Influencer and Social Media Agency of the Year titles time after time since 2015. She was named Agency Head of the Year by PR Awards Asia in 2023 and was honoured on Campaign Asia-Pacific's 40 under 40 in 2018, where she stands among a list of outstanding leaders that champion change and progress. Emily sits on the board of the Industry Advisory Council at the National University of Singapore and the AI Advisory Board for the Singapore Institute of Technology. A big advocate of DE&I, she is also a founding member of the Singapore Chapter for Global Women in PR. Emily graduated from the Singapore Management University with a Bachelor of Business Management, majoring in Marketing and Law. A mother of two, she is an avid wine connoisseur and loves spending time with her family whenever she can.